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Coders at the Google Creative Lab are working with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to teach an experimental artificially intelligent (AI) database to learn, organize and visualize the incredibly varying sounds of different birds “by ear”, without any other information. Using data from the Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: Essential Set for North America and […]

Netflix has announced a new feature that will allow subscribers to download content to their tablet and smartphones for offline play. The feature lets users take Netflix movies and television shows with them even when they don’t have internet access. It is available for all Netflix subscribers and works on both Android and iOS platforms. […]

Vox explains how the growing Chinese film market is influencing Hollywood film production. China is expected to soon overtake the United States in box office sales and cinema screens, and American studios have started catering to Chinese audiences. Although Hollywood is pursuing the Chinese market, the Chinese government has tight restrictions on foreign films entering […]

In 1996, legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola sat down with author R.H. Greene to talk about his films, working with Robin Williams and his understanding of death. This interview was wonderfully animated for the lost interview series “Blank on Blank” We move through life very fast and it’s not a matter of how long you […]

BETC Paris has created “Canal Kitchen”, a truly ingeniously zany ad promoting the variety of choices available on the French premium cable television channel Canal+. The scene is set inside a busy French kitchen where skilled chefs cook with colorful ingredients made from the characters from the available television series on the channel. As with […]

Researchers at the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition have programmed the Atlas humanoid robot to walk over partial footholds using a new balancing algorithm. The improved balance lets the Boston Dynamics robot balance on edges that only make contact with part of its feet. In simulation, the robot can also take quick steps over […]

In a Thanksgiving episode of her humorously informative grammar series, the very knowledgable and witty Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” explained the proper use of the comparative words “like” and “as” within a descriptive sentence. We’re going to talk about like and as. Like is a preposition and it’s followed by a noun or […]

Google updated their 30-year Google Earth Timelapse with four more years of data and even sharper images from two new satellites, giving a clearer and more complete view of the planet from above. The company partnered with Time to highlight some of the most interesting features on the planet as they change over time including […]

Toronto, Canada artist Douglas R. Witt captured hilarious, yet creepy slow motion footage of his friend’s baby crying. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsDe Staat’s Music Video for ‘Witch Doctor’ Is Creepy, Yet Incredibly MesmerizingAmazing Slow Motion Footage of Big Cats Enjoying a Yummy Treat‘Underwater Diving Dogs’, Slow-Motion Footage of Swimming Canines Doing the Doggy […]

How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) has released episode five of their animated series, Villain Pub, where Batman manages to invade the evil pub lair and engages in a heated boss battle with all sorts of iconic movie bad guys. Related Laughing Squid PostsVillain Pub, A New Animated Series Where Iconic Movie Bad Guys Throw […]

The father and son team of Dan and Lincoln Markham from What’s Inside? got into the Christmas spirit by using a pair of scissors and brute strength to cut open and tear apart a brand new Elf of the Shelf figurine. Elf on the Shelf has been a great thing in our home the past […]

On a magical episode of How To Cake It, host Yolanda Gampp provides a step-by-step guide on how to make a chocolate cake based on the friendly snowman, Olaf, from Disney‘s Frozen. A video posted by Yolanda Gampp (@yolanda_gampp) on Nov 29, 2016 at 8:09am PST A photo posted by Yolanda Gampp (@yolanda_gampp) on Nov […]

Things go horribly wrong a person trying to follow a recipe in a cocktail tutorial video. The sketch by The Layoff Kids parodies the popular top-down-view instructional videos often seen on Facebook, but with a dark twist. The dos and don’ts of making the perfect Old Fashioned. Do: Use a good rye whiskey Don’t: Have […]

While on holiday in 2014, Lancastrian landscape photographer Melvin Nicholson captured the absolutely stunning image of a white rainbow (fog bow) curving over a solitary tree growing in the boggy peat of Scotland’s Rannoch Moor. It is a colourless rainbow that is made up of tiny water droplets that cause fog. It’s an amazing thing […]

Mat of the really interesting gadget channel Techmoan took a look at the calibrated oscilloscope, the remarkable pre-digital device that visualizes sound through voltage changes and waveforms. By way of explanation, he rebuilt an old Tektronix 760A to show how the machine works. Mat also spoke about online resources that easily simulate oscilloscope music and […]

Veritasium shared the history of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit and the Fahrenheit temperature scale in a video animated by Marcello Ascani. The video explains some specific numbers on the scale like what 0°F means and why water freezes at 32°F. The crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries. Related […]

The CollegeHumor office celebrates an almost never-ending list of Twitter holidays, and Mike Trapp has had enough. You will never know the pain of being truly alone on national calico cat appreciation day. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Series of Movie Scenes That Were Incredibly Hard to Shootlinks for 2009-11-30Supercut of Kisses in Movies Being Interrupted […]

