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Disney and Lucasfilm have released videos showing how the talented team at the Propshop of Pinewood Studios crafted Darth Vader’s melted helmet and many of the other props from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. They have also opened up a new Star Wars Collectibles store that is stocked with a limited supply of studio edition […]

In a new episode of the informative trivia series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how the expression “red tape” came to describe the frustratingly slow and cluttered process of bureaucracy and how the term has been consistently employed throughout history. Sometime during the early 16th century, in order to distinguish the most […]

A pair of adorably vocal French bulldogs named Ganon and Loki were barely able to contain their squealing excitement when their human informed them that they were on their way to the dog park. I have to be careful not to say “dog park” around my French bulldogs because they get a little too excited […]

Project Soli is a small sensor device developed by Google ATAP that uses radar to control electronics with hand gestures. The radar and antenna for the device fit on a small 8mm x 10mm chip, but it is still sensitive and powerful enough to pick up small and precise movements. The sensor has a wide […]

Computer graphics student Léo Brunel of the MOPA college in France has created “Voltige,” a clever animated short film about a pair of fumbling mechanics who get tangled up in all sorts of high-flying car trouble in their garage. According to Brunel, he was inspired by the comedic duo Laurel and Hardy. via Vimeo Staff […]

IEEE Spectrum explores how researchers program robots to make moral decisions and the challenge that presents. There is no clear guide that humans agree on for morality, and research shows that people expect robots to behave differently than other humans when making potentially life-or-death decisions. Whether it’s in our cars, our hospitals or our homes, […]

LG recently hired professional rock climber Sierra Blair-Coyle to pull off a crazy stunt while demonstrating the suction power of their CordZero vacuum cleaners by having her scale the side of a 460-foot skyscraper in South Korea. Sierra, who was equipped with safety lines, strapped two of the cordless vacuums to her back and used […]

Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone of The Lonely Island held a competitive compliment session in the style of a rap battle for a Vanity Fair video. The Lonely Island’s first feature film Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping will be released on June 3, 2016.

Austin, Texas video editor and musician Jeff Dutton (a.k.a. “Bonecage“) recently teamed up with Mr. Gee to create “Rick It!,” a brilliant musical parody tribute to Rick Grimes of The Walking Dead that is set to a Rick themed mix of the 1980 song “Whip It” by Devo. We both like Walking Dead and also […]

An intense Florida lightning storm was captured in 7,000 fps slow motion by professor Ningyu Liu at the Florida Institute of Technology‘s Geospace Physics Laboratory. Played back at 700 fps, the video shows the lightning strikes moving down to the Earth in jerky steps instant of near-instant flashes. via PetaPixel

Great Big Story recently sat down with video game designer Warren Robinett, who was the developer of the Atari 2600‘s Adventure, to find out the rebellious origin story of the video game Easter egg. Video game designer Warren Robinett was a pioneer of his craft. He conceptualized and programmed the groundbreaking video game “Adventure” for […]

ThinkGeek has released an amazing Star Trek: The Next Generation Trekini Swimwear Line that includes one-piece swimsuits, a cover-up romper, and a swim shirt based on Deanna Troi‘s lavender jumpsuit. Whether you’re planning a getaway to the tropical beaches of Risa or a staycation on the holodeck, ThinkGeek can help you boldly go into the […]

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys recently filmed themselves shooting rainbow flames, with the use of colored TIKI torch fuel, in beautiful 4K slow motion. The slow motion segments were filmed at 1,000 fps using a Phantom Flex4K camera.

In a new episode of Breaking Trail, animal expert Coyote Peterson graciously accommodated the popular fan request to feature a praying mantis on his show. While in Costa Rica, Peterson not only encountered a friendly ocelot kitten, but also found a leaf mantis. Just like his porcupine experience, Peterson allowed the mantis to dig its […]

While playing through the fairway at Buffalo Creek Golf Club in Palmetto, Florida, a quick thinking golfer named Charles Helms grabbed his phone and calmly captured the incredible sight of an enormous alligator moving across the green. The giant reptile remained completely oblivious to the stunned and curious humans nearby as it disappeared behind one […]

Beloved news anchor Bruce is retiring from “Your 7 News”, so his colleagues decided to share some horrible news bloopers that probably shouldn’t have been aired in this new Adult Swim Special.

