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SpaceX has posted an amazing sped up video of the first-stage of their Falcon 9 rocket executing a perfect landing on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Atlantic Ocean after the successful launch delivering THAICOM 8 to a Super Synchronous Transfer Orbit. THAICOM 8 spacecraft has been deployed into a nominal […]

In “What if the World Ended?” Jake Roper of Vsauce3 explains the concept of nuclear winter from a stylized future in the aftermath of a small nuclear war. The video is a follow-up to Roper’s earlier post-nuclear video “Could You Survive a Fallout?” that explains the more immediate dangers of a nuclear blast. Eric Langlay […]

On May 25, 2016, the Health Department of New York City declared the names Bella and Max to be the most popular dog names throughout the five boroughs for 2015. They also created a really fun map showing where the popular names are most prevalent. The Health Department today announced that Max and Bella were […]

Let’s Melt This has created an oddly satisfying compilation of things being melted in reverse. This video features many of the same clips as their original compilation of things melting, but this time the objects seem to reform and take shape rather than dissolve and fall apart. Compilation 2.0 of oddly satisfying videos we have […]

On a recent episode of Discovery Channel‘s Daily Planet show Make It Real, engineer James Hobson (a.k.a. “The Hacksmith“) built an amazing fiery replica of Psylocke‘s (Olivia Munn) psychic sword from the newly released film X-Men: Apocalypse. We previously wrote about the electromagnet bracers that James built for his replica Captain America shield. A video […]

Comedian Mike Earley is a construction worker by day, and he wrote and stars in the video “Framing Houses in Minnesota” produced by his employer Carpentry Contractors Company. In the video, Earley talks about the benefits of working construction, things he has learned on the job, and the recipe for a shart. via reddit

The Warp Zone has created a marvelous parody of Boyz II Men‘s hit single from 1994, “I’ll Make Love to You,” where The X-Men gather around to sing a heartfelt love song dedicated to the powerful mutant ladies they are infatuated with. Here is the original “I’ll Make Love to You” music video.

Eclectic Method has created an R-rated remix of the Marvel movie Deadpool. An R Rated Remix for an R Rated Movie. Deadpool is a mega hit from a vast gamble on a totally different style of action comic hero movie. And it’s now out on BluRay hence the remix. No sound has been added but […]

“Clean Yourself” is a parody by The Holderness Family of Justin Bieber‘s song “Love Yourself.” The song focuses on hygiene and just how filthy children can be. For comparison, here is the original music video for “Love Yourself.”

RichardBoard recently used LEGO to recreate the scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey where Dave deactivates the sentient computer, HAL 9000. Here is the actual scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey. via The Brothers Brick

A photo posted by Vat19 (@vat19) on Mar 29, 2016 at 6:45am PDT Novelty costume company Elope has created a series of lifelike animal masks featuring mouths that move when you talk. The fox, pug, and wolf masks are available to purchase from Elope and Vat19. Get weird and wild with a Mouth Mover Mask! […]

Pizza Hut is testing a humanoid robot cashier named Pepper that was developed by SoftBank Robotics. The robot interacts with customers through voice commands and a large display that can show menus, pricing information, or other information. In a video released by MasterCard who is working on the payment system for Pepper, the robot takes an […]

Disney Music Emporium will be releasing the Star Wars: The Force Awakens soundtrack as a two LP vinyl that will feature holograms of the Millennium Falcon and a TIE fighter etched into the records. It is currently available to pre-order from the Disney Music Emporium store and Amazon with a release date of June 17th, […]

In a hilarious outtake from the timely HBO show Silicon Valley, actor T.J. Miller in character as Erlich Bachman brilliantly hurled over four minutes of completely improvised insults at new Pied Piper CEO “Action” Jack Barker, played by an incredibly straight-faced Stephen Tobolowsky.

A young girl learns a lesson about growing up in the latest trailer for The Little Prince, an animated feature based on the classic book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The movie features the voice talents of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion Cotillard, and Bud Cort, The Little Prince was originally slated for release earlier this […]

Eyebrows were drawