Reading body language like an expert – the science of non-verbal communication (full documentary)

What if everything we see, hear, taste, smell, and feel is less reliable than we think? In this documentary, Jennifer Gardy meets scientists using playful, bizarre, and revealing experiments to uncover how the brain builds our perception of reality. As illusions, taste tests, smell trials, touch experiments, and sound tricks expose the hidden links between the senses, the film shows that our experience of the world is not created by one sense at a time, but by a powerful multisensory system that can protect us, mislead us, and even make us feel things that are not really there. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - How Our Senses Create Reality ▷ 01:47 - Seeing Is Believing? ▷ 05:35 - The Truth About Colour ▷ 07:07 - Tasting With Our Eyes ▷ 10:27 - Can Sound Change Taste? ▷ 14:10 - Can We Smell Danger? ▷ 20:02 - Nose Blindness and Bad Smells ▷ 21:24 - Do Names Change What We Smell? ▷ 26:39 - The Rubber Hand Illusion ▷ 32:45 - Can Seeing Make Us Itch? ▷ 37:19 - Can We Trust

If popping a pill could make you smarter and live longer, would you? Since the advent of smart drugs like Nootropics, more and more people have admitted to taking them to boost their productivity. In this critical documentary, self-proclaimed futurist and speaker Nikolas Badminton undergoes a series of personal experiments with smart drugs (FDA-approved or otherwise) and explores various popular biohacking techniques used by the "most successful and creative people" at the heart of technocratic culture. But do they really work? ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 – Intro ▷ 01:53 – Escaping burnout ▷ 05:30 – First dip ▷ 15:27 – Testing Nootroo ▷ 19:30 – No calories, just water ▷ 22:43 – Microdosing ▷ 24:25 – Wim Hof Method ▷ 30:57 – On top of the schedule ▷ 32:25 – Even stronger: Modafinil ▷ 36:34 – No more sleep ▷ 40:21 – Doctor's advice ▷ 48:43 – Conclusion ▷ 50:40 – Credits ------- ------- Nootropics are an over-the-counter drug that could change the fabric of our society, also known as ‘smart drugs,’ and they’re globally popular both at parties and

Prices keep climbing, workdays are stretching longer, and yet our wages remain stagnant. It's becoming a distant dream to have a home to call our own, but it wasn't always like this. This documentary investigates the deep and often misunderstood sources of all problems: Money and Power. Where does it come from? Who decides how it gets used? And most importantly, what does this mean for the millions of us feeling the pinch, while a select few at the top greatly benefit from this skewed system? These are tough questions, but you might be surprised at how straightforward the answers can be. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00:00 - Intro ▷ 0:04:12 - Seigniorage ▷ 0:08:08 - Commercial Bank Money and Digital Money ▷ 0:10:30 - Misconceptions ▷ 0:14:08 - Expansion of commercial money supply ▷ 0:19:03 - Issues with allowing banks to create money ▷ 0:24:01 - Paradox of the system leads to cyclical crisis ▷ 0:26:22 - Matter of democracy ▷ 0:27:38 - Central Bank Reserves ▷ 0:34:50 - A short history of money ▷ 0:38:18 - Fiat Money ▷

Summiting Mount Everest is a grueling and dangerous endeavor, known to torture the mind, body, and soul of those who even dare. When a 68-year-old great grandfather attempts this feat, what ensued was the worst disaster in mountaineering history. Documentary Central is the home for compelling documentaries tackling subjects like history, climate change, wildlife, conspiracy and more.

How much oil is left - and what happens when the world’s most important energy source becomes harder, riskier and more expensive to extract? This compelling energy documentary investigates the global dependence on crude oil, the theory of peak oil and the environmental dangers of deep-sea drilling. Beginning with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it examines how technological failures, financial pressure and difficult drilling conditions contributed to one of the worst oil spills in history. Travel from oil fields in Austria and Saudi Arabia to research centres in Europe, Canadian oil sands and offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists, geologists, engineers and industry experts reveal how oil is formed, how new reserves are discovered and why many of the world’s largest oil fields may be declining. The documentary also explores enhanced oil recovery, horizontal drilling, water injection, polymer technology, Arctic exploration and the enormous financial and environmental costs of extracting unconventional oil. It investigates the use of chemical dispersants during the Deepwater Horizon cleanup and questions their impact on marine ecosystems and human

Two modern couples are trying to spend a whole year living like 19th Century pioneers in the Canadian wilderness. While summer and autumn were full of activity, winter brings freezing temperatures and a whole lot of boredom. 💚 Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits!