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In June 2017, Veritasium, host Derek Muller explained the science behind Schlieren imaging, the specific process by which those things that are normally invisible to the naked eye reveal themselves to be present. Muller has since expanded this fascinating project, using cellophane filters and a flaming ping pong ball to add brilliant color to his generated wave....

The Magic of Making posted a short video, in partnership with with BBC Worldwide, that take us behind the scenes at a factory to find out how balloons are made from start to finish. Stolen rubber trees, lots of latex, and the music of Johann Strauss all come together in this magnificent study of inflatables....

YouTuber 68percentwater has created a fantastic Halloween tutorial where they demonstrate how to make an Arduino-powered jack o’ lantern that features multiple moving eyeballs. via Nerdcore Stock Ticker Mini Pumpkin, The Scariest Jack-o’-Lantern of 2008Flamethrower Jack-O’-LanternRobotic Snap-O-Lantern & Other Pumpkin Robots

Frustrated by the number of people who don’t look up from their phones while walking, Australian filmmaker Raphael Valenti created the short film “I’m Sorry“. Throughout the film, Valenti intentionally bumps into those fellow pedestrians around the city of Sydney who are too otherwise occupied to watch where they’re going. Walking through the streets of...

In their latest video, SoundWorks Collection speaks with the sound team behind director Denis Villeneuve‘s neo-noir sci-fi film, Blade Runner 2049. They interview supervising sound editor Mark Mangini, re-recording mixers Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett, sound designer Theo Green, sound editor Joe Walker and composers Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch. SoundWorks Collection Speaks With the...

Engineers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland developed a collapsible, origami inspired drone that is capable of delivering packages that weigh up to about a pound to tight, “last-centimeter” locations. The unique idea here is that the drone becomes the package that wraps around the cargo before flight, just like a...

“The Walking Gingerbread” is a delicious Sesame Street parody of The Walking Dead that features Cookie Monster as Sheriff Graham (Rick Grimes) who is attacked by a large group of undead gingerbread men and women. He is saved by Daryl Dixon and Michonne. The Crumbies come from a bad batch of cookies and are eating...

Illinois photographer Paul Frederiksen posted a problem photo he took on the /r/photography IRC chat of an old Domino Sugar building that had a giant crane parked right in front of it. Denyer, a photographer from Leicestershire, UK, helped Frederiksen out with his dilemma by using Photoshop to remove the crane and posting a wonderful...

A really adorable dog named Ripley, who is a rescued mix of dachshund, pug and chihuahua, evidently loves a good game of fetch. Despite how well an item is hidden, Ripley will always find and retrieve whatever she can from wherever she can, no matter how high or low she has to go. According to...

A post shared by Rich & Willow – travelling cat (@vancatmeow) on Oct 10, 2017 at 3:54pm PDT Tired of his corporate life in Hobart, Tasmania, adventurer Rich East decided to go off the grid in a campervan of his own design. He sold off all his things and hit the road with his beloved...

In 1980, Sesame Street took their viewers on a tour of a saxophone factory, showing each and every step that made the instrument take shape. This fantastic tour was set to an incredible soundtrack of freestyle jazz being performed by an off-camera sax player, who suddenly appeared and proclaimed “Saxophone” via reddit The Grace of...

Davie504, the talented bassist who is constantly performing in new and creative ways, successfully answered an online challenge to play a continuous solo on an triple neck bass. This bass was quite unusual as the first neck was fretless, the second had only two strings and the third only three strings. In typical fashion, however,...

A post shared by Asya Kozina & Dmitriy Kozin (@asya_kozina) on Oct 11, 2017 at 3:23pm PDT Russian artist Asya Kozina has created an absolutely gorgeous line of Baroque and Rococo style wigs that are made completely out of paper and are adorned with fabulously exaggerated modern twists, such as airplanes, ferris wheels, great ships...

