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Scottish scientist Lisa DeBruine posted a silent (and very clever) animated GIF created by Happy Toast in which three giant power lines appear to be playing a game of jump rope. In doing so, DeBruine posed a very good question, why do some people hear a thud or boom when the jump is completed despite...

The European Space Agency (ESA) posted a wonderful video of the Expedition 53 crew making pizza in zero gravity while on board the International Space Station. The supplies for making the pizza were sent up by the automated Cygnus spacecraft. A post shared by NASA Astronaut Randy Bresnik (@astrokomrade) on Dec 2, 2017 at 5:51am...

An Israeli man in Binyamina Givat Ada, cleverly attached his violin bow to the windshield wipers of his truck, braced the violin itself against the driver’s side mirror and started the motor. The bow successfully swept back and forth across the strings, albeit rather dissonantly. But, after all practice does make perfect. My car is...

CryptoKitties by Axium Zen is a fascinating online game built using the Ethereum Blockchain technology that allows users to purchase virtual cats of with different traits to breed, sell, trade and collect. The setup involves a number of steps, all of which are explained on their site with a very helpful FAQ page. Additionally, users...

In 2016, Seung Chan Kim discovered why socks go temporarily missing in his house. It seems that with the help of a human accomplice, a sneaky little cat steals them while hiding underneath the upturned aqua blue laundry basket. It does help, however, that the cat is unknowingly loading the laundry basket for later. via...

While visiting his brother’s house in Chino Hills, California, a bearded man sought out the family dog, a funny little corgi who likes to spin around in endless circles as long that there’s a human hand to both lead and chase. I was visiting my brother in California. He knows I love this trick, so...

HBO Sports and the WWE teamed up with Bill Simmons to produce a documentary all about the life and career of professional wrestling legend André the Giant. Their first trailer, titled “He Was A God,” gives us a glimpse at a small portion of the amazing entertainment that the amazing man brought to fans around...

Josh and Ollie, known collectively known as Jolly as well as the “Korean Englishmen“, hilariously examined the English language and many of its quirks. Citing the number of homonyms (tear), homophones (tier), homographs (tear vs. tear) unusual letter combinations (enough) and conflicting definitions (nonplussed), Jolly declared English to be the most difficult and confusing language...

Adult Swim posted a Star Wars video featuring some of the funniest moments from Robot Chicken where Luke Skywalker has come “face-to-helmet” with his evil Sith lord father, Darth Vader. Vader’s Little Princess, A Star Wars Themed Children’s Book SequelDarth Vader and Son, A Star Wars Childrens Book by Jeffrey BrownRobot Chicken Star Wars Episode...

In May 2017, technician Brian Johnson sounded the beautifully renovated foghorn at the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse on Shetland Island, Scotland for the first time since 1987. Filmmaker JJ Jamieson documented the wonderful mechanical process that engages the gears to sound the horn. The Sumburgh Head Foghorn is a striking landmark. Recently restored and re-painted, the...

Sam Terry and his team at LID Helmets have created a wonderful foldable bike helmet for urban riders that features a collapsible and comfortable design. The stylish helmet, which comes in multiple colors, can easily be stored in a bag with ease. They are currently raising funds on Indeigogo to help with the manufacturing costs...

Bettina Warburg of Animal Ventures partnered with Wired to sit down to explain/discuss the concept of blockchain, the primary technology behind Bitcoin, with people at five different ages and at five different levels of understanding, ranging from a little girl who quickly grasped the idea of trade all the way to a man with significant...

Adam Savage of Tested visited Tom Spina Designs to get a behind the scenes look at how they brought his Chewbacca mask to life. The same mask that Savage wore to Comic-Con 2017. What’s underneath all that Wookiee fur? Adam and Tom walk through the many parts of Chewbacca, going over little-known details about how...

Postmodern Jukebox teamed up with incredible Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist Gunhild Carling to perform a lively cover of the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams. Carling not only sang the lyrics, but she also played 10 different instruments and did some impressive tap dancing during the cover. Here is the original song. A post shared...

Lucas the Spider, the adorable animated arachnid by Joshua Slice who thought he had too many eyes, found himself outside in the winter cold, waiting by the window and asking to be let in. After getting no response, Lucas decided to just go sleep in the shed. Can I come inside please. It’s really really...

Jarvis City created a compilation video featuring numerous homages and references to Stanley Kubrick‘s 1980 film, The Shining, found in other movies and television shows. via The Overlook Hotel A Side-By-Side Comparison of Classic Film References Found in More Modern MoviesA Three-Minute Exploration of Some of the Best Visual Film References Found in Quentin Tarantino...

When it came time for the on duty crew at the Gulf Shores, Alabama Police Department to do their exercises, a truly loyal K9 police dog named Nitro joined right in and performed military-style pushups right alongside his fellow officers. K9 Nitro, Officer Cowan and Officer Hancock are getting warmed up and ready to apprehend...

