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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

He believed thatacquired characteristics, let's say the length of agiraffe's neck from...

He believed that
acquired characteristics, let's say the length of a
giraffe's neck from straining to get at
those leaves up high, could be inherited
by the next generation

Full Transcript

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He believed that acquired characteristics,
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let's say the length of a giraffe's neck from straining
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to get at those leaves up high,
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could be inherited by the next generation.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:52
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E01 Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek used a single lens to reveal - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek used a single lens to reveal
S01 • E05 We are at the bottom of the sea, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
We are at the bottom of the sea,
S01 • E11 In the morning, look up at the sun and see it as - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
In the morning, look up at the sun and see it as
S01 • E09 The best we can do for now is to imagine this - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
The best we can do for now is to imagine this
S01 • E12 But it can also be the greatest of blessings. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
But it can also be the greatest of blessings.
S01 • E07 They decide it's time to leave the mother hive, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
They decide it's time to leave the mother hive,
S01 • E06 The enmity between the two men was emotionally so corrosive - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:16
The enmity between the two men was emotionally so corrosive
S01 • E10 She was forced to remain behind until she was - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
She was forced to remain behind until she was
S01 • E13 How many have lost the battle that we fight now? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
How many have lost the battle that we fight now?
S01 • E05 This is perhaps the largest living organism on Earth. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
This is perhaps the largest living organism on Earth.
S01 • E02 Are we automata, robots, our destiny written in our - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
Are we automata, robots, our destiny written in our
S01 • E08 You need a big powerful rocket to reach the Moon. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
You need a big powerful rocket to reach the Moon.
S01 • E11 You'll never see it any other way. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
You'll never see it any other way.
S01 • E10 Tola insisted that Joseph go on ahead to prepare their new home. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Tola insisted that Joseph go on ahead to prepare their new h...
S01 • E05 It's a community of microbes that is the size of a country... - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
It's a community of microbes that is the size of a coun...
S01 • E03 Goldschmidt never knew that the generations of geochemists - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
Goldschmidt never knew that the generations of geochemists
S01 • E13 How many worlds lie buried beneath the surface of this one? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
How many worlds lie buried beneath the surface of this one?
S01 • E04 He failed to grasp that it took millions of years of - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:15
He failed to grasp that it took millions of years of
S01 • E08 How could you land such a thing on the surface - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
How could you land such a thing on the surface
S01 • E09 We're living in our own Flatworld, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
We're living in our own Flatworld,