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A post shared by Randy Lewis Creative (@randylewiscreative) on Dec 5, 2017 at 11:43pm PST Irvine, California artist and Devise Interactive creative director Randy Lewis has created the This or That Series, a collection where he mashed two or more ordinary objects together in Adobe Photoshop to make one extraordinary object. Lewis’ full series of...

The musically inclined father behind the YouTube channel, Songs With My Daughter, got a little help from his entire family while performing a beautiful multitrack a capella cover of the popular song “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin. Their cover helped to calm dad’s adorable little 4-month-old baby daughter. Here are a few more...

In an amusing clip from the BBC Earth documentary Polar Bear: Spy on The Ice, an inquisitive young polar bear in Svalbard, Norway investigated a camouflaged snowcam, unsure of its purpose. As polar bears do with unknown objects, the juvenile pressed down hard on the camera a number of times until the “indestructible” camera was...

Great Big Story traveled to Midland, Michigan to visit the Charles W. Howard Santa School, the longest running Santa school in the world. Like a previous visit to a different Santa school, Great Big Story toured the festive classrooms where lots of jolly bearded men (and some non-bearded women) were learning such skills as toy...

A post shared by Nick Pease (@nickapease) on Nov 23, 2017 at 8:41pm PST Nick Pease captured awesome footage of his cousin, Austin Reid, pulling off a wizardly level Jenga move. Reid was able to quickly pull a single wooden block out from the center of a giant stack and kept it standing up. Their...

Gerry Litwin posted an impressive video of a talented co-worker playing the classic holiday song, “Carol of the Bells,” on her ugly Christmas sweater that’s equipped with multiple bells. Her musical outfit helped her win the company’s annual ugly sweater contest. via reddit Comedian Brian Posehn Performs Carol of the Bells in Four Part Harmony...

Tennessee designer Isaac Botkin and his composer brother Benjamin Botkin worked together to created an absolutely incredible animated Star Wars timelapse video that provides a visual of how the Death Star‘s entire construction process might have looked. I realize that there have been quite a few space animation posts recently, but bear with me. This...

FiveThirtyEight created a chart that explores how many of each Star Wars lightsaber color there are, both canon and the expanded universe stories. Their research brought them to 132 different lightsabers. For all the problems of the Jedi order, one thing can be unanimously agreed upon: They have some pretty sweet laser swords. Can the...

Neil deGrasse Tyson, the wonderful astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium went onto the CNN morning program New Day to talk about the 2004 video of an unidentified flying object that was released by the Department of Defense and offered his uniquely humorous, scientific and logical view of the situation. When asked if he...

A post shared by Shelby Madere (@piggypoo_and_crew) on Dec 15, 2017 at 6:44am PST A big, beautiful pot bellied pig named PiggyPoo is part of an incredible extended family that includes her five adorable rescued canine siblings (Rika, Slick, Nya, James, Bashe and Chowder) and Shelby Madere, the wonderful human who has provided a home...

Tim Whitaker, a talented filmmaker and aerial photographer in New Zealand, captured gorgeous drone footage of thousands of sheep being herded en masse from one paddock to another in the hill country town of Rangitikei. The overhead view of the moving sheep is absolutely mesmerizing, particularly as the visual perception of the animals switches from...

In an episode from his series Ultra Spiritual Life, self-professed millennial lifestyle guru JP Sears, who once taught a course on becoming gluten intolerant, condescendingly mansplained the basic concepts of Bitcoin, bragged about his purchases and freely admitted that he shames his friends for not buying when he said to do so. I do a...

The Australian comedy team of David Ashby and Dario Russo aka Dinosaur created a hilariously absurd parody of a 1970s style documentary about specific animals found around the continent. This includes a koala bear with an expandable neck who only eats ham and cheese croissants and from whom the wilderness wifi emerges. The wombat is...

Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer of Corridor Digital created an amusing new video where they add Animoji faces from the iPhone X over characters from popular television shows. They feature shows like Arrested Development, Game of Thrones, and Stranger Things. A post shared by Corridor Digital (@corridordigital) on Dec 15, 2017 at 4:06pm PST Movie...

Matt Robison of MTR Designs created the Ferroflow, an art display that creates all sorts of amazing visuals with the use of ferrofluid and magnetic fields. It is available to purchase from the MTR Designs shop. Ferrofluid (a portmanteau of ferromagnetic and fluid) is a liquid that becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a...

In a rather helpful episode of his video series “Abroad in Japan“, British expatriate and teacher Chris Broad, offers some very important tips regarding Japanese etiquette, specifically what not to do while visiting Japan. Subjects include eating/drinking while walking, chopstick manners, tipping, transit mindfulness amongst several others. I actually did most of my reading about...

Nick Carefoot of NUMERAL vi shared old footage from 1994 of a 13-year-old Seth Rogen performing stand-up for the first time in Vancouver, Canada at a lesbian bar called The Lotus. Here is Rogen talking about the experience with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show last year. Carefoot also shared footage of Seth performing stand-up...