In a vivid episode of of Vox Almanac, video producer Phil Edwards shared the fascinating history of Technicolor while also addressing the common myths about the iconic film The Wizard of Oz. Specifically, Edwards explained that the film was not the first to employ the new technology, how the Kansas section of the film was...

The ArtSpear Entertainment team has created a zany animated parody of the official trailer for The Last Jedi that makes everyone in the upcoming Star Wars film look like they are off their rockers. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set to arrive in our galaxy on December 15th, 2017. Here is the original trailer....

British inventor Colin Furze, who previously built a gigantic Star Wars AT-ACT walker clubhouse, teamed up with eBay UK once again to create a life-size model of Kylo Ren‘s deadly TIE silencer spacecraft. What an epic project this has been, 46ft long 23ft wide and 14ft high the full steel construction looks as menacing as...

While waiting on the F Train at 23rd Street in New York City, resident Josh Gordon found himself watching a group of subway workers repairing a track. When Gordon began filming them, the workers received notice that a train was coming into the station. One by one, the men took their places in the recessed...

Comedian Gus Johnson has released a hilarious new sketch where he tries to sync up the sounds of his food and drinks, which he smuggled into a theater, with the loud music of a movie trailer to avoid getting caught. Rap Parody of the ‘Pacific Rim’ Movie Trailer by Nerdcore Rapper MC ChrisA Man Confuses...

A post shared by VAST (@vast_photos) on Nov 28, 2017 at 2:12pm PST Photographer Dan Piech of VAST spent a nearly a year creating the absolutely stunning “New York Dream“, an extremely high resolution photo of the titular city on New Year’s Eve, represented as a sparkling sphere. The photo is made up of 602-megapixels...

For the longest time, Simon’s Cat has been the cheeky bane of Simon’s existence, destroying the house in any and every way possible whether in the name of food or just a bit of feline “Crazy Time“. Now that Simon’s kitten is an ingrained part of the household, Simon’s Cat often gets a taste of...

When a person enters the United States Foreign Service, it’s imperative that they learn at least one, if not many different languages. The State Department very conveniently offers their own School of Language Studies, which has put together a fascinating map that shows the time needed for an English speaker to learn specific languages, each...

Artist and maker Benjamin Cowden, who previously invented a brilliant hand-cranked cocktail shaking contraption, has created an absolutely ingenious steampunk-style hand-cranked device that uses a peristaltic pump to measure out and release exactly the right amount of alcohol needed to fill a single shot glass. A device to produce precision shots, this machine uses a...

An adorable working cocker spaniel named Truffles went out in the snow for the very first timein his life and went absolutely mad, hilariously skidding up and down the sidewalk as he tried to take it all in. It’s not unusual that Truffles had never seen snow before as he lives with his humans Jo...

Turkish artist Tayfun Tinmaz creates absolutely gorgeous designs made out of cleverly folded, colored paper. Amongst his amazing designs are deer, butterflies, bees and several species of birds, including parrots, macaws and toucans, just to name a few. Many of these designs are available for purchase through the PaperpanTR Etsy store. Colorful papers are the...

In 2014, mmooney and roommates adopted an adorable kitten but couldn’t figure out what to name him. Instead, they put a number of names on slips of paper next to little bowls of food. Whichever three the kitten chose first would make the first round. After several rounds and a roommate veto, little Fireball got...

A post shared by Zsolt Hlinka (@zsolt_hlinka) on Nov 8, 2017 at 7:54am PST Hungarian photographer Zsolt Hlinka has created a gorgeous series entitled “Corner Symmetry” for which he photographically transformed several buildings in Budapest into street corners by juxtaposing mirror images of each building back on itself. He then added a single color background...

DUST presents BioPunk, a thrilling sci-fi short film created by Dresden Pictures. The short, which leaves you wanting for more, follows a group of individuals trying to survive in a devastated London in 2054 as junk dealers. They live in a world ravaged by corporate gene hacking that went wrong, killing billions of people and...

Brooklyn illustrator P.J. McQuade has created a new geektastic collection of pop culture Christmas cards for 2017 featuring characters from movies and television shows. McQuade got festive with characters from The Shawshank Redemption, IT, Star Wars, Twin Peaks, Cast Away, and Game of Thrones. His custom cards and ornaments are available to purchase from Etsy....

The creatives at ESMA made Château de Sable (Sand Castle), an exciting animated short film about a group of soldiers who are protecting a beautiful pear in the middle of the desert. The only problem is that there is a giant crab plotting to take it for its own. image via ESMA via CGMeetup ‘Bat.tutty.ry’,...

A friendly tortoise chased after the family cat amongst the green grass of a backyard. While the elusive feline didn’t appear to enjoy the chase, the surprisingly fast-moving terrapin kept up with the cat’s delicate strides the entire time. A Surprisingly Quick Tortoise Almost Keeps Up With a Playful Dog as They Chase One Another...

