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1) Migrations
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"Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. By following the ocean's tides and the birds that soar above, she can forget the losses that have haunted her life. But when the wild she so loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a destination. She arrives in remote Greenland with one purpose: to find the world's last flock of Arctic terns and follow them on their final migration. She convinces Ennis Malone, captain of the Saghani,...
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How does smell work? Specifically, how do olfactory sensory neurons project to their targets in the olfactory bulb, where smell is processed? Justin McKinnon has hired fresh-faced graduate student Emily to study that question. What Justin hasn't told Emily is that two other scientists in the lab, Aeden and Allegra, are working on a very similar topic, and their findings may compete with her research. And to Emily's great surprise, her rational mind...
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In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world's first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole project--and future of time travel--in jeopardy. To protect their invention, one member is exiled from the team--erasing her contributions from history. Fifty years later, time travel is a big business. Twenty-something Ruby Rebello knows her beloved grandmother,...
4) Annihilation
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Biologist and former soldier Lena is shocked when her missing husband comes home near death from a top-secret mission into the Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone from which no one has ever returned. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
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Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramificications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng stepson must find a way to convince the entity who was sent...
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[2009]
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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the most powerful underground organization in history, the Illuminati. Upon learning of an unstoppable terrorist act against the Vatican, Langdon travels to Rome and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra and together they will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that leads to the Vatican's only chance for survival.
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"Once a century, for only six days, the bay around a small Washington island glows like a water-bound aurora. Dr. Rachel Bell, a scientist studying the 100-Year Miracle and the tiny sea creatures that create it, knows a secret about the phenomenon that inspired the regions myths and folklore: the rare green water may contain a power that could save Rachel's own life (and change the world). When Rachel connects with Harry and Tilda, a divorced couple...
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Off the easternmost coast of India lies the immense archipelago of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. Life here is precarious, ruled by the unforgiving tides and the constant threat of attacks by Bengal tigers. Into this place of vengeful beauty come two seekers from different worlds, whose lives collide with tragic consequences. The settlers of the remote Sundarbans believe that anyone without a pure heart who ventures into the watery island labyrinth...
10) Madame Curie
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[2007]
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Young Marie Sklodowska of Poland dreamed of being something more than being just a wife and mother. She defied convention to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne and with Pierre Curie, the professor who became her husband, goes on to make one of the greatest breakthroughs in 20th-century science.
11) Annihilation
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[2018]
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Biologist and former soldier Lena is shocked when her missing husband comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone from which no one has ever returned. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
12) Mimic 3 film set
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2012.
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Mimic: A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease, only to find three years later that something has gone terribly wrong! Their creation is able to mimic and destroy its every predator - even man!
Mimic 2: A cockroach spiced with DNA from termites is on the loose and wanting to mate with Remy, a school teacher-entomologist, who is suspected of the gruesome murders of her ex-boyfriends.
Mimic 3: When residents...
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[2009]
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Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramifications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng stepson must find a way to convince the entity who was sent...
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[2008]
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As a deadly storm descends upon Earth, causing officials to scramble to pinpoint the cause. Though global warming is the suspect, scientist Faith Clavell realizes that something else is triggering the extreme weather. She teams up with storm chaser Tommy Tornado and Judith Carr, head of FEMA. The country is vulnerable and the government becomes aware that it is the target of a terrorist organization.
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2009.
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Description for Full Force Nature, V.2 : Nature has not only changed the face of the Earth, but also the lives of those who've found themselves in its fierce path. With award-winning and never-before-seen footage, Volume 2 of Full Force Nature highlights the most unexpected weather caught on tape: rare twisters in Salt Lake City, baseball-sized hail in Texas, and monsoon rains and flash floods in Las Vegas. Plus, see an entire town's dreams swept...
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2008.
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Category 7: the end of the world : As a deadly Category 6 storm descends upon the Earth, unleashing violent winds, hurricane force pressure, and devastating tornadoes, officials scramble to pinpoint the cause. Though global warming is suspect, beautiful but discredited scientist Faith Clavell realizes that something else is triggering the extreme weather. Teaming up with storm chaser Tommy Tornado and Judith Carr, Faith realizes they must enter the...
17) Angels & demons
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[2016]
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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
18) Contact: Sphere
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[2007]
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Contact: Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away. Sphere: Officials find a spaceship that plunged into the Pacific 300 years ago.
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2008.
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2009-0917 A renowned scientist finds herself face to face with an alien called Klaatu, who has travelled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramifications of Klaatu's claim that he is a "friend" to the earth.
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