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During the talk “Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus” at the World Science Festival in 2009, the very talented Bobby McFerrin stood up from his chair and proceeded to instruct the audience to sing with him. Using the stage as a keyboard of sorts, McFerrin sang one note and jumped to the...The post Bobby McFerrin Jumps Along the Stage to Create a Song With the Audience Using the Pentatonic Scale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate Avengers: Infinity War successfully slamming down into theaters, video editor and musician Jeff Dutton (a.k.a. “Bonecage“) created a catchy musical parody that stands up against spoiling the awesome Marvel film. Hell, even Thanos wouldn’t unleash spoilers. My wife and I just had a baby 8 months ago, and now I live in constant...The post A Musical Parody That Stands Up Against Avengers: Infinity War Spoilers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Portugal trip guide Daniela Carneiro and surf instructor Eduardo Ribeiro have created the Truck Surf Hotel, a truck that transforms into a double-decker “hotel on wheels.” The mobile hotel travels along the southwest coast of Portugal and Morocco giving travelers a place to learn and improve their surf skills. From special walls that slides out,...The post Truck Surf Hotel, A Mobile Truck That Transforms Into a Two-Story Hotel on Wheels for Surfers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the short cleverly animated short “Le Nuage” (“The Cloud”) by Iulia Voitova, a young woman does her best to protect her partner from a dark, stormy cloud that constantly hovers over his head. Employing an umbrella, the woman follows the man around the house and out the door in an effort to keep him...The post A Woman Protects Her Ungrateful Partner From a Hovering Storm Cloud in Animated Short ‘Le Nuage’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an unconfined episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi who voices the animated Blocko explained the general tenets of the Big Bang theory (not the television series) and how it all lead to the formation of many galaxies including our own. Blocko also explained that due to the Big Bang theory, our universe keeps...The post The Astronomical Reason Why No Human Will Ever Find Out What Is At the End of the Universe appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Anna Posey, a talented pastry chef, artist and restauranteur, transforms her quick but detailed, two dimensional sketches into beautiful three dimensional desserts that are served at Elske, the highly rated restaurant she co-owns with husband David. On such dessert is black and white sesame tarts, the recipe for which Posey graciously shared with Bon Apetit...The post Chicago Pastry Chef Transforms Two Dimensional Sketches Into Beautiful Three Dimensional Desserts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a soporific Ted Ed lesson written by science journalist Sheena Faherty and animated by Dabid Pascual and Davy Dumartheray, narrator Julianna Zarzycki explains the difference between sleeping and hibernating, the different types of hibernation employed by different animals and the mistaken belief that only certain animals hibernated. Also addressed is torpor, the reduced metabolism...The post How the Unique Physiology of Hibernating Animals Can Help Researchers Find Solutions for Humans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“A Garbage Story” is a short, insightful film by Olivier Bernier of Rota6 Films that tells the story of Nick DiMola, a unique individual who has the unique ability to see the value that once lived inside discarded items. Fully embodying the Grateful Dead lyric “one man gathers what another man spills“, DiMola finds his...The post An Insightful Short Film About a Man in Queens Who Embraces the Historical Value of Discarded Items appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the eruption of the Kilauea volcano, big island Hawai’i resident Jeremiah Osuna heard that there was steam rising from the ground in his former neighborhood of Leilani Estates. When he arrived, he fired up his drone and captured an incredible overhead view of newly formed cracks in the Earth, from which lava first began...The post Stunning Drone Footage of Lava Flowing Through Newly Formed Ground Cracks on Big Island Hawai’i appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Group leader Eric Betzig and his team of researchers at HHMI Howard Hughes Medical Institute have created up an amazing microscope that can view deep, subcellular movement within multi-cellular organisms and captures high resolution, dynamic 3D images and footage of said movement. By combining features such as “sheer lattice microscopy” with “adaptive