In a recent episode of the informative trivia series “Today I Found Out“, host and editor Daven Hiskey explains why both calico and tortoiseshell cats are almost exclusively female and how male exceptions can sometimes occur due to a specific chromosomal abnormality. So, if a cat needs two X-chromosomes in order for its fur to […]

“Pearl” is a touching 360 degree short film by Patrick Osborne about a father and daughter set entirely in their car. The beat up hatchback shows the small family over several decades as both father and daughter chase their dreams of being musicians. Set inside their home, a beloved hatchback, Pearl follows a girl and […]

People can now virtually enter The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City thanks to a beautiful Facebook 360 degree video of its Great Hall. Architect Richard Morris Hunt designed this majestic space in 1902. He never could have imagined that today the Museum’s main entry greets more than six million visitors a year. […]

Make nighttime bathroom trips easier with the Motion-Activated LED Light that easily attaches to a toilet lid and changes color to indicate whether the seat is up or down. The simple device is powered by two AA batteries and stays illuminated for 30 seconds after it detects motion. The light is available now in our […]

Dave Hax demonstrates how to quickly tie your shoelaces using the Ukrainian knot method in a recent video tutorial. Re-thread your laces and learn this fun technique. It makes tying your laces quicker and its fun to learn.

The team at Freakin Rad created an exciting live action gameplay video for Naughty Dog‘s video game, Uncharted 4 A Thief’s End, that follows Nathan Drake as he risks it all to save his wife. Fans of Freakin Rad can help support their future work on Patreon. A photo posted by Freakin Rad (@freakinrad) on […]

The Hopside Down is a hand blown beer glass, designed by Dima Komissarov, that is shaped like an upside down beer bottle sitting inside of a regular glass. It is available to purchase from Fred & Friends. Fred likes to glug his beer right from the bottle, but Mrs. Fred is appalled. So Fred went […]

Kurzgesagt and CGP Grey took a collective look at the nature of self and what it means to be “you” in a pair of videos. The CGP Grey installment explores the relationship between the left and right hemispheres of the brain and how that relationship changes when the two sides are no longer connected. The […]

Rémi Gaillard pulled off a series of absurd medical pranks in his latest video, “EMERGENCY.” The stunts include oversized medical devices, fake symptoms, and passionate CPR. My new video is like a suppository, it will enter the annals.

A photo posted by Harlow, Sage, Indiana & Reese (@harlowandsage) on May 22, 2016 at 9:25am PDT In 2013, we wrote about a beautiful Weimaraner named Harlow and a little dachshund puppy named Indiana (Indi), who had just come into Harlow’s life after Sage, Harlow’s previous partner-in-crime, passed away at the age of 13 from […]

The Warp Zone recently joined forces with actress and writer Lisa Foiles to perform a friendly a capella cover of the 1960s Spider-Man animated television series theme song. We previously wrote about their a capella renditions of the X-Men, Pokémon, and Breaking Bad Television show theme songs. In honor of Spiderman’s movie stealing performance in […]

Mr Sunday Movies has created a supercut video featuring all of Wolverine‘s direct and indirect kills in the live action X-Men films. Wolverine ended up with approximately 90 deaths under his belt. Mr Sunday Movies fans can help support his future work on Patreon.

In a recent video tutorial, Dave Hax demonstrated how to open a bottle of wine using a blow torch to remove the cork. He previously showed us how to open a wine bottle using a key. Heating up the air underneath the cork, makes it expand and pushes out the cork. Let the bottle cool […]

The Backyard Scientist performed an experiment where he attempted to extinguish a flaming swimming pool using liquid nitrogen and dry ice. He lit the pool on fire using diethyl ether, which is highly flammable and floats on the water’s surface. As the liquid nitrogen and dry ice hit the water they each created large clouds of […]

When an adorably guilty chipmunk was caught raiding a backyard bird feeder, he willingly gave up and spit out the ill-gotten booty intended for his feathered friends as soon as fjwjr, the resident human, stopped to ask him what he was doing. Needless to say the man was surprised by the chipmunk’s immediate response. This […]

“Fired on Mars” is a fantastic animated short, created by Nate Sherman and Nick Vokey, about a graphic designer who gets fired from his job while stationed on Mars. The short features voice over and music by actor and singer Sean Wing. via Vimeo Staff Picks

Wiener-Dog is a new film by writer/director Todd Solondz (Storytelling, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Palindromes) that tells four different stories all connected by one common character, a small wiener dog. The film stars Danny DeVito, Greta Gerwig, Julie Delpy, and Ellen Burstyn. Wiener-Dog will be released in theaters on June 24, 2016.

