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A post shared by Hop and Heat (@hopandheat) on Feb 8, 2018 at 9:38am PST The Aldwych Café, an award winning casual restaurant and ice cream parlor in Cardonald, Glasgow, Scotland, has created an incredibly spicy hot ice cream named “Respiro Del Diavolo“. This highly descriptive name comes from the Carolina Reaper peppers, which that...

Great Big Story visited with skeleton racer and two-time Olympic athlete John Daly to chat about his thrilling sport and find out what it feels like to slide downhill face-down, head-first on his skeleton bobsled at 90 mph. What It Might Look Like If New York City Hosted the Winter OlympicsSkull Masks and Colorful Smoke...

Chow Crown is an upcoming musical game by Hasbro where players put on a special crown, clip on their favorite foods to a rotating wheel, and try to eat as many snacks as possible before the music stops. The folks at Mashable gave the game a try and had a great time while doing so....

In a sporting episode of the Olympic Channel series Burning Questions, a bearded host cheerfully explained a brief animated history of Olympic medals, the fairly recent advent of the gold medal, the odds of winning a gold medal and why athletes are often seen biting their gold medals. The tradition of biting into shiny, gold...

ZHL242 performed a trumpet cover of John Williams‘ “The Force Theme” from Star Wars in the stairwell of an empty music building at his college. The stairwell provided amazing reverb. via reddit A Marvelous Lightsaber Violin Cover of ‘The Force Theme’ Song From Star WarsOscar Isaac Performs an Acoustic Cover of Bill Murray’s Iconic Star...

A beautiful white fluffy cat in a slightly bewildered state watched as a toy SUV truck rode around and around in circles on a colorful toy track that had been built over her middle. After a while however, the cat felt that she should play a more active role and instead became a bridge under...

On February 2, 2018, Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan of the United States Post Office announced that they would be dedicating a forever postage stamp to Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the late, great children’s television pioneer who introduced generations of children (and adults) to new ways of doing things, to believing in oneself...

Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey has created a VHS style video imagining what Siri would have been like in the 1980s. What Wikipedia Would Have Looked Like in the 1980sThe Real Voice of Siri Appears in a Mother’s Day Sketch About What Life Would Be Like With Siri for a MotherWhat Tinder May Have Looked Like...

Lucas the Spider, the adorable animated arachnid by Joshua Slice who has led quite a busy life thus far, decided that he wanted to show off a bit of his music talent, playing an adorable little ditty about being a spider while accompanying himself quite skillfully on a thumb piano (Mbira). Spiders can have big...

Intel used 1,218 drones to set a Guinness World Record on December 12th, 2017 in Pyeongchang, South Korea for the most unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously. According to Wired, Intel planned on airing the same show live at the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018, filled with amazing drone-made animations of the Olympic rings and...

London musician and maker Sam Battle (a.k.a. “LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER“) has taken it upon himself to build The Furby Organ, an amazing functioning organ that is made from a large group of cute little Furbies. Dog Battles an Antagonizing Furby Toy That is Dangling on a StringFurlexa, A Furby Converted Into an Amazon EchoDas...

In response to a request from his fans, musician Ahmed Alshaiba performed a haunting acoustic cover of the theme from the film Intersteller with a combination of piano, drum and a traditional oud, which he played beautifully. Alshaiba remarked that the song was a bit scary at first. This song has been requested many times,...

Hummingbirds always seem to be in a frantic hurry, so when one stands still, it’s a quite an aberration. Luckily someone had a camera nearby to capture the beautiful image of a tiny, ruby-throated hummingbird relaxing for a moment on the feeder to truly enjoy a refreshing summer rain shower before flying away. This Ruby-throated...

Yarn artist Trevor Smith creates absolutely delicious looking meals, salads, appetizers and desserts using his immense talent for crochet. Smith lives in Portland, Victoria, Australia where he shows and sells his work. In addition to his fabulous foodstuff, Smith also crochets tea cosies that look like people from all over the world. A post shared...

Kinetic installation artist Rintaro Hara of the Hara Seal Factory of Japan created the “Projection Wall“, a very fun and clever hand operated framed netted wall that releases giant soap bubbles whenever the string is pulled and the wall is raised. Haru stated that he was inspired to create this by the James Cameron film...

In the very clever animated pictorial “Passing By“, the very talented, award winning illustration team Job, Joris & Marieke shows the styles of the past hundred years of the highly traveled Damrak in Amsterdam as seen through the window of the De Bijenkorf department store. This animation is part of the “Room on the Roof”...

The Monster Project has brought together 100 professional artists from around the world and all sorts of awesome elementary students to recreate drawings, made originally by the kids, in their own styles to help them “recognize the power of their own imaginations and to encourage them to pursue their creative potential.” Since their successful Kickstarter...