ScreenPrism created a wonderful video where they explore Jon Snow‘s (Kit Harington) powerful journey on Game of Thrones and the raw power that comes from being both a dragon (Targaryen) and a wolf (Stark). The Targaryen Wolf, A Tribute to Jon Snow’s Journey on Game of ThronesA Painfully Slow Jon Snow Game of Thrones Parody...

In a stunning piece for The Atlantic, filmmaker Victoria Fiore traveled to Norilsk, Russia and captured the stark beauty of the world’s northernmost city, which is home to mining industries that pollute the air and ground with toxins such as sulfuric gas. Being that city is closed off to most of the world, it took...

Artist Steve Richter of Regal Robot posted a wonderful timelapse video that shows him making a detailed sculpture of Chewbacca from Star Wars. A post shared by Steven Richter (@richter_steven) on Nov 29, 2017 at 6:06am PST A post shared by Steven Richter (@richter_steven) on Nov 17, 2017 at 9:39pm PST A post shared by...

In her latest tutorial video, the talented Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome demonstrated how to make a beautiful series of Disney Princess hand pies. This holiday season, consider serving up your pie in a slightly more magical form… Disney Princess style! A post shared by Pies Are Awesome (@thepieous) on Nov 30, 2017...

Creed Bratton, the actor who played the very eccentric Creed on the highly acclaimed U.S. version of The Office, is a really talented musician who was once in the band The Grass Roots, performed an amusing live acoustic version of the series’ theme, adding in his own lyrics. While none of the lyrics had a...

A post shared by Johan Karlgren (@pappasparlor) on Sep 13, 2017 at 10:08am PDT Motala, Sweden artist Johan Karlgren (a.k.a. “Pappas Pärlor“) created a fantastic collection of pop culture pixel art characters out of plastic beads and then placed them real world situations. Prints of his photos are available to purchase from Thefashionroom.se. A post...

The Action Lab took on a dangerous in-car flight challenge where they tested out what happens when a drone if flown inside of a moving vehicle. The question they attempt to answer is “Will the drone stay with the car as it moves or will it stay in the same location relative to the ground?”....

Great Big Story traveled to the Hospital de Bonecas in Lisbon, Portugal to meet with Manuela Cutileiro, a “doll doctor” at the oldest surviving doll hospital in the world. They take a behind the scenes look at how plastic, porcelain, metal, wool and fabric dolls are treated for missing eyes, chipped paint, and broken arms...

Polyphonic takes a look at the manner in which the iconic punk band Dead Kennedys embraced juvenalian satire in the lyrics of their very pointed songs. Wielding ridicule as an abrasive weapon, the band took no prisoners in the political realm. I think no band has ever been so good at this rebellious satire as...

In 2013, composer William Zeitler demonstrated for the Toronto Star the beautifully harmonic sound of a glass armonica, a musical instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. The instrument is created by spinning custom blown wine glasses of increasing sizes nestled into one another to create the delicate, melodic sound. William is one of the...

Woodworker Paul Jackman of Jackman Works made a manly version of the iconic leg lamp from A Christmas Story based on his own leg and documented his major award winning design process. This leg is an exact full scale model of my own leg. The leg and base are made from maple butcher block scraps...

Nicholas Rougeux, a self-described “Midwest web designer, data geek, fractal nut, and animal lover” has created “Off the Staff“, an amazing series in which he visualizes and plots different classical music pieces into colorful patterns. While these patterns might seem random, Rougeux uses a specific formula, which he graciously explains. Each dot represents a note...

Folks at the DTC Dynamic Test Center in Switzerland really got into the Christmas spirit by launching all sorts of glorious toys into a solid wall at 120 MPH. It was a festive break from their usual car safety routine where they send vehicles, filled with crash test dummies, careening into walls at high speeds....

Former Laughing Squid blogger Evan Wagoner-Lynch has embarked upon a wonderful new endeavor that combines American/British history with fashion. Wagoner-Lynch has created a line of colorful tote bags inspired by the dazzle camouflage employed by Allied ships, primarily during World War I. The first of the bag series are based on three different ships –...

Engineer and designer Zach Levine of howchoo converted a Furby into an Amazon Echo, appropriately named Furlexa by dissembling a regular Furby and “combining a Raspberry Pi Zero W with Amazon‘s open-source Alexa Voice Service software.” I thought I’d make Furby a little less annoying and give him an upgrade with a real brain. Step...

Melissa Weaver Dunning, a master weaver at Mount Vernon, George Washington’s riverside estate in Virginia, demonstrated on an 18th century loom how fabric was made in the colonial era. Dressed in period costume and bare feet, Dunning made the weaving process look much easier than it probably is. Watch master weaver Melissa Weaver Dunning operate...