optics”, the team...The post An Incredible Microscope That Captures 3D Images of Subcellular Movement in Multi-Celled Organisms appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The LEGO Breakfast Machine is an amazing LEGO-built contraption, created by The Brick Wall, that is capable of frying up, seasoning, and serving bacon and eggs. We previously wrote about The Brick Wall’s LEGO Roomba vacuum cleaner and LEGO harvesting machine. LEGO in Real Life, A Boy Prepares a Breakfast of Eggs and Toast Made...The post A LEGO Breakfast Machine Capable of Frying, Seasoning, and Serving Bacon and Eggs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a ground pounding episode of his Clueless Gamer series, talk show host Conan O’Brien sat down with the hilarious Bill Hader to pulverize people and creatures in Sony Interactive Entertainment‘s newly released video game, God of War. The game is available to purchase for the PlayStation4 on Amazon. CONAN Highlight: Conan and Bill Hader...The post Conan O’Brien Plays ‘God of War’ With Bill Hader appeared first on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate the second season of Westworld premiering on HBO last month, The Warp Zone added hilarious lyrics to the popular television series’ instrumental theme song. Here is the original opening for season two. An A Capella Cover of the Enchanting Westworld Theme Song by The Warp ZoneThe Fully Realized Android Hosts Wage a Bloody...The post The Westworld Theme Song With Lyrics appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Buzz Lightyear arrives on Earth to bring balance to the universe in a parody mashup of Avengers: Infinity War and Toy Story by How It Should Have Ended and James Covenant. To Infinity and Beyond, A Realistic Illustration of Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear by Dan LuVisi‘American Horror Toy Story’, A Creepy Animated Mashup of ‘Toy...The post Buzz Lightyear is the New Thanos in a Parody Mashup of Avengers: Infinity War and Toy Story appeared first on Laughing Squid.

British design house Neomam Studios (previously) has created for their client Budget Direct a wonderful re-imagination of nine iconic city skylines perched atop a proper glass filled with the city’s signature drink. Some of the skylines represented are New York City perched atop a Manhattan, Singapore atop a Singapore Sling, London atop a Pimm’s No.1...The post Iconic City Skylines Reimagined Perched Atop the Proper Glass Filled With the City’s Signature Drink appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Free diver Julie Gautier, who is married fellow diver Guillaume Néry, performed an absolutely gorgeous, beautifully choreographed dance at the bottom of the Y40, the deepest swimming pool in the world. Gautier’s dance conveyed incredible grace and meaning, yet was performed for six minutes on an amazing single breath. Gautier explained the meaning of the...The post Free Diver Performs an Expressive Six Minute Dance in One Breath at Bottom of the World’s Deepest Pool appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a poignantly thoughtful animation by the insightful School of Life, the importance of the values and lessons imbued by those who offered unconditional love, such as parents, to a child as the were growing up is given great gravity. While not all of these lessons were necessarily appreciated at the time, but instead became...The post The Importance of Values Imbued by Those Who Offered Unconditional Love to a Growing Child appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a chilling clip from the National Geographic show Alaska’s Deadliest, thousands of moon jellyfish descend upon a small waterway in search of food. Once prey is located, the deadly jelly secretes toxins into the victim for an easy kill. Our biggest state harbors some America’s deadliest animal killers. Alaska’s deadliest thrive in one of...The post Chilling Footage of Thousands of Deadly Moon Jellies Descending Upon Alaskan Waterways appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Alicia Rius (@aliciariusphoto) on Apr 11, 2018 at 11:39am PDT Photographer Alicia Rius who captured the eerily anthropomorphic nature and the distinctive personalities of hairless cats, has created “A Dog’s Life“, a insightful photo series in which she paired six different dogs with their respective items that they use every day...The post An Insightful Photo Series That Matches Six Very Different Dogs With Items From Their Daily Lives appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Robert Irwin, the incredibly amiable son of the late Steve Irwin returned to the Tonight Show for a fourth time and brought along animals that both delighted and terrified host Jimmy Fallon. Included in this visit were an adorable litter of very hungry baby