In February 2015, Because We Can co-founder Jeffrey McGrew, an architect and friend of Laughing Squid, gave a thought provoking talk entitled “Talking with Robots about Architecture” at The Interval at The Long Now about the realities of building industry automation with a Venn diagram noting the number of reasons why the industry cannot be...

Randy Williams, the general manager of Sino Sales & Support, created a video in 2011 that gives us a quick tour of their factory in China and shows how marbles are manufactured from recycled glass. via The Awesomer How Used Bottles Are Recycled and Turned Into New BottlesIncredibly Complex Art Marbles by Mike GongSteampunk Nintendo...

While on location in Australia, adventurer Coyote Peterson and the Brave Wilderness crew travelled into the arid outback in search of interesting reptile and located a gorgeous blue tongue skink. The reptile was very defensive at first, but slowly relaxed and even appeared to be grateful when Coyote removed two ticks from the skink’s back....

In the a fascinating episode of his series “No Small Parts” IMDb Exclusives, host Brandon Hardesty takes a look at the remarkable career of actor Doug Jones. While Jones started out as a traditional actor, his long limbs, contortionist background and good nature subsequently made him the perfect choice for such roles as Abe Sapien...

Fox Searchlight UK released a great new trailer for Isle of Dogs, the upcoming stop-motion animated film directed by Wes Anderson. The trailer features two packs of dogs facing off and deciding that it is, in fact, worth it to fight over a bad of old food that was dropped onto the ground. Isle of...

A person who goes by the name Pinball Wizard on YouTube shared a video of his 98 year old father as he learned his actual age. The father had stopped counting birthdays years ago, but was completely stunned to learn how close he was to 100 years old and reacted with complete surprise, as evidenced...

Video editor James Casey of The Solomon Society created a fantastic new video featuring some of the most beautiful animated scenes in movie history. The video magically flows to the song “Moon River (ukulele cover)” by Reneé Dominique. A Montage of Some of the Most Beautiful Multicolor Scenes in Movie HistoryA Supercut of Some of...

The Brick Experiment Channel has built a LEGO Functions Power Functions Medium Motor rig, complete with gears and pulleys, and managed to lift a total of 220 pounds with it. via Digg Daewoo Begins Testing Robotic Exoskeletons for Shipyard Workers in South KoreaBeautiful Animatronic Joker Funhouse Built Out of LEGO BricksA Giant 24 Foot Tall...

When horse breeder Callie Schenker arrived home one night to her Bolivar, Missouri home, she was surprised to that find that her one-eyed pony Cricket was happily giving a ride around the yard in the dark to her neighbor’s little Corgi. Unbeknownst to Schenker, the two animals had become friends and evidently enjoy spending time...

On episode two of his ongoing This Week – 20 Years Ago series, Simon Peterson (a.k.a. “The Peterson“) takes us on a pop culture nostalgia trip to find out what all happened twenty years ago this week (February 8-14, 1998). What happened 20 years ago this week? What movies came out? What songs were on...

Evil Mad Scientist is back with their sixth annual set of printable nerdy Valentines to give to a special someone this year. They are offering the entire 2018 set as a free PDF download as well as a full set of cards from all six years. images via Evil Mad Scientist Nerdy Math and Science...

My piece for the Pow! Wow! Hawaii 2018 show at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. Curated by @thinkspace_art A post shared by Super A (@mr.super_a) on Jan 19, 2018 at 7:51am PST Trapped is a series of painting and sculptures, created by artist Super A, that feature humans and animals trapped inside of their...

Artist Nicolas King (a.k.a. “NIXOLAS“) used Golaem crowd simulation software to create a amusing animation that follows a horde of LEGO Zombies as they rush into a city, crash into a building, and fall to pieces before they are able to spread their infection. Not sure if I could take LEGO Zombies seriously… But I’m...

Quartz visited the New York City offices of BARK to speak with the creative lead Mikkel Holm Jensen about what goes into designing toys for dogs. Jensen, an industrial designer who had previously worked at LEGO’s Future Lab likened making toys for children to making toys for canines. Designing toys, designing experiences for dogs and...

In a silly College Humor skit, comedian Mike Trapp is waiting in a hospital hallway when he’s called in by a doctor who tells him that his phone is dying and doesn’t have long to live. After exploring any and all options, Trapp and his anthropomorphic smartphone (Raphael Chestang) come to a place of acceptance....

In the Chinese village of Nanshan, a single family has passed down the recipe for hand-pulled noodles made from scratch for generations. The recipe for these noodles, known as Nanshan noodles or Suomian noodles, is only known by a few hundred people and require a gorgeously elaborate, meticulous and labor intensive process, which was captured...

A post shared by LOCAL PREACHER (@thisset) on Jan 4, 2018 at 6:34am PST In his photo series “Wet Neon“, Russian street artist Local Preacher has captured the beauty of neon lights as reflected at night in road puddles left behind after a rain. While this may be a common sight every where in the...

