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The Most Unknown

And it wasn't until DNA sequencing that we started to discover all of this enormous...

And it wasn't until DNA sequencing that we started to discover all of this enormous majority of life that's unknown

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And it wasn't until DNA sequencing
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that we started to discover all of this
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enormous majority of life that's unknown.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:08
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
VICE Media

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Movie Summary

The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousnes
Let me get this started, - The Most Unknown 00:04
Let me get this started,
There's a very dark, tiny bit that I'm interested in. - The Most Unknown 00:05
There's a very dark, tiny bit that I'm interested...
Those beads are going to shear the cells, - The Most Unknown 00:05
Those beads are going to shear the cells,
So it spins things really, really fast. - The Most Unknown 00:05
So it spins things really, really fast.
[Axel] You want to be really sober - The Most Unknown 00:05
[Axel] You want to be really sober
Each of these brightly fluorescing squiggles - The Most Unknown 00:08
Each of these brightly fluorescing squiggles
Then, if we change it... - The Most Unknown 00:04
Then, if we change it...
To green, now we're looking at the archaea again, - The Most Unknown 00:10
To green, now we're looking at the archaea again,
This is many more archaea in that same hot spring. - The Most Unknown 00:04
This is many more archaea in that same hot spring.
And it looks strangely similar to the universe. - The Most Unknown 00:05
And it looks strangely similar to the universe.
Well, you know, I wasn't going to say that, but... - The Most Unknown 00:04
Well, you know, I wasn't going to say that, but...
[Luke] It's really cool to have that perspective of - The Most Unknown 00:10
[Luke] It's really cool to have that perspective of
At the same time, you have this - The Most Unknown 00:06
At the same time, you have this
[woman] I am an observer of forming stars. - The Most Unknown 00:05
[woman] I am an observer of forming stars.
I'll be looking at clouds of gas, - The Most Unknown 00:08
I'll be looking at clouds of gas,
This is the origin question of how we got here. - The Most Unknown 00:04
This is the origin question of how we got here.
It's one of the best observing locations in the world. - The Most Unknown 00:05
It's one of the best observing locations in the world.
The altitude can affect people in different ways - The Most Unknown 00:06
The altitude can affect people in different ways
-We're really ascending now. -Yeah. - The Most Unknown 00:04
-We're really ascending now. -Yeah.
I feel like a little kid on Christmas. - The Most Unknown 00:05
I feel like a little kid on Christmas.