“CamperForce” is a brilliant yet sobering short documentary by Brett Story, Field of Vision and Jessica Bruder. The film, which is adapted from Bruder’s book “Nomadland”, tells the story about workampers – older people who were bankrupted by the Great Recession of 2008 and decided to downsize their lives in every way they could. Living...

Finnish couple Lauri Vuohensilta and Anni Vuohensilta of the Beyond the Press channel teamed up with Neverthink to capture slow motion footage of an antique television being blown to smithereens with explosive detonating cord. Christmas Tree Made Out of Detonating Cord Exploding in Super Slow MotionThe Hydraulic Press Channel and Swedish Dynamite Team Up to...

The Supporting Act is a wonderful 2017 short animated Christmas film, created by the talented folks at BBC One, about a young girl who works hard for her school’s holiday talent show. Her hard-working father, however, finds it hard to spend time with her, until she really needs him. The loving father and nervous daughter...

While in quick pursuit of a feathery fishing rod toy, a tiny kitten came around an entryway corner, slipped a bit on the shiny tile floor and then impressively scaled a yellow wall, almost to the ceiling in hopes of securing the evasive prey. Seven Maine Coon Kittens Perform Synchronized Head Bobbing Routine In Visual...

Maker and builder Sean Hodgins created an brilliant Christmas ornament that taps into YouTube and displays a festive loop of classic Christmas commercials from the 1990s. The impressive ornament was brought to life from a 3D printed shell, a 2.2″ TFT LCD screen, and a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Hodgins shared his complete tutorial and...

A very festive Gina Rodriguez invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment into her Los Angeles home to answer 73 random questions for Vogue. Twirling around in a flowy green dress, Rodriguez lovingly spoke about her family, her favorite places to visit, learning to box, her belief in hope and empathy, and her wish for...

Boston native Mark Wahlberg, who was once known as rapper “Marky Mark“, sat down with Vogue to define a series of slang terms and expressions that he heard and used while growing up in Dorchester. He also took the extra step of affecting the distinct area accent while putting the words into the context of...

Brett Wilson and Ellen DeAngelis of BackYard Chickens built an out of this world UFO chicken coop spaceship from two old aluminum satellite dishes that were stacked on top of each other. They beefed up the coop with insulation to fight off the Idaho winters, a waterproof barrier, and reflective paint to help push the...

A creepy alien popped out of a newspaper dispenser and scared unsuspecting pedestrians in New York City in an elaborate staged prank. The stunt was created as a promotion for the upcoming 11th season of The X-Files by Thinkmodo, the same viral advertising agency behind the promotional stunt for Carrie and Devil’s Due. Season 11...

Bright stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton sat down with Wired to answer the web’s most searched questions about the themselves during an Autocomplete Interview. What is Will Smith’s IQ? Who did Joel Edgerton play in Star Wars? Who is Will Smith’s best friend? Matt Damon and Julianne Moore Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions...

In a loopy episode of “Simon’s Cat Logic” entitled “What do cats want for Christmas?“, animator Simon Toland and animal behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow explain why catnip is so attractive to those of the feline persuasion, what type of reactions cats have to catnip, the safety of catnip and some creative ways to incorporate catnip onto...

A post shared by Avocado Stone Faces (@avocadostonefaces) on Nov 8, 2017 at 2:56am PST Irish artist Jan Campbell of Avocado Stone Faces, has created a beautiful line of pendants, each featuring exquisitely detail designs that are all made from the pit or stone of an avocado fruit. Much of Campbell’s work is focused on...

A post shared by Chunky Aka Monkey (@bigchunkymonkey) on Nov 5, 2017 at 11:10am PST An absolutely adorable English bulldog named Monkey must have a very good and trusting nature, because it appears that whenever he falls asleep on his back, his humans waste no time stacking different foods such as marshmallows, potato chips, donuts,...

Writer, journalist and Columbia University teacher Jessica Bruder drove across the United States to learn more about the community of “workampers”, rootless migrant workers who never were able to recover from the 2008 recession. Now living in their vehicles such as RVs and campers, these workers travel from job to job, doing a variety of...

Alla Lebedeva, a farmer in Barnaul, Alta Krai, Russia on West Siberian Plain raises lots of different animals including horses and chickens, but the ones that stand out the most are her absolutely gorgeous, fluffy, long haired Siberian farm cats who happily chase out rodents and other pests from the barn when they’re not playing...

Just ahead of the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas Special “Twice Upon a Time” airing on December 25th, BBC America created a wonderful montage of fans from all over the world saying goodbye to the departing Peter Capaldi and his final appearance as the 12th iteration of the titular Doctor. Included in this montage, amongst many...

