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Plant Productivity in a Warming World

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English : Plant Productivity in a Warming World

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Possible PDM signal labeled as Sputnik by NASA

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English : Possible PDM signal labeled as Sputnik by NASA

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Brittle star in motion. Lalo Cove, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

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English : Brittle star in motion. Lalo Cove, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

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Porosity and vein formation

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English : Porosity and vein formation

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Video of spores being ejected by fungus.

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English : Video of spores being ejected by fungus.

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On Victory Day King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, appeared on the balcony of the Buckingham Palace before the cheering crowds.

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English : On Victory Day King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, appeared on the balcony of the Buckingham Palace before the cheering crowds.

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The implosion of Radio Network House on 5 August 2012 was New Zealand's first ever controlled building demolition by explosives.

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English : The implosion of Radio Network House on 5 August 2012 was New Zealand's first ever controlled building demolition by explosives.

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English : Droste Effect

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English : A galloping horse based on work by Eadweard Muybridge

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A periodic cell of argon was simulated using Metropolis Monte Carlo translational moves, sampling the canonical ensemble at 98 K. Argon-argon interactions were represented using a Lennard-Jones potential.

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English : A periodic cell of argon was simulated using Metropolis Monte Carlo translational moves, sampling the canonical ensemble at 98 K. Argon-argon interactions were represented using a Lennard-Jones potential.

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Cassini has been snapping visible-light photographs of Saturn's rings, the Composite Infra-red Spectrometer instrument was taking the rings' temperatures. During equinox, the rings cooled to the lowest temperature ever recorded. The A ring dropped down to a frosty 43 Kelvin. Studying ring temperatures at equinox will help scientists better understand the sizes and other characteristics of the ring particles.

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English : Cassini has been snapping visible-light photographs of Saturn's rings, the Composite Infra-red Spectrometer instrument was taking the rings' temperatures. During equinox, the rings cooled to the lowest temperature ever recorded. The A ring dropped down to a frosty 43 Kelvin. Studying ring temperatures at equinox will help scientists better understand the sizes and other characteristics of the ring particles.

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Calcium imaging of a zebrafish embryo (time-lapse). Actual time frame, 5 min.

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English : Calcium imaging of a zebrafish embryo (time-lapse). Actual time frame, 5 min.

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Gun camera footage of the airstrike of 12 July 2007 in Baghdad, showing the slaying of Namir Noor-Eldeen and a dozen other civilians by an US helicopter.

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English : Gun camera footage of the airstrike of 12 July 2007 in Baghdad, showing the slaying of Namir Noor-Eldeen and a dozen other civilians by an US helicopter.

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Jimmy Wales answers the question about internet censorship in China (from Shujen Chang) at Wikimania 2012 opening ceremony.

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English : Jimmy Wales answers the question about internet censorship in China (from Shujen Chang) at Wikimania 2012 opening ceremony.

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Meteorite shower over Chelyabinsk on February 15, 2013.

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English : Meteorite shower over Chelyabinsk on February 15, 2013.

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Execution of Topsy

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English : Execution of Topsy

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The ride Stampbanan at the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden

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English : The ride Stampbanan at the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden

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A jewel beetle (Agrilus biguttatus) on a stump of a tree

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English : A jewel beetle (Agrilus biguttatus) on a stump of a tree

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The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star. Shirley Temple died on February 10, 2014.

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English : The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star. Shirley Temple died on February 10, 2014.

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Iguazu Falls, Argentina

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English : Iguazu Falls, Argentina

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Film footage of Tolstoy's 80th birthday at Yasnaya Polyana. Footage shows his wife Sofya (picking flowers in the garden), daughter Aleksandra (sitting in the carriage in the white blouse), his aide and confidante, V. Chertkov (bald man with the beard and mustache) and students. Filmed by Aleksandr Osipovich Drankov, 1908.

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English : Film footage of Tolstoy's 80th birthday at Yasnaya Polyana. Footage shows his wife Sofya (picking flowers in the garden), daughter Aleksandra (sitting in the carriage in the white blouse), his aide and confidante, V. Chertkov (bald man with the beard and mustache) and students. Filmed by Aleksandr Osipovich Drankov, 1908.

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This video explains what Linked Open Data is, how it works and how it can serve memory organizations like galleries, libraries, archives or museums.

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English : This video explains what Linked Open Data is, how it works and how it can serve memory organizations like galleries, libraries, archives or museums.

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lluminated Lichtenberg Figure

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English : lluminated Lichtenberg Figure

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Neal O'Doan and the Soni_Ventorum play the Mozart Quintet in Eb Major for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (movment 2, Larghetto).

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English : Neal O'Doan and the Soni_Ventorum play the Mozart Quintet in Eb Major for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (movment 2, Larghetto).

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Skyline of Frankfurt, Germany as seen from the Deutschherrnbridge (Deutschherrnbrücke).

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English : Skyline of Frankfurt, Germany as seen from the Deutschherrnbridge (Deutschherrnbrücke).

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Atmosphere on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev, when Berkut was coming and starting an "anti-terrorist operation". In the following hours about 80 people died here.

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English : Atmosphere on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev, when Berkut was coming and starting an "anti-terrorist operation". In the following hours about 80 people died here.

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