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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

They believe in imaginary,invisible entities called genes that somehow get changedby...

They believe in imaginary,
invisible entities called genes that somehow get changed
by equally invisible forces that tell the giraffe
to have a long neck and a chicken to
have a short one

Full Transcript

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They believe in imaginary, invisible entities called
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genes that somehow get changed by equally invisible forces
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that tell the giraffe to have a long neck
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and a chicken to have a short one.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:42
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 • E07 TYSON: We live in a time when the world's democracies are - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
TYSON: We live in a time when the world's democracies a...
S01 • E10 The U.S. Department of War - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
The U.S. Department of War
S01 • E03 He would lead the Germans on a scientific wild goose chase. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
He would lead the Germans on a scientific wild goose chase.
S01 • E08 Korolev would later become the father of the Soviet rocket program. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Korolev would later become the father of the Soviet rocket p...
S01 • E01 But a mere 50 years later in Holland, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
But a mere 50 years later in Holland,
S01 • E11 Just as it can magnify light from distant worlds 100 billion times, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Just as it can magnify light from distant worlds 100 billion...
S01 • E02 What lies beyond are all those species we ourselves - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
What lies beyond are all those species we ourselves
S01 • E03 He sent them searching for nonexistent minerals - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
He sent them searching for nonexistent minerals
S01 • E13 But how do we keep from doing it again? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
But how do we keep from doing it again?
S01 • E08 Korolev wanted to enlist Kondratyuk in his fledgling - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:15
Korolev wanted to enlist Kondratyuk in his fledgling
S01 • E05 We've only been at this since the mid-20th century, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
We've only been at this since the mid-20th century,
S01 • E06 The Cold War was a contest between dueling ideologies - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
The Cold War was a contest between dueling ideologies
S01 • E11 There is something astronomers call a "water hole." - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
There is something astronomers call a "water hole."...
S01 • E10 It had been recommended by the project's director, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:11
It had been recommended by the project's director,
S01 • E07 Where the community acts only when it has arrived - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Where the community acts only when it has arrived
S01 • E02 Could there be some connection to that widespread delusion of - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Could there be some connection to that widespread delusion o...
S01 • E01 Light was the central theme of the age: - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:15
Light was the central theme of the age:
S01 • E04 But Vavilov does and that's why our people starve. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
But Vavilov does and that's why our people starve.
S01 • E06 When the Russians got there first, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
When the Russians got there first,
S01 • E03 His ruse could have been discovered at any moment, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
His ruse could have been discovered at any moment,