New Scientist's top five science videos of 2008

Compared to five years ago, there is a lot of great science on the web, most of it free. New Scientist is one of the best general science publications dand comes from the UK (much like the US-based Science News). While each have subscriber-only Premium Content, there is quite a lot of free access material, including some great videos on New Scientist. As part of a year-end wrap up New Scientist just posted their five most popular videos. Here they are. If you always wanted to see a human egg ovulate, here's your chance (you have to wait to get to #1):

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