pygmy goats whom Irwin showed Fallon how to feed, a rather...The post A Cheery Robert Irwin Returns to The Tonight Show to Show Jimmy Fallon How to Feed Pygmy Goats appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Professor David Brailsford of the Nottingham University series Computerphile, explained how the word “byte” came into existence. Providing a great deal of information upon which to chew, Brailsford shared how the word first originated at Bell Labs, how early computers were word-based and how IBM, being the hardware leader at the time, made the final...The post A Fascinating History of How the Word ‘Byte’ First Originated Then Was Adapted to Its Current Use appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Lionsgate released a gritty new trailer for Robin Hood, an upcoming action-adventure film directed by Otto Bathurst based on the story of Robin Hood. The trailer follows Robin Hood (Taron Egerton) as he and his Moorish commander (Jamie Foxx) as they work together to rebel against the tainted English crown and steal from the rich....The post Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx Steal From the Rich in a Gritty Trailer For ‘Robin Hood’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful long haired German shepherd in Adelaide, South Australia named Archer patiently waited his turn to be watered with the spray bottle his human was using for her plants. While Archer showed off his polite side, he’s not always that accommodating when that spray bottle comes out. He’ll sometimes either interrupt his human while...The post A Beautiful German Shepherd Patiently Waits to Be Watered With a Spray Bottle Alongside the Plants appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Using a waterproof microphone (hydrophone) connected to the MARS undersea cabled observatory and placed 900 meters (3,000 feet) below the surface of Monterey Bay onto the ocean floor, researchers have been able to not only capture sounds of the deep sea, but have made the sounds with coordinating spectrogram available to the public through a...The post Incredible Deep Sea Sound Recordings Streamed Live From the Waters of the Monterey Aquarium appeared first on Laughing Squid.

British inventor Colin Furze and electronics genius James Bruton joined forces once again to build a life-sized set of Hulkbuster armor from the Marvel Cinematic Universe out of parts purchased on eBay. A post shared by colin furze (@realcolinfurze) on May 2, 2018 at 11:31am PDT Colin Furze and James Bruton Build a Fire Blaster...The post Colin Furze and James Bruton Build a Life-Sized Set of Hulkbuster Armor appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an amped up episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains why we never see “B” cell batteries in stores. There actually are B batteries, but they aren’t something you’ll usually see stocked at most stores any longer. Since the invention of the battery, there have been a pretty amazingly diverse number...The post Why We Never See ‘B’ Cell Batteries in Stores appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very first ever 360° Google Doodle celebrates the legendary French filmmaker and illusionist Georges Méliès, a pioneer of special effects and film techniques such as timelapse photography, dissolve shots, stop-action splicing and storyboards, all of which are still used in present day. Amongst his most famous works is the 1902 film “Le Voyage dans...The post Google Doodle Premieres a 360° Animation Honoring Pioneering Filmmaker Georges Méliès appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a new Solo: A Star Wars Story featurette, Donald Glover (Lando Calrissian) gives a tour of Lando’s Millennium Falcon from the upcoming film. Young Han Solo Embarks on an Exciting Adventure in the New Teaser Trailer for Solo: A Star Wars StoryAction Movie Kid Visits the Star Wars Set in a Spoof of J.J....The post Donald Glover Gives a Tour of Lando Calrissian’s Millennium Falcon in a New ‘Solo’ Featurette appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On an intergalactic episode of the Vanity Fair series Notes on a Scene, Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo broke down a scene from the amazing film where Thor meets the Guardians of the Galaxy for the first time. Marvel Superheroes Try to Protect the Galaxy From Thanos in First Trailer For Avengers:...The post Avengers: Infinity War Directors Break Down a Scene Where Thor Meets the Guardians of the Galaxy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On an episode of The Star Wars Show, Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard sat down to narrate the story of A New Hope in the style of Arrested Development. A Young Han Solo Chooses a Life of Crime in the New Trailer for ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’Young Han Solo Embarks on...The post Ron Howard Narrates Star Wars: A New Hope in the Style of Arrested Development appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In another chapter of their ongoing analysis of the blockbuster HBO series Game of Thrones, the insightful folks at ScreenPrism took a look at how the series combined fantastic visual effects with organic elements in order to provide a sense of a familiar historical realism to the viewers. One of the show’s superpowers is the...The post How Game of Thrones Combines Visual Effects With Organic Elements to Create a Sense of Realism appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly talented musician Jon Gomm played a truly poignantly lush acoustic fingerstyle cover of the iconic Radiohead song “High and Dry“, providing both the vocals and percussion in perfect precision with the graceful flow of the strings. Gomm stated that with this performance, he felt the presence of the late Michael Hedges. I’ve been...The post A Poignantly Lush Acoustic Fingerstyle Cover of the Iconic Radiohead Song ‘High and Dry’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a surprising video essay, the very knowledgable YouTuber Polyphonic delves into how the very distinct vocal, lyrical and musical style of Bob Dylan became legendary fodder for parody. To demonstrate this trend, Polyphonic cited such songs as “A Simple Desultory Phillipic” by Simon and Garfunkel, “Stuck in the Middle With You” by Stealers Wheel...The post How Bob Dylan’s Distinct Style Became Legendary Fodder for Parody by Other Well Known Musicians appeared first on Laughing Squid.

UI Engineer Diana A. Smith has created three gorgeously detailed, artistic reproductions by hand-coding entirely in CSS and HTML. The first reproduction is called “Pure CSS Francine” an “HTML/CSS drawing in the style of an 18th-century oil painting.” The following two “Pure CSS Zigaro” was a mid-century advertisement and “Pure-CSS Vignes was inspired by 1930’s...The post Gorgeously Detailed Artistic Reproductions Created Entirely With Hand-Coded HTML and CSS appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet graciously demonstrated several different ways in which to properly pick up a cat so that both feline and human feel safe, because when it’s done wrong, the results can be very painful. the key to picking up a cat safely is to make them feel supported, so...The post A Helpful Vancouver Veterinarian Demonstrates Several Ways to Properly Pick Up a Cat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a laminous episode of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet Makes, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz attempted to create a gourmet version of a Kit Kat candy bar. The biggest hurdles that Saffitz needed to overcome was adding the requisite crisp to the wafer layers and adding shine to the chocolate covering....The post Pastry Chef Attempts to Create a Gourmet Version of a Kit Kat Candy Bar With Proper Crispy Layers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Glenn Tickle, our friend who is a former Laughing Squid blogger, is raising funds through GoFundMe in order to professionally record his original show “Good Grief: A Comedy About Loss and Being Bad at It“. Tickle wrote this show shortly after the tragic, unexpected death of his younger brother Mark in June 2016 as...The post Comedian Glenn Tickle Is Raising Funds to Film His Original Show About Grief In Memory of His Brother appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very open Christina Hendricks sat down with Sam Jones of Off Camera and spoke about the pressure of maintaining her breakout character of Joan Holloway on a constant basis in order to please Mad Men fans in the media, her traumatic high school years after a move from Twin Falls, Idaho to Fairfax, Virginia,...The post Christina Hendricks Talks About ‘Mad Men’, High School, Acting and Her Role on ‘Good Girls’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a fantastic deal on the Ninja 4-in-1 Auto-iQ Kitchen System for Blending, Processing & Spiralizing, a powerful and convenient countertop appliance that acts as a blender, a food processor, ice crusher and spiralizer that makes vegetable noodles in three different sizes. Ninja 4-in-1 Auto-iQ Kitchen...The post A Powerful Ninja 4-in-1 Kitchen System That Blends, Chops, Minces, Grinds, Purees and Spiralizes Food appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Decan aka, Paps (@tintin_the_squirrel) on Nov 25, 2017 at 1:55am PST A tiny red squirrel who was rejected by his mother after falling four stories into the Danish garden of a big hearted human. That human, Decan Andersen and his two cats, Coco and her brother Tiger , welcome the injured...The post A Tiny Red Squirrel