Sky Magic sent 300 drones up into the air earlier this week, during Qatar National Day celebrations at Katara Cultural Village, to put on a spectacular performance with the first live drone light show in Qatar. A post shared by Katara Cultural Village-????? (@kataraqatar) on Dec 19, 2017 at 4:30am PST The First Aerial Illuminated...

A post shared by Star Wars Bakery ?? (@starwars_bakery) on Dec 19, 2017 at 8:23am PST The folks at Star Wars Bakery have created a dangerously delicious looking Imperial Star Destroyer out of nothing but gingerbread and tasty icing. They put it up on display at the DICE office in Stockholm. A post shared by...

In an empowering episode of “The Unsung“, MassMutual collaborated with Great Big Story to share the story of a young boy named Phil Mick in Auburn, Indiana, who began getting sick and avoiding school due to the daily harassment he endured from other kids. His mom turned to the United Motorcycle Enthusiasts, a group of...

Dear Satan is a hilarious animated Christmas film, created by Anomaly London, about a young girl who accidentally writes a heartfelt letter to Satan, when she actually meant to send it to Santa. One little girl changes the way Christmas functions in Anomaly’s awesome film, narrated by the great Sir Patrick Stewart, with one hellacious...

Yesterday we posted a video about an adorable cockatiel named Lucky who does a pitch perfect impression of the default iPhone ringtone whenever he’s upset. When Lucky’s humans played the video for him, the little bird went over to the laptop to investigate. Lucky then promptly removed the escape key, seemingly in an effort to...

In a semi-animated piece for Vox, writer and director Dean Petersen takes a look the casting of babies in film and television roles, going through the legal complexities around working hours per different state laws, how much they get paid, how their earnings are protected, the ever-evolving realism of mechanical babies and the reasons why...

Alessandro Maggia of Starlight Video Productions has created a wonderful video that takes viewers on a “fantastic journey” through dance scenes edited together from beloved 1980s movies. A fantastic journey into the most fabulous decade of Cinema history: the 80s!!! From Indiana Jones to Terminator, from Star Wars to Flashdance, you can see here a...

In “From Dream to Reality“, filmmaker Max Joseph shared the out loud process of coming up with the original idea to cover road medians in art that would appear to become animated as people drove by, the challenges of unforseen hurdles and the creative collaborations that would change and evolve the idea over the course...

Matt Johnson of Living Light Shows and his family turned their San Antonio, Texas home into an incredible 2017 Star Wars themed Christmas light show set to Klayton Celldweller‘s dubstep EDM remix of composer John Williams‘ iconic “The Imperial March” theme song from Star Wars. We previously wrote about their 2015 and 2016 light shows....

A post shared by Adam Hillman ? (@witenry) on Nov 22, 2017 at 9:24am PST Artist Adam Hillman has created a wonderful collection of images that feature everyday household objects and foods arranged together to make all sorts of pleasing geometric shapes and patterns. Prints of his work are available to purchase from Society6. A...

Joshua Schaeffer of San Luis Obispo, California has created an adorable animated GIF image of a cute little blue octopus, he calls a “quadtopus”, that is endlessly swimming and twirling through the ocean. I think Im going to call him a quadtopus. Trying to experiment with adding depth and life to flat line drawings. via...

Chicago engineer Matt Mikka of Warped Perception captured super slow motion footage of alcohol burning in various whoosh bottles. Mikka took his experimentation to the next level by burning nitromethane in his “jet bottles.” The results were quite stunning. via The Awesomer An Estes Model Rocket Engine Igniting Underwater in Super Slow MotionSuper Slow Motion...

Disney released the first trailer for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, their upcoming live action fantasy film directed by Lasse Hallström based on E.T.A. Hoffmann‘s story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.” The trailer features Keira Knightly as the Sugar Plum Fairy and follows a young lady named Clara (Mackenzie Foy) who finds a...

AARP went inside the jolly classrooms of American Events and Promotions, where over 900 aspiring Santas were learning how to be a proper Santa Claus in terms of dress, grooming, posing and the ethics of working with children. The lead Santa stated that his favorite part of the transformation is when the men make the...

Technology entrepreneur Brian Behlendorf, one of the primary creators of the Apache Web server and co-founder of Organic, is currently the executive director of HyperLedger, an open source blockchain project that’s thinking beyond cryptocurrency. In a video for Big Think, Behlendorf explains how the decentralized nature of blockchain technology will lead to “significantly lower corruption...

In a cozy TED-Ed lesson by Maria R. D’Orsogna and animated by Matt Reynolds, narrator Julianna Zarzycki explains how a swarm forms, how the individuals within the swarm need to maintain the proper balance, how a swarm is self-governing boy and the many ways in which humans have learned from swarms. When many individual organisms...

Father Figures stars Owen Wilson and Ed Helms sat down with Wired to answer the web’s most searched questions about the themselves during an Autocomplete Interview. Father Figures will release in theaters on December 22nd, 2017. Why does Ed Helms always sing? Is Owen Wilson related to Ellen DeGeneres? Did Ed Helms really lose a...