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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has opened at Universal Studios Hollywood. The grand opening ceremony featured the Hogwarts School Choir, John Williams and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and a gorgeous light and fireworks show against the attraction.

Italian biology student and blogger Mattia Menchetti captured remarkable photos of the natural phenomenon of polistes dominula (paper wasps) building a beautiful nest from the colorful construction paper that was provided to them. (translated) Returning to native species, we come to the real purpose of this article: to show how, with a little ‘color and […]

Ricky Gervais is reprising his role as David Brent from The Office in the new feature film David Brent: Life on the Road. In the film, Brent is a traveling salesman and self-funds a tour across the UK with his band Foregone Conclusion. The film will be released on August 19, 2016.

Comedian Scott Rogowsky drew stares and attention while reading books with fake titles and covers on the subway in New York City. Rogowsky’s library included titles like Gone Girl 2: Even Goner, Getting Away With Murder for Dummies, and This Book Has a Camera in It and Google Is Taking Your Photo With It. Subways are a great place […]

As the newest member of the Tested team, Swedish engineer Simone Giertz once again put her amazing skill and her great sense of humor to use with the Popcorn Machine Helmet. Unlike her other robots, however, this one was planned via Skype with Adam Savage of Mythbusters. This very special One Day Build is an […]

image via Amazon Pottermore has shared a sneak peek at the new edition of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets novel that will feature wonderful full-color illustrations by Jim Kay. The beautiful book, which is currently available to pre-order on the Bloomsbury website and Amazon, will release on October 4th, 2016. image […]

Musician and composer Andy Rehfeldt, whose work we’ve previously posted, has created a wonderfully disturbing video remix of “Escape” (The Piña Colada Song) in which the distinctive vocal stylings of death metal singer Bördi replaced those of soft rock songwriter Rupert Holmes. The original version of the song. via b3ta, The Awesomer

Mr Kernish recently took a trip into a random stranger’s back yard, who he appropriately gave the name Kuat for security reasons, to take a tour (inside and out) of an incredible life-size AT-ST Walker that the awesome Star Wars fan built “mostly made from timber, plastic, and bits of scrap metal.” Mr Kernish’s entire […]

Josh and Mike Greenfield of the Brothers Green cooking and music show created a new series where they show how to make Taco Bell‘s entire classic menu from home. A video posted by @brothersgreen on Mar 23, 2016 at 10:48am PDT A photo posted by @brothersgreen on Mar 25, 2016 at 6:48am PDT via Digg

Mike Rugnetta share 38 fun facts about the internet on episode 414 of “The List Show” on Mental Floss.

A playful cat hunts a speedy foe! When the very mischievous Simon’s Cat saw that his human was running a remote control toy car around a track, he jumped right in and began the inevitable chase. Both human and feline were having a bit of fun with each other until the car flew off the […]

The Japanese metal idol band, BABYMETAL, made their U.S. television debut by performing their song “Gimme Chocolate!!” on a recent episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The track is featured on their second studio album, METAL RESISTANCE, which is currently available to purchase on their U.S. store and Amazon.

Mode Video paid tribute to the 100 years of hats for both men and women in a fashionable two-and-a-half-minute time-lapse. Each look highlighted the fabulous millinery, which was recreated in accordance with each era, decade by decade. Travel through 100 years of fashionable hats, for both him and her. Watch as we show off some […]

Marvel released a new TV spot for Captain America: Civil War, the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. The TV spot takes a look at how everything that happened in the past lead up to this heated, divided battle among friends. Captain America: Civil War is currently scheduled […]

Disney and Lucasfilm have released the first official trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an upcoming live-action Star Wars stand-alone film and first in the new Star Wars Anthology Series. Rogue One, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla), will tell the story of the brave band of rebels who worked together […]

Mike Rugnetta explores the history of pizza in 8 delicious slices on the latest episode of PBS Idea Channel. Pizza might be an Italian invention, but it is a worldwide phenomenon. Pizza has managed to evolve from a simple, rustic food item to something much more impactful. For many it is a comfort food, something […]

1 of 30. "The Nanny" starring Paul the Pigeon Man. #anicoflico #30in30 #hellerfilms A video posted by HELLER films (@hellerfilms) on Mar 10, 2016 at 7:50am PST Nicolas Heller, the filmmaker behind the “No Your City” series, recently completed his latest project “30 little city films in 30 days“, a glorious compilation of black-and-white iPhone […]

“Evolution of Dance” by comedian Judson Laipply, one of the first big viral videos on YouTube, was uploaded 10 years ago today on April 6, 2006. Since then it’s been viewed over 295 millions times.