and a Beautiful Tuxedo Cat Enjoy a Good Life Together With Their Beloved Rescuer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Nate of The King of Random demonstrated how to make slime out of Borax and Elmer’s Clear Glue. He then made his slime glow in the dark by mixing it with the fluid from colorful glow sticks. How to Make Glow in the Dark Spider Slime for Halloween Out of Household IngredientsThe History of SlimeHow...The post How to Make Colorful Glowing Slime appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Robert Carlson of 5 Mad Movie Makers set his speedy remote control car free in a neighborhood and captured incredible footage of the vehicle flying around death-defying turns, jumping over homemade ramps, and skimming across the top of a crystal clear pool. Beautiful Weaved Wood Starbucks Café in JapanA Compact Wingsland S6 Pocket Drone That...The post An RC Car Speeds Through a Neighborhood While Pulling Off Incredible Stunts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A man cruises around on a basketball court inside of a homemade mecha that he built with his friends. After demonstrating how he can easily control the mecha, the guy shows off how its head can open up. Boating Through Shallow Waters at High SpeedsBlind Chihuahua Tests Out the Homemade Safety Bumper That His Compassionate...The post A Man Cruises Around in His Homemade Mecha appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by ? Pies Are Awesome ? (@thepieous) on Apr 15, 2018 at 2:46pm PDT Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome magically returned to share her new series of four different Harry Potter themed pies featuring Harry, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and the Hogwarts crest. Jessica also gave us a behind the...The post A Magical Series of Harry Potter Pies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the latest episode of his This Week I Learned series, determined Scottish YouTuber Mike Boyd challenged himself to quickly learn how to solve a 2x2x2 Rubik’s Cube while blindfolded. It took him approximately 6 hours and 40 minutes over the period of 4 days. A Recap of Everything Mike Boyd Taught Himself to Quickly...The post Determined Man Quickly Learns How to Solve a 2x2x2 Rubik’s Cube While Blindfolded appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Freddie Wong is instructed to free his mind to take the win in “Fortnite Reloaded,” RocketJump‘s real life mashup of Fortnite and The Matrix Reloaded directed by Cameron Covell. Jump Tilted Towers. Every time. The Real Life Origins of Fortnite Dance EmotesSlow-Motion Battle Scene From ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ Recreated in Real Life by Improv EverywhereSmashing...The post Freddie Wong Must Free His Mind in a Real Life Mashup of Fortnite and The Matrix Reloaded appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 1983, a young band from Athens, Georgia called R.E.M. made their national television debut on the the NBC show Late Night With David Letterman . A baby-faced, curly-haired Michael Stipe stepped up to the microphone and with his distinct voice along with the talent of the band, performed an incredible version of “Radio Free...The post A Young R.E.M. Play ‘Radio Free Europe’ During Their 1983 TV Debut on ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a rather dimensional episode of VSauce3, host Jake Roper explained the concept of impossible items, how these shapes create a visual illusion that form familiar shapes that put the mind at rest and explained the history of these items using the Penrose Steps (Impossible Stairs) and several works of M.C. Escher. To put a...The post How Impossible Objects Create a False Impression of Believability Using Visual Illusions of the Familiar appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A pair of very helpful parakeets did their part in keeping their own environment clean by frantically placing each piece of trash into a blue garbage bin until there was nothing left to clean. According to their humans, this is very normal behavior. Two Parrots Sound Remarkably Like Women LaughingInventor Colin Furze Builds a Remote-Controlled...The post Helpful Little Parakeets Frantically Clean Up Their Space by Putting All the Garbage Into the Trash Bin appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Vat19 is known for some of their rather creative gummy creations, but none so much as their giant girthy gummy gherkin, a rather realistic pickle (warts and all) that contains all the mouth watering sour dill flavor, but with the texture of a chewy gummy. These gummy gherkins sell out rather quickly, but Vat19 is...The post A Giant Girthy Gummy Gherkin, The Mouth Watering Flavor of a Sour Dill Pickle With a Gummy Chew appeared first on Laughing Squid.