In a fascinating episode of the online trivia series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler recounted the very unusual and infamous day in which all flights out of London’s Heathrow Airport were grounded due to sightings of a flying pig. Hell hadn’t frozen over, rather it was a photo shoot for Pink Floyd‘s legendary […]

Homesick Candles are a collection of scented candles crafted by a group of friends, “who relocated from states they still feel close to,” to smell a lot like your home state. The entire series of state candles are available to purchase from the Homesick Candles website. We worked hard to perfect the scent of each […]

A photo posted by Vincent Bal (@vincent_bal) on Nov 2, 2016 at 1:12am PDT Belgian artist and filmmaker Vincent Bal has created “Shadowology“, a humorously ingenious series in which he illustrates the shadows that are cast by common household items that are lit by the sun from different angles. According to Bal, these are “crazy […]

Brooklyn product designers BREAKFAST have created an interactive and modular kinetic flip-disc system that can be easily assembled and installed. The system can display logos, video, and even interact with movement in front of the board itself. Once installed, the flip disc system can be controlled with a paired app. Here’s a video of it […]

ThinkGeek has created an officially-licensed Back to the Future Flux Capacitor Wall Charger that lights up, when switched on, and is capable of charging up to two devices at the same time via USB. We’ve come to the realization that the Flux Capacitor is very versatile. You need to travel to the future to fix […]

Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna along with their counterparts at the University of Oxford have found that the Goffin’s cockatoo, a non-nesting bird, is able to repeatedly solve the same problem using different materials to each time to do so. The experiment involved three captive birds, Figaro, Dolittle and Kiwi, who all […]

Paris entrepreneur and product manager Jacinthe Busson of Elegantt.com has created UX Timeline, a website visualizing the evolution of websites for well known companies like Netflix, Uber and AirBnB. via Product Hunt Related Laughing Squid PostsSelfie-a-Day App Everyday Returns With New Features for Creating Personal Time-Lapse VideosAn Infographic Illustrating the Evolution of Corporate LogosThe Evolution […]

Tom Scott visited The Gävle Goat to explain how a giant straw goat and arson both became Christmas traditions in the small Swedish city of Gävle. Although burning the goat down is not legal or strictly part of the tradition, it has happened all but 12 of the years the goat has been constructed. In […]

Respected author, researcher and paranormal expert Loren Coleman, founder of the famous International Cryptozoology Museum in downtown Portland, Maine, is currently raising funds to help him pay bills that stemmed from a health crisis. Coleman founded the museum in 2003 in order to educate the public about “the study of hidden or unknown animals” and […]

A video posted by ???? Siberian HUSKY For Sale ???? (@mywinterfells.siberian_huskies) on Nov 18, 2016 at 3:05pm PST A pair of adorably vocal Siberian Husky puppies at My Winterfells attempted scale a short brick garden step with the help of the other. This clumsy attempt at assistance, however, became truly hilarious when one of the […]

The Chinese online novelty shop Taobao has released the Spirit E666, a clever set of headphones that easily and inexpensively transforms normal human ears into the long pointy ones sported by elves. The cost is a little above $14.00 USD, so the sound quality may not be especially good, but it’s a simple way to […]

This post was sponsored by Cognitive Surplus via Syndicate Ads. Finding unique gifts for your favorite science nerd can be a challenge, particularly if you’re looking for something as beautiful as it is smart. Cognitive Surplus is a small Oregon-based company that aims to change that by creating gifts that are inspiring, intelligent and eco-friendly. […]

While on location in Cleveland, Texas, the Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness and his team ventured out into the sub-tropical lands of The Retreat at Artesian Lakes under the cover of night to seek out some of the areas most unusual creatures. During their fruitful trek, Peterson and crew found a Mediterranean house gecko, a […]

Chand John explains the fastest way to alphabetize books or other large collections of data in a TED-Ed lesson about the QuickSort method and other sorting techniques. The lesson uses animation and a hypothetical library emergency to demonstrate different ways of sorting data and comparing them. You work at the college library. You’re in the […]

The Dronegun by DroneShield is a device for taking control of and safely landing rogue drones. The operator simply points the device at the errant drone to cut communications between the drone and its original operator. The Dronegun can either be used to land the drone safely for investigation, or trigger the drone to return […]

Alt Shift X has created a wonderful video that summarizes all six seasons of Game of Thrones in a little over five minutes. Fans of Alt Shift X can help support their future work on Patreon. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Recap of Game of Thrones Season Five in a Single Six-Minute TakeA Three Minute Recap […]

Internet puppets Fafa the Groundhog and Mario of Glove and Boots attempted to do the Mannequin Challenge, but failed horribly. Instead of standing frozen in action like mannequins, Mario pushed an actual mannequin off the roof of a building and watched as it shattered on the pavement below. When Fafa pointed out that they may […]

The White Rabbit Project is a new unscripted Netflix series, from the producers of Discovery‘s MythBusters, that will also star the show’s fun-loving build team Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara. They will venture down the rabbit hole and “rank history’s greatest inventions, heists, and more.” The White Rabbit Project will premiere at midnight […]

Disney has released the entire clip from their new animated film, Moana, of Dwayne Johnson as legendary demigod Maui singing the song “You’re Welcome.” The movie soundtrack is available to stream on numerous platforms and purchase from iTunes. Related Laughing Squid PostsMoana, An Animated Disney Film About a Teenager and Demigod’s Daring Journey in the […]

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy competed to see who could shoot out the wick of a burning candle with an air pistol, and because they are The Slow Mo Guys they filmed it at 28,000 fps. The winner gets to claim internet glory, while the loser had a football thrown at his head. Gav and […]

Legendary superheroine Wonder Woman (Lilly Singh) and the great Stevie Wonder (T-Pain) faced off in a powerful episode of Epic Rap Battles of History created by Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD. Related Laughing Squid PostsExplorers Lewis & Clark Face Off Against Excellent Adventurers Bill & Ted in ‘Epic Rap Battles of History’Epic Rap Battles of History: […]

While walking through London, Henry Hoffman unexpectedly encountered a wayward fox who took a great liking to him and engaging in a relentless game of tug of war with Hoffman’s backpack. The fox was surprisingly friendly, so much to the point that he wouldn’t let Hoffman go home. Okay look, you have to let go […]

Swedish sculptor and filmmaker Alexander Unger of Guldies has created “Magic Clay“, a brilliantly nimble stop-motion animation that demonstrates through various scenarios the amazing flexibility of the medium itself. Shot with a Canon EOS 600D. 1800 still pictures, 24 FPS and animated in Dragonframe. I used Sony Vegas for editing. Sound effects recorded with a […]

In the cleverly named YouTube series “Tisha UnArmed“, a remarkable woman shows how she performs typical daily activities despite the fact that she was born without arms. In a 2014 episode about pumping gas, Tisha demonstrated her refueling routine with amazing coordination and a great sense of humor. Tisha was born without arms and her […]

A photo posted by Ryo Yamazaki (@rojiman) on Nov 10, 2016 at 1:32pm PST Japanese photographer Ryo Yamazaki has put his three Scottish Fold cats to work in an adorable series that features each of them begrudgingly sporting a variety of unique caps knitted from their very own fur. Yamazaki collects the shed fur, rolls […]

The British family vacation planning site FamilyBreakFinder has put together a clever map detailing the creativity of tourism slogans from countries all around the world. From the straightforward (‘Travel in Slovakia – good idea’) to the dramatic (‘Colombia is magical realism’) these slogans are an insight into the ways tourism departments in countries across the […]

A photo posted by Goats of Anarchy (@goatsofanarchy) on Oct 31, 2016 at 5:59am PDT A little blind rescue goat named Polly who suffers from acute anxiety whenever she feels alone, has found certain relief from a child’s fuzzy ducky costume that her human Leanne Lauricella found for her while shopping for a Halloween costume. […]

“The King of Random” Grant Thompson cast a real cooked chicken in silicone to make a mold to create a life-size gummy chicken. To avoid being wasteful, Thompson and his family even showed that the chicken was preserved by being encased in silicone by reheating and eating it. Related Laughing Squid PostsA How-To Guide to […]

Earthling Cinema host Garyx Wormuloid analyzes the hidden meaning behind the R-rated animated film Sausage Party. The episode of the Wisecrack series explores how an alien might interpret the film’s themes of religion and sexuality. What if an alien in the future stumbled upon Seth Rogen’s Sausage Party? Welcome to Earthling Cinema, where we examine […]

The cellular processes of mitosis and meiosis tear each other apart in a rap battle by AsapSCIENCE with Gregory Brown as mitosis and Mitchell Moffit as meiosos. The lyrics focus on the differences between the two types of cell division. The song is available on Bandcamp and will be released on iTunes soon. Related Laughing […]

Competitive eater Matt “Megatoad” Stonie managed to scarf down 17 hash browns from McDonald’s in a little under 1 minute for his latest challenge. Related Laughing Squid PostsCompetitive Eater Matt ‘Megatoad’ Stonie Drinks Seven McDonald’s Shamrock Shakes in Under Five MinutesCompetitive Eater Matt Stonie Devours a Giant Three Pound Gummy Worm in Eight MinutesCompetitive Eater […]

The HyperDrive USB Type-C 5-in-1 Hub helps replace the ports missing from the new MacBook Pros by attaching to one of the laptop’s USB Type-C ports to add slots for an SDXC, a microSDXC, 2 USB 3.0, and an additional USB Type-C port. The hub is available in our Laughing Squid Store for $39.95 (a […]

Netscour has shared footage of an adorable baby stealing their mother’s phone and then taking off running away while recording the super cute escape. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Adorable Baby Rhinoceros Comes Running Whenever He Hears His NameAn Adorable Toddler Is Confused by Meeting Twin Babies for the First TimeBaby Horse Misjudges His […]