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Precious—a visual reflecting on the mystery of life on Earth.

Written by Carl Sagan, directed by Equiano d' Sassa

Yeah—according to the UN, there are now 8 billion of us on this rock we call Earth. As it seems, a human being is a dime a dozen.

That's from a narrow tribal perspective. On a cosmic scale, things are different—life appears to be a rarity.

The Cosmos may be teeming with intelligent beings, but in a hundred billion galaxies, there will be no humans else.