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16 August 2024
An animated explainer video about why tonsils are important for immune function and shouldn't be removed.
The video is part of the Explaining The Human Body series.
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Today 2024-08-16


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English : Valley of Geysers, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Bolshoi (Large) geyser eruption, 1 August 2022.
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Timelapse of air traffic in the Swiss night sky observed from Oeschinensee on the night of 1 August 2022 (Swiss National Day) during the Perseids. The Milky Way can also be seen. The timelapse was produced by taking a photograph every 8 seconds over a period of around 40 minutes.

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English : Timelapse of air traffic in the Swiss night sky observed from Oeschinensee on the night of 1 August 2022 (Swiss National Day) during the Perseids. The Milky Way can also be seen. The timelapse was produced by taking a photograph every 8 seconds over a period of around 40 minutes.
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Long before there were great empires in Europe, the Persian King Darius the Great founded the ceremonial capital of his empire in 520 BCE: Persepolis. This video by Terra X reconstructs how it may have looked like.

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English : Long before there were great empires in Europe, the Persian King Darius the Great founded the ceremonial capital of his empire in 520 BCE: Persepolis. This video by Terra X reconstructs how it may have looked like.
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Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) tackling a walnut in a British garden.

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English : Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) tackling a walnut in a British garden.
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A video summarizing major scientific papers and developments of November 2020 in science.

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English : A video summarizing major scientific papers and developments of November 2020 in science.
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How Earth's tectonic plates and lands may have been positioned and moved in the past: an animated video of a full-plate tectonic model extended one billion years into the past.
It is a result of the 2020 study "Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time".

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English : How Earth's tectonic plates and lands may have been positioned and moved in the past: an animated video of a full-plate tectonic model extended one billion years into the past.
It is a result of the 2020 study "Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time".
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A helicopter carrying the Singapore flag flying above downtown Singapore, escorted by two other helicopters, during the National Day Parade rehearsal on 13 July 2024. Singapore celebrates its 59th National Day today.

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English : A helicopter carrying the Singapore flag flying above downtown Singapore, escorted by two other helicopters, during the National Day Parade rehearsal on 13 July 2024. Singapore celebrates its 59th National Day today.
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Nuclear fusion: In this process, light atomic nuclei fuse to form heavier chemical elements. (German narration)

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English : Nuclear fusion: In this process, light atomic nuclei fuse to form heavier chemical elements. (German narration)
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"Three minutes to the centre of the Earth" – an explanatory video about the internal structure of Earth by The Royal Society.

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English : "Three minutes to the centre of the Earth" – an explanatory video about the internal structure of Earth by The Royal Society.
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the galaxy NGC 1132

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English : The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the galaxy NGC 1132
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A video of pyramids showing the Sphinx statue and the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex in Egypt including known interiors.
The video and the 3D model it is based on were made by a Wikimedia Commons contributor.

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English : A video of pyramids showing the Sphinx statue and the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex in Egypt including known interiors.
The video and the 3D model it is based on were made by a Wikimedia Commons contributor.
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An animated explainer video about why tonsils are important for immune function and shouldn't be removed.
The video is part of the Explaining The Human Body series.

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English : An animated explainer video about why tonsils are important for immune function and shouldn't be removed.
The video is part of the Explaining The Human Body series.
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Franz Liszt: Consolation No. 3, Lento placido, performed by pianist Benedict Kramer (age 17)

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English : Franz Liszt: Consolation No. 3, Lento placido, performed by pianist Benedict Kramer (age 17)
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Drone flight around Grunewald Hunting Lodge in Berlin, Germany

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English : Drone flight around Grunewald Hunting Lodge in Berlin, Germany
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English : 4K video of a butterfly's wings under the microscope.
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Breton bombard players rehearsing before their final concert at Stakonice Castle, Czech Republic in August 2022. 25th edition of the biennal International Bagpipe Festival starts today.

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English : Breton bombard players rehearsing before their final concert at Stakonice Castle, Czech Republic in August 2022. 25th edition of the biennal International Bagpipe Festival starts today.
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Victory parade after Liberation of Paris in 1944

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English : Victory parade after Liberation of Paris in 1944
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excerpt from the symphonic poem Don Juan by Richard Strauss, performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under the direction of Dmitrij Kitajenko (1992 recording)

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English : excerpt from the symphonic poem Don Juan by Richard Strauss, performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under the direction of Dmitrij Kitajenko (1992 recording)
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Aerial recording of Dschimels (2781 m, Samedan / Bergün Filisur, Grisons, Switzerland)

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English : Aerial recording of Dschimels (2781 m, Samedan / Bergün Filisur, Grisons, Switzerland)
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English : Jennifer Doudna, Martin Jinek, and Emmanuelle Charpentier describe their research that led to the use of CRISPR as a genome editing technology.
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Video introducing the new default Wikimedia skin for Wikipedias developed as a series of new features and rearrangements to the "Vector" skin, called Desktop Improvements. It was made available to users in 2022.

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English : Video introducing the new default Wikimedia skin for Wikipedias developed as a series of new features and rearrangements to the "Vector" skin, called Desktop Improvements. It was made available to users in 2022.
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