PBS
Companies dig the deepest depths to mine valuable metals from the ocean floor
Mankind has mined the earth’s surface for thousands of years. Now there’s a furious race to find even more metal that will enable the world’s energy transition away from fossil fuels. In Papua New Guinea, one company is digging what may...
PBS
Papua New Guinea locals concerned over deep-sea mining’s impact on culture and environment
The companies that create technology used on a daily basis often run into traditional cultures and the environment that sustains them. In a previous report, videographer Edward Kiernan and special correspondent Willem Marx introduced us...
PBS
Papua New Guinea leaders struggle to monitor deep-sea mining activities off its coast
The kind of deep-sea mining that we've examined this week is only legally permitted inside a country's territorial waters. The only country on earth to allow it so far is Papua New Guinea. Videographer Edward Kiernan and special...
SciShow
10 Science Superlatives of 2012
This year's end News episode wraps up with nothing but superlatives: the biggest, oldest, first, last, smallest and hottest developments in science from 2012.
Curated Video
APEC leaders arrive for final talks, group photo, Bush jogging
1. Los Cabos Golf resort
2. US President George W. Bush jogging
3. Los Cabos
4. Mexican President Vicente Fox waiting for leaders
5. Arrival of Australian Prime Minister, John Howard
6. Arrival of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
7....
SciShow
Ecosystems Around the Globe Contain Echoes of Past Peoples
There’s a common misconception that humans of the past lived in harmony with their environments and left them “pristine and untouched.” However, there is plenty of evidence that these relationships were much more complicated
SciShow
10 Science Superlatives of 2012
This year's end News episode wraps up with nothing but superlatives: the biggest, oldest, first, last, smallest and hottest developments in science from 2012.
SciShow
Hormones and Puppy Love
This week, science explains the chemical love-connection we share with our dogs, and how some of the most isolated populations of people in the world are different on the inside.
SciShow
Prions: The Real Zombie-Makers
Hank is tired of zombies in popular culture, and while acknowledging that dead people are scary (especially if they start moving around), he brings us some information on prions - misfolded proteins that are responsible for destroying...
Curated Video
Why Do We Count in Tens?
Find out why our metric system is based on the number ten. Is it the best number to count on? Or could the reason be more biological than mathematical? Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the...
Great Big Story
The plight of the Matschie's tree kangaroo
Meet Zana, a Matschie's tree kangaroo, and learn about the threats to her existence from habitat destruction and hunting.
Catalyst University
Prions | Mechanism of Kuru & Relation to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
In this video, I discuss the mechanism of transmission and development of Kuru, a prion disease derived from cannibalism of brains infected by either Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (cCJD) or others with Kuru.
The March of Time
1944: ADMIRALTY ISLAND CAMPAIGN: VS U.S. Marines fighting, firing rifles, in forest area of Los Negros Island, firing mortars & M1919 Browning machine guns. World War II, WWII, Pacific Front, New Guinea
MOT 1944: ADMIRALTY ISLAND CAMPAIGN: VS U.S. Marines fighting, firing rifles, in forest area of Los Negros Island, firing mortars & M1919 Browning machine guns. World War II, WWII, Pacific Front, New Guinea
The Guardian
The 'Lost Rambos' of Papua New Guinea: how weapons and Hollywood changed tribal disputes
Tribal fighting has long been present in the Papua New Guinea highlands but the influx of modern automatic weaponry in the 1990s turned local disputes into lethal exchanges that threatened to permanently reshape highlands culture....
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Pygmy hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) perching on a barrel sponge, watching out for predators and prey. Filmed in Papua New Guinea
Pygmy hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) perching on a barrel sponge, watching out for predators and prey. Filmed in Papua New Guinea
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CU goby head appears out of hole in coral, Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Region
CU goby head appears out of hole in coral, Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Region
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MCU Shoal of Barracuda (Sphyraena sp.) swimming together, suddenly dart off, Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Region
MCU Shoal of Barracuda (Sphyraena sp.) swimming together, suddenly dart off, Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Region
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MCU High angle, Red Cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonius) swims through coral, away from camera, Witu Islands, Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Region
MCU High angle, Red Cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonius) swims through coral, away from camera, Witu Islands, Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Region
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Close Up hand-held pan-right tilt-down - Ritualistic scars cover a man's shoulders, chest, and stomach. / Papua New Guinea
Close Up hand-held pan-right tilt-down - Ritualistic scars cover a man's shoulders, chest, and stomach. / Papua New Guinea
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CU shrimp repeatedly appears out of hole in coral, carrying rock in mandibles - goby present., Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Region
CU shrimp repeatedly appears out of hole in coral, carrying rock in mandibles - goby present., Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Region
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Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) making it was back to the sea, early morning/evening, Papua New Guinea
Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) making it was back to the sea, early morning/evening, Papua New Guinea
Sky News
An exhibition of over 200 gifts presented to the Queen goes on display at Buckingham Palace
CLEAN: Interior shots of the Oceania section of the Royal Gifts exhibition on display in the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace, including a bronze bust of the Queen by John Downie and carved wooden figurines from Papua New Guinea, the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Struggling Papua New Guinea opens emergency Covid-19 hospital
Papua New Guinea has converted a sports centre into a makeshift Covid-19 hospital as the Pacific nation struggles with a surge of coronavirus cases (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Papua New Guinea: Images of people receiving Covid vaccines
Residents in Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby receive their jabs at a vaccination centre (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)