A photo posted by Innis & Gunn (@innisandgunnuk) on Mar 30, 2016 at 12:00pm PDT In celebration of their new location in Dundee, Scottish craft brewery Innis & Gunn UK has created the very curious Marm & Ale, a smooth preserve that is infused with their signature “oak barrel aged” ale and in turn, they’ve […]

Alex Kersten from Car Throttle tested the Autopilot feature of the Tesla Model S at 70 MPH on the M4 motorway in the United Kingdom. Kersten let the car take control of steering, braking, and acceleration as he sat back and reviewed the experience. via reddit

A photo posted by Preemadonna (@preemadonna) on Mar 21, 2016 at 8:41am PDT Engineers Pree Walia and Casey Schulz of Preemadonna have created The Nailbot, a smartphone enabled robot that prints custom decorative decals and designs directly onto fingernails. Preemadonna is currently accepting Nailbot waitlist orders, but are offering VIP access through an ambassador program, […]

Valve showed off the capabilities of SteamVR and the HTC Vive in a video that filmed users in front of a green screen to help demonstrate the feeling of virtual reality. Players sampled more than a dozen different games available on the platform.

A photo posted by Erik Johansson (@alltelleringet) on Mar 30, 2016 at 3:13am PDT Visual artist Erik Johansson has created “Impact“, a brilliant installation in which he imagined a lake shattering into pieces like a mirror and then used 17 meters of mirror to make his vision come true. This is an image I’ve been […]

Tina Fey surprised the crowd at the MCC Theater‘s 2016 Miscast Gala in New York City by joining Tituss Burgess on stage to perform “You’re Nothing Without Me” from the musical City of Angels.

Photographer Julian Cash of Aurora Light Portraits, whose amazing light painting portraits we’ve written about before, is looking to take his creative journey to the next level. He’s doing so by building a traveling X-RAY light painting studio for live public use during the Percona Live MySQL Conference 2016 in Santa Clara, California on April […]

Software engineer Deekshith Allamaneni has created EasyWrite, an online text editor that encourages writers to make simpler language choices using a database of 1,000 of the most common words used in the English language. Allamaneni was inspired by Cleartext, an app that only works on Macs. I always used to find it difficult to write […]

Google search has added animal sound functionality. Users who search “animal sounds” will see a selection of clickable illustrations of different animals that play a recording of that animal. The feature was announced in a post on the Google Austria site. via Mashable

The Laundry design, animation, and visual effects studio in Los Angeles has released a video and images featuring the incredibly bizarre Simpsons brand IDs that they made this year for the FXX Network. The entire series of IDs are available to view on the Laundry website and their Behance portfilio. We are completely infatuated with […]

The Laurel Canyon Animal Company (LCAC) is an incredibly unique record label that records music by animals for animals. Founded by musicians Skip Haynes and Dana Walden, LCAC is the only label in the world that uses the skills of animal psychics and communicators to interpret what the animal is saying, puts those words to […]

Two small children discover the adhesive properties of bologna and create unique wall art out of their lunch.

Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy from The Slow Mo Guys fired an X15 personal flamethrower and captured the 50-foot jets of flame in amazing 4K slow motion. Gav and Dan discover that often, some of the most beautiful things in life are the same things that will take your face right off.