A lovestruck Simon’s Cat presented the pretty kitty whom he adores with a thoughtful gift of a heart-shaped balloon for Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, his beloved didn’t understand the gift and began walking away, but came right back when Simon’s Cat demonstrated how to play with the balloon. The two cats were having fun volleying the...

A post shared by MK Carving (@mkcarving) on Jul 5, 2016 at 2:51am PDT Woodworking artist Mori Kono of MK Carving and Sculpting in Vancouver, British Columbia, creates absolutely beautifully realistic hand carved sculptures of animals who reside on land, in the sea and/or in the air, although Kono has been known to also tap...

In 2014, James Nestor, freediver and author of the book DEEP: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves, gave a fascinating talk entitled “Humanity and the Deep Ocean” at The Interval at Long Now in San Francisco. To illustrate his the subject of his lecture, Nestor shared some absolutely stunning footage...

In a really charming clip from the BBC Earth/PBS series Animals with Cameras, a clever female chimp who wanted clean the mud from her hands, determinedly climbed a tree to visit a water source known to her and washed her dirty hands. Cameras also captured other chimps using leaves to brush their teeth and to...

Artist Cindy Chinn (a.k.a. “The Saw Lady“) used a plasma torch to hand cut a wonderful collection of cute winter scenes into metal snow shovels. Chinn‘s wintery shovels are available to purchase from Amazon and her Etsy store. via Bored Panda, Neatorama How to Shovel Snow Without Hurting Your Back Using Ordinary Rope and a...

Robert McIntosh has created “Muscle-Up,” a soothing aerial cruise through Muscle Beach in Santa Monica that he captured with his micro quad drone. McIntosh’s footage takes us on a relaxing reverse journey through the beach and obstacles, much like his mesmerizing Venice Beach video, “Fresh Squeeze.” World’s smallest HD drone cruises through Muscle Beach. Stabilized...

Geobeats, a creative network and video channel dedicated to exploring little known information, offers an interesting explanation as to the purpose of those tiny holes that drilled into the bottom of airplane windows. The reasons are simply balance and safety during altitude change. That’s just the breather hole or bleed hole and it’s there for...

YouTuber hntrains built the world’s tallest LEGO spiral train tower, which features 22 levels and is currently on display at the Cucubau toy store located in Baia Mare, Romania. The LEGO Ninjago themed city, under the massive spiral train tower, was created by Felix Mezei. Bananenbuurman captured POV footage of a LEGO train ride up...

The successful test launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy was such an multi-faceted event that provided a great deal to discuss and so many more opportunities to learn. With this in mind, vlogger Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day and The Sound Traveler created an incredible binaural immersion of the magnificent sounds that rang out,...

DIYprojects has made the Chess Bot, a wooden chess playing robot powered by Arduino Leonardo board and an Android smartphone. His brain is an Android smartphone, that sees the chessboard, analyzes position and sends this info about move to the robot via bluetooth. This manipulator works with Arduino Leonardo and with 4 servos Tower Pro...

Sony Pictures Entertainment has released the first official trailer for Venom, an upcoming superhero film directed by Ruben Fleischer and based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The exciting trailer features Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) fighting his inner demons and slowly becoming the fourth recipient of the Venom Symbiote. Venom is currently...

The Italian nursery equipment specialists at Orlandi demonstrate how their RAP 10 industrial trimming machine effortlessly cuts a line of hedges into perfect spheres. The real trimming magic begins at 3:21. via Boing Boing An Industrial Rotary Egg Separator Effortlessly Cracking Eggs to Divide Whites and YolksRichard Birkett, Fantasy ClockmakerSomaFM’s Doomed Channel

Signs.com conducted a new experiment, for their ongoing Branded in Memory series, where they asked over 150 individuals to draw popular NFL team logos from memory as accurately as possible. The group of 157 people blindly drew logos for the Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Green Bay Packers with brilliant...

Airstream released a stunning timelapse video of their iconic rounded and polished aluminum travel trailers being assembled by their hardworking employees inside of the Airstream factory in Jackson Center, Ohio. A post shared by Airstream Inc. (@airstream_inc) on Feb 5, 2018 at 7:00am PST via The Kids Should See This Aether Opens San Francisco Clothing...

John Perry Barlow, the prolific Grateful Dead lyricist who collaborated with Bob Weir from 1971-1995, visionary internet pioneer, political activist, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and author of many thoughtful essays including the widely read “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace“, sadly passed away in his sleep on February 6, 2018 at the...

Great Big Story visited with Luis Javier Sànchez Alvarez, the proud deputy manager of Restaurante Botín, a legendary eatery in Madrid, Spain that holds the honor of being the oldest restaurant in the world. More amazing, however, is that the very flame that’s being used currently to cook their delicious meals, has been burning for...