Daniel Perdomo and his friends have been working together to create a real life mechanical tabletop version of the classic 1970s Atari tennis video game, Pong. Their machine uses actual physical parts to replicate the virtual two-dimensional, board, ball, and paddles. Production photos of their masterpiece are available to view on Facebook. via Hackaday

In a web exclusive video, John Oliver reversed his usual Last Week Tonight segment “How Is This Still a Thing?” and instead asks “How Is This Not a Thing?” about a variety of ideas ranging from an all-dog Blue Man Group to bread pants.

Pro skaters Tony Hawk and Aaron “Jaws” Homoki recently teamed up with Sony, 900 Films, and the Zero Gravity Corporation to try to pull off crazy weightless skateboard tricks while in zero gravity. A photo posted by Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) on May 26, 2016 at 8:59am PDT A photo posted by Aaron Jaws Homoki (@aaronjawshomoki) […]

In a new video for Red Nose Day, The Walking Dead actors Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, and several other stars imagine what it would be like to make a show that brings “sweetness” into the world by spoofing the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special intro. Red Nose Day is a television fundraising event where mass […]

Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass takes on United States founding father and third president Thomas Jefferson in the latest installment of Epic Rap Battles of History. Here’s the behind-the-scenes video showing how it all came together.

Kama, the amazing pig who surfs with his human Kai Holt, is the proud papa to Kama 2 an adorable little black piglet who enjoys riding the waves with Kai’s son Braiden. Like fathers, like sons. Kama the Surfing Pig has a son, and he’s a surfer too. Watch as the piglet Kama 2 shreds […]

Fadi Saleh of Baracksdubs created a clever edited video that makes it look like President Barack Obama is singing “Work” by Rihanna using various video clips of Obama speaking.

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SpaceX has posted an amazing sped up video of the first-stage of their Falcon 9 rocket executing a perfect landing on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Atlantic Ocean after the successful launch delivering THAICOM 8 to a Super Synchronous Transfer Orbit. THAICOM 8 spacecraft has been deployed into a nominal […]

In “What if the World Ended?” Jake Roper of Vsauce3 explains the concept of nuclear winter from a stylized future in the aftermath of a small nuclear war. The video is a follow-up to Roper’s earlier post-nuclear video “Could You Survive a Fallout?” that explains the more immediate dangers of a nuclear blast. Eric Langlay […]

On May 25, 2016, the Health Department of New York City declared the names Bella and Max to be the most popular dog names throughout the five boroughs for 2015. They also created a really fun map showing where the popular names are most prevalent. The Health Department today announced that Max and Bella were […]

Let’s Melt This has created an oddly satisfying compilation of things being melted in reverse. This video features many of the same clips as their original compilation of things melting, but this time the objects seem to reform and take shape rather than dissolve and fall apart. Compilation 2.0 of oddly satisfying videos we have […]

On a recent episode of Discovery Channel‘s Daily Planet show Make It Real, engineer James Hobson (a.k.a. “The Hacksmith“) built an amazing fiery replica of Psylocke‘s (Olivia Munn) psychic sword from the newly released film X-Men: Apocalypse. We previously wrote about the electromagnet bracers that James built for his replica Captain America shield. A video […]

Comedian Mike Earley is a construction worker by day, and he wrote and stars in the video “Framing Houses in Minnesota” produced by his employer Carpentry Contractors Company. In the video, Earley talks about the benefits of working construction, things he has learned on the job, and the recipe for a shart. via reddit

The Warp Zone has created a marvelous parody of Boyz II Men‘s hit single from 1994, “I’ll Make Love to You,” where The X-Men gather around to sing a heartfelt love song dedicated to the powerful mutant ladies they are infatuated with. Here is the original “I’ll Make Love to You” music video.