Professional sculptor Chris Vierra (a.k.a. “Sculpture Geek“) recently recreated a highly detailed Deathclaw mutant from Fallout 4. His full collection of Deathclaw photos are available to view on Instagram. Chris explains his thorough design process in more detail on Twitch, where he live streams his creations being made. A photo posted by ????????????Chris Vierra (@sculpture_geek) […]

Kasper Møller Jensen has created a wonderful video that takes a look at the “visual elements and framing” used to show Rey‘s (Daisy Ridley) isolation in Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens. music by Yann Tiersen – “Comptine d’un autre été: L’Après-Midi” via /Film

A photo posted by Elke Vogelsang (@elkevogelsang) on Mar 20, 2016 at 9:47am PDT Pet photographer Elke Vogelsang, who created the series “Nice Nosing You“, has put together a a really amusing collection of outtakes from various shoots that show the dogs looking at her with concern, as if they were questioning her sanity. Vogelsang […]

Conan O’Brien introduced a new service called Guiding Hands. Users can summon a Guiding Hands helper to assist them in the mundane tasks that would otherwise require them to look up from their smartphone. You can look at your phone or you can look at where you’re going, but you can’t do both. Until Guiding […]

ThinkGeek is featuring an adorable R2-D2 Architectural Desk Lamp that sheds a little light on any situation that is near or far, far away. The helpful lamp is “positionable and adjustable, just like actual R2, so he sheds light on whatever situation calls for it.” Imagine if little R2 had never met Leia, had never […]

In the highly surreal VFX short film “Wrapped“, a rapidly growing ivy begins growing out of the body of a dead rat lying in middle of traffic and continues outward until it encircles and encompasses New York City and then the entirety of Earth. Created by filmmakers Roman Kälin, Falko Paeper and Florian Wittmann of […]

Jon Stamm and Joey Graves from Vat19 showed off the company’s new giant Jenga set by lighting it on fire before playing. The pair used a “special goo” to protect their hands from the flames, and managed to do surprisingly well in the game despite their flaming tower. The giant Jenga set is eight times larger than […]

Mark Hamill and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy recently sat down to announce the new “Star Wars: Force for Change” charity campaign through CrowdRise from Disney and Lucasfilm. All donations help to support Make-A-Wish Foundation, UNICEF, American Red Cross, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. All donations collected through the campaign, which is loaded […]

A two-year-old boy has a conversation with some turkeys by mimicking their calls. via reddit

Entertainment Tonight shared a bonus feature, only found on the Target edition of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD and Blu-ray pack, where John Boyega (Finn) beat boxes while Daisy Ridley (Rey) spits an amazing rap about their time on set. “Daisy was just doing like a rap one day, and I said ‘You […]

To celebrate the past 30 years of Nintendo‘s popular Legend of Zelda video game series, Scott Lininger of Bitsbox and Mike Magee created a website that allows you to play a 3D voxel-based version of the original Legend of Zelda game in your browser.

A video posted by Chris Taylor (@futurechris) on Apr 4, 2016 at 11:27pm PDT Mashable editor Chris Taylor recently posted a video on Instagram of his Sphero BB-8 droid toy watching and reacting to a scene from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Thanks to Sphero‘s latest update for the app-enabled droid, BB-8 now […]

The Hydraulic Press Channel crushes a LEGO minifigure, brick and vehicles in their hydraulic press.

In this Friskies 2014 Grand Prize winning video, Cole the Black Cat bemusedly watched on as his little brother Marmalade clumsily figured out how to get in and out of the bathroom garbage pail without any human assistance or interference necessary. via Cole and Marmalade

In a fascinating episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler tells of how the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” gained a such huge following in both the United Kingdom and the United States before the record label ever approved its release. Using information written by Karl Smallwood, Whistler explains that it was two […]

Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) travels to Giant Country in a new trailer for Disney’s The BFG. The film is an adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel and was directed by Stephen Spielberg. The film also stars the voices of Mark Rylance as The BFG and Bill Hader and Jemaine Clement as giants Bloodbottler and Fleshlumpeater. It will be […]

A photo posted by Biancoshock (@biancoshock) on Apr 4, 2016 at 10:07am PDT Italian activist artist Biancoshock has decorated several manholes in Milan as if they were rooms within a home. The installation, entitled “Borderlife“, makes a powerful statement about homelessness, particularly when a segment of the population attempts to make a home within the […]

The Kansas City Royals opened their baseball season with a unique first pitch relay that let fans play a 9.49-mile game of catch to get a smart baseball from Union Station to Kauffman Stadium. The ball contains a small computer that holds messages from fans who each made donations to Relay the Way, a charity […]

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. SPOILER ALERT: The Force has awakened! Strap in for an all out battle between desert orphans, depressed Sith wannabes, and super adorable droids! PLUS – a very special blast from the past!