Great Big Story traveled to Big Sur, California to visit with Jayson Fann, the proprietor and craftsman behind Spirit Nest Creations, a line of amazing handwoven, human sized nests, comfortable personal spaces that are sustainably made from different species of invasive eucalyptus trees. Seeing his designs as educational tools, Fann also works with local kids...

While riding in the car with his humans, a cautious umbrella cockatoo began growling when he “spotted some dogs in the neighborhood”. When the car stopped at a light, several dogs hanging out behind a backyard fence saw the bird and began barking. The cockatoo was more than ready for this response and immediately began...

After offering a gorgeous sneak peak, BBC Earth has created a stunning new trailer for Blue Planet II, which reveals the incredible beauty of all sorts of marine life, some rather common and others rarely seen. This Sir David Attenborough narrated sequel to their critically acclaimed sea life documentary series The Blue Planet will be...

A trio of tiny meerkat pups at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia adorably began learning how to forage for food as they played with colorful plastic balls that had treats embedded inside. The pups were born two months ago and like many of the animals at the park, are part...

Indiana veterinarian Andy Manoloff (a.k.a. “DoggieDoc83“) posted a fantastic timelapse video that features him creating a realistic dog pumpkin carving, appropriately titled a “Dog-O-Lantern,” of his beloved Pomeranian named Sophie. image via DoggieDoc83 via reddit, My Modern Met Sculptor Carves Watermelon and Pumpkins Into Stunningly Realistic Heads of Fantasy Characters and AnimalsGrotesque, Lifelike Pumpkin Carvings...

The ever insightful duo of Kurzgesagt and CGP Grey took a two-part animated look at the subject of aging, choosing when to die, the common acceptance of death, the ethical considerations surrounding death avoidance and what’s being done now to extend life. Life extension is really just another phrase for medicine. All the doctors are...

For their ongoing 8-Bit Legacy series on Watchable, the Great Big Story crew met with Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto to listen to explain the origin story of the heroic video game plumber’s iconic mustache and name. The name itself came to be in the early 1980s thanks to a Seattle warehouse landlord who was named...

In an interesting technical tutorial Filmmaker IQ, host John P. Hess explained the specific formulas used to calculate the forced perspective illusion, a camera technique that uses distance to make subjects appear larger or smaller than they actually are. ** ERRATA ** at 2:49, it should be width divided by the distance…It’s one of the...

To help prepare us for the upcoming second season of Stranger Things landing on October 27th, actor Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson) stopped by Teen Vogue to unleash a seven-minute refresher course on everything that happened in season one of the spooky Netflix series. Gaten, who plays the lovable Dustin, stopped by Teen Vogue to recap...

Victoria, British Columbia arts and crafts shop, miniLAND, has created a series of miniature wooden foosball tables for dollhouses that are highly detailed. The tiny soccer players move around but, according to miniLAND, the mini foosball tables are not a toy and for display only. They are available to purchase from the miniLAND website and...

Responding to the word “Go”, a beautiful blonde greyhound took a running leap and soared over a 6 foot 6 inch obstacle fence as well as a human standing behind it. The dog amazingly cleared both barriers without touching either before gracefully landing on her feet. That clearance! via reddit, Digg Hot Nosh 24/6, Buy...

Vietnamese shop, Wood Marble Machine has created an amazing wooden marble contraption that uses gears and lifts to endlessly push marbles down three separate tracks. The machine is available to purchase from their Facebook shop. via The Awesomer The Wintergatan Marble Machine, A Hand-Cranked Instrument That Uses 2,000 Marbles to Make MusicGiant Rube Goldberg Marimba...

A post shared by Esteban Diacono (@_estebandiacono) on Oct 17, 2017 at 6:38am PDT Buenos Aires, Argentina motion graphics designer Esteban Diacono has created a captivating animation that features a realistic rubber face getting punched by a flying rubber fist. via Digg Whimsical Stop Motion Animation Demonstrates the Noise Dampening Abilities of Moldable Sugru RubberDisney...

