“A film produced by the NPL Film Unit in the 1950s explaining the principles behind the first accurate atomic clock, designed by Louis Essen and built at the National Physical Laboratory in 1955.”
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1950s National Physical Lab Film Explains First Atomic Clock
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Was Carl Sagan evil?
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This short, behind-the-scenes piece reveals how Sagan really behaved on the set of Cosmos.
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Dustin’s GIF Shop
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1969 Post Office Film Predicts Future Of Communications
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Description by uploader ‘ConnectedEarth’ : Made in 1969 at the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill, this eight minute film attempts to predict what the future of communications may be like.
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Choose Your Own Richard Feynman Adventure
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Features ants, bongos and Murray Gell-Mann.
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Elsevier’s Publishing Model Might be About to Go Up in Smoke
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Tim Worstall of Forbes.com suggests that academics may no longer willing to stomach the unfairness of the traditional scientific publishing model.
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How the London Science Museum got a record-breaking aeroplane into a third-floor gallery.
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This blogpost by David Rooney, Curator of Transport, has some great pictures of the “Supermarine S6B world-speed-record-breaking aeroplane” being moved into the 3rd floor of the Science Museum in London back in 1961.
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Carl Sagan Game Start Sequence
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Documentary on comedy writer Graham Linehan (Father Ted, IT Crowd)
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What is Rap?
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Uploader’s description: Stu Jeffries, with the help of some talented kids, shows everyone what “rap” is.
“That is rapping, usually there’s a story involved or something and it’s just a whole of fun.”
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Reality Show Titles
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Graham Clark, Dave Shumka and guest Ben Mills revisit the list of reality show titles they devised four years ago. From the ever wonderful Stop Podcasting Yourself.
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