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1) Cow
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"Andrea Arnold returns with an intimate portrait of a dairy cow's life. The film chronicles the daily life of dairy cow Luma in an attempt for humans to understand her reality. Sharing both the beauty and the challenge of dairy cow life, the film highlights the dairy cow's great service to us all." --container.
2) Hellboy
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Born in the flames of hell sixty years ago during World War II, Hellboy (Ron Perlman) was brought to Earth by evil madman Grigori Rasputin (Karel Roden) to perpetrate evil. Destined to be a harbinger of the apocalypse, Hellboy was instead rescued by Allied Forces led by Professor Broom (John Hurt), founder of the clandestine B.P.R.D. (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense), who raised him like a son and developed his extraordinary paranormal...
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When an interdimensional rupture threatens to unravel reality, the fate of the world is suddenly in the hands of a most unlikely hero: Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), a flustered immigrant mother. As bizarre and bewildering dangers emerge from the many possible worlds, she must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight her way through the splintering timelines to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure through...
Publisher
Legacy Distribution
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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It’s a genius story that all started with a silly word, Google. Before September 4, 1998, searching the internet was nearly impossible. Today ‘Google’ is so ingrained into daily life, it is used as a verb by many to communicate, perform work, consume media, gain knowledge, and maneuver the endless world wide web. Yet while most may know Google, few know the story of the revolution's geniuses. Follow masterminds, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, whose...
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PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Investigating the powerful spyware Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. A two-part series with Forbidden Stories into the hacking tool used to spy on journalists, activists, the fiancée of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and others.
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IFC Films
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English
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This eye-opening documentary investigates the strange case of Anonymous hacktivist Matt DeHart, who fled the US to seek asylum in Canada after law enforcement brought charges against him for child pornography. But DeHart countered that he was framed, targeted for his support of Wikileaks, and that he was tortured in a US prison. Unfolding like a spy mystery, the film follows a multiyear quest for truth, with unexpected twists and turns until the very...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Insects play a crucial role as decomposers of dead organic matter, recycling the chemicals and making them available for other organisms. Explore the feats of one of homeowners' most dreaded pests—termites. These insects not only clear forests of dead wood, but are also stellar engineers.
8) Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species: Episode 14,Insects as Parasites and Parasitoids
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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While some insects are herbivores and others are predators, a third group gets their energy and nutrients as parasites and parasitoids. Grisly though it might sound to us, you'll discover that some insects inject their eggs into the bodies of insects and other animals, and some even insert their eggs into others' eggs. Sometimes the hosts live through this process, but sometimes they do not.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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There's a good chance insects have made themselves at home in your home. From the carpet beetles in your living room, to the silverfish in your sock drawer, to the cockroaches in the basement, they're everywhere! What should you do about them? Learn why “nothing” might be both your safest and most effective answer.
10) Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species: Episode 4,Insect Behaviors and Communication
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Reveal what honeybees are really communicating with their waggle dance and why specific dances are used in specific circumstances. From waggle dances to pheromones, insects have developed unique efficiencies in their communication and actions, both at the individual and group level. Scientists have been taking notice—and mimicking the insects wherever possible.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Most insects use sound to call for help and to attract a mate. With a variety of ways to produce sound, insects also have a variety of ways to hear. Consider the significance of sound for crickets, katydids, and cicadas, as well as the expansive and complex “vocabulary” of the bess beetles, with one species that uses 14 sounds to communicate among family members.
12) Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species: Episode 24,Sharing Planet Earth with Insects
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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What can we learn from this amazing group of animals? Biologists and engineers believe we can learn quite a bit—especially about our own future. Discover some of the exciting work that's being done today to learn from insects in a wide variety of fields, from organizational structure to the significance of biophilia.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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The beetles seem to have it all—from the incandescent beauty of the jewel beetles, to the unmatched speed of the tiger beetles, to the burning hot, noxious defense mechanism of the bombardiers. Explore why beetles are more diverse than any other group of insects, and one of the most successful groups of any organism alive today.
14) Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species: Episode 6,Pollinators We Cannot Live Without
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Insect pollinators contribute about {dollar}195 billion to the global economy, pollinating approximately 80% of the most important crops worldwide. Explore the complexities of these insects, the many types of pollination they perform, and the coevolutionary dance that continues today between these animals and their plants.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Few terrestrial organisms can be as comfortable in the water as insects. Look at the unique respiratory physiology and fascinating adaptations that make it possible for them to maintain oxygenation underwater, as well as the adaptations that allow water striders to take advantage of water's surface tension to skim along its surface.
16) Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species: Episode 3,Insect Life Cycles and Reproduction
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Insects have contributed to the human economy since the beginning of our civilization. Consider the humble silkworm moth creating its cocoon from one continuous thread of silk. Discover how this caterpillar creates one of the strongest and most durable materials in nature, and explore the fascinating lifecycle and migration journey of the beautiful monarch butterfly.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Discover the properties of insects that distinguish them from mammals and all other animals. They all have exoskeletons for strength and protection, six legs to propel their movements, compound eyes, antennae, and even more attributes in common with one another. But within this framework, their astonishing variability has allowed them to live in almost every ecological niche on the planet.
18) Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species: Episode 21,Insects in Art, Literature, and Film
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Throughout our history, we have experienced admiration for insects and their unique abilities, as well as fear and disgust. Explore how those conflicting emotions have been reflected in our arts, from Aesop's fables to Kafka's Metamorphosis, from the films Alien to A Bug's Life, and characters from Jiminy Cricket to Ant Man.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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In addition to being food for others, insects are also predators—and quite efficient ones at that. Discover the predatory adaptations of a variety of insects, including mantids who can strike their prey in one-twentieth of a second with a head that can turn 360 degrees, and the assassin bugs whose beaks can impale their prey, deliver enzymes to liquefy the tissues, and suck them out.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Insects are the most significant herbivores worldwide. Along with the rise of the forests about 300 million years ago, insects evolved the ability to feed on and digest plants. Discover the diversity of strategies these animals have developed to feed on the many parts of plants—and how some have developed their own specialized microbiome to help them do the job.