The Fowdry is featuring a collection of stylish novelty socks that are designed to look like realistic baked goods and cakes. Realistic enough to fool a panel of patissiers at a croissant convention, each cunningly patterned pair is hand-rolled to look just like its tasty namesake. In fact, they’re so convincing you might want to...

The Snowman stars Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson joined Vanity Fair to review clips from popular serial killer movies. They dove in and shared their thoughts on films like American Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and No Country for Old Men. From Hannibal Lector and Buffalo Bill, to Patrick Bateman and Anton Chigurh, find...

Netflix released a new trailer for The Punisher, Marvel‘s upcoming television series about the comic book character of the same name. The action-packed trailer follows Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) as he uses violence to extract the truth from his enemies. The Punisher will emerge November 17th, 2017 on Netflix. After exacting revenge on those responsible...

Pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox along with Alisan Porter, the 2016 winner of The Voice, performed a sultry orchestral cover of the classic Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit“, which is available for purchase on iTunes. https://t.co/gXczD9sbdI pic.twitter.com/9KxgEUMeEn — Alisan Porter (@alisanporter) October 19, 2017 A Powerful Cello Cover of Nirvana’s Song ‘Smells Like...

While out on a walk in the park with her human, an adorable Siberian husky puppy was exploring amongst the rocks of a working water feature. After sniffing around a bit, the dog inadvertently sat on one of the timed fountains, which erupted right onto her little bottom. Siberian Husky Mom Teaches Her Puppies How...

A post shared by Stefan Draschan (@stefandraschan) on Oct 8, 2017 at 1:18am PDT Photographer Stefan Draschan has created “People Matching Artworks“, a remarkable photo series that captures museum visitors wearing outfits that match and/or coordinate with the art they are viewing. This type of series requires a great deal of patience, however being that...

Chris Poole, the affable human to the feline duo Cole and Marmalade, put together a list of the wonderfully silly things that ailurophiles do for their beloved felines such as retrieving a favorite yet unwanted toy, easily giving in to anything because of cuteness, dancing in front of cats and even asking a cat for...

For the Netflix special Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton, comedian, artist and actor Jim Carrey opens up about his profound experience of portraying the late Andy Kaufman in the 1999 film Man on the Moon, particularly how he so embodied Kaufman’s enigmatic character...

New York City sound designer Matt McCorkle of NEW INC has created a spooktacular interactive Halloween themed soundboard that “allows users to experiment with eerie ambiances, twist music into otherworldly soundscapes, and play sounds reminiscent of horror movies.” submitted via Laughing Squid Tips 12,000 Dominoes Fall Over in a Spooktacular Halloween Display by Lily HeveshThe...

A really affable guy named Steve of Key West Kayak Fishing was out in the water about four mile from shore when he came across a very tired iguana who swam over to his rig, and after a few cautious moments and some encouraging words, jumped aboard to rest awhile. Concerned, the compassionate kayaker decided...

Last year, trapeze artist Nicholas Port of the Bloomington High Flyers gave us a look at the principles of physics and inertia by capturing slow motion footage of Ada Port falling onto a net covered in leaves. via y-haruka, Sploid Flying Trapeze NecklaceDiving Onto a Large Trampoline Filled With 1,000 Mousetraps in Super Slow MotionSlow...

A post shared by Lifestyle•Travel•Sport•CG (@owen_buggy_photography) on Mar 7, 2017 at 6:25am PST BVI Art Reef, a collaborative project comprised of Sir Richard Branson and a global network of philanthropists and artists, salvaged the Kodiak Queen, a decorated WWII ship, from the scrap heap and transformed it into a magnificent underwater art gallery with a...

DestructionNation posted a series of videos where they drive virtual vehicles over 100 consecutive speed bumps at high speeds in the simulation video game, BeamNG.drive. They slow down the footage as semi trucks, Jeeps, sports cars, and junkers explode into pieces after being slammed across the speed bumps. via Boing Boing Russian Bus Driver Angrily...

ThinkGeek has released their new set of four ceramic Fallout Tiki Mugs that include Dogmeat, a set of Power Armor, Vault Boy, and a Deathclaw. Star Trek: The Next Generation Ceramic Tiki MugsCeramic Guardians of the Galaxy Tiki MugsStar Trek: The Original Series Ceramic Tiki Mugs

An adorable quartet of pretty pigs, including the very stylish Priscilla and Poppleton were comfortably snuggled inside a shopping cart with their good pug buddy Pigtail riding shotgun while their human went shopping at the local Tractor Supply Company . It’s not unusual for this fivesome to be seen like this. They bathe, together ride...

Last month, photographer and caring mother Christy Keane of The Blushing Bluebird Blog and her husband found out that their sweet newborn daughter, Charlotte, suffered from bilateral profound congenital hearing loss. After receiving hearing aids, the family captured footage of emotional little Charlotte almost being moved to tears as she heard her mother’s voice for...

someone who is good at science please help which is the correct anatomy of hamburger helper pic.twitter.com/TRW1Ah8lod — michael SCAREa (@soongrowtired) October 14, 2017 Last week, Jackson Costa (a.k.a. “michael SCAREa“) of Somerset, Massachusetts tweeted a question asking about the correct anatomy of Hamburger Helper‘s iconic mascot, a four-fingered glove with a face named Lefty....

In recognition of National Bullying Prevention Month, the fast food chain Burger King partnered up with NoBully.org to perform an unusual experiment. They staged a loud, demonstrative teenage bullying situation (with actors) inside one of their restaurants to see what customers what do. On the other side of the counter, Burger King employees “bullied” a...

In the entertaining trailer for the 1940s Hollywood themed, black and white Louis CK film entitled “I Love You Daddy“, a divorced television writer Glen Topher (Louis CK) looking for his next break unexpectedly plays host to his spoiled 17-year old daughter China (Chloë Grace Moretz). During her visit, China turns his life into utter...

The incredibly talented Nancy Cartwright of Spotted Cow Entertainment posted a fantastic video where she does seven of her voices from The Simpsons — Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Database, Todd Flanders, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Ralph Wiggum, and Maggie Simpson — in less than forty seconds. Nancy Cartwright Surprises a 13-Year-Old Boy After Revealing She is the...

German airline captain, Niels Herbrich, designed and built the world’s fastest remote-controlled airplane. Equipped with a Behotec 180 turbine jet engine, the RC beast reaches insane speeds of up to 451 MPH. RC MEDIA WORLD posted footage (part 1 and 2) of Herbrich somehow keeping sight of and controlling his RC plane during a world...

To celebrate The Foreigner releasing in theaters, GQ helped Jackie Chan go undercover on the internet as “ActuallyJackieChan” and respond to people’s real comments on Twitter, reddit, YouTube, Wikipedia, IMDb, Yahoo Answers, and Quora. Nick Offerman Goes Undercover on the Internet and Responds to People’s Real CommentsIce Cube Goes Undercover as ActuallyIceCube to Interact With...

German insect enthusiast and breeder Adrian Kozakiewicz of Insecthaus who likes to let his amazing bugs crawl around on his hands and face, showed off an absolutely gorgeous giant atlas moth whose earth colored wings covered the entirety of the young man’s face. A post shared by Adrian Kozakiewicz/Insecthaus® (@insecthaus_adi) on Aug 2, 2017 at...

British artist Sandy Gardner has created an absolutely gorgeous line of cotton scarves that feature the colorful wingspans of such birds as the magpie, the woodpecker, the kingfisher, the pheasant phoenix, the barn owl and the three eyed raven. The scarves are available for purchase through Gardner’s Etsy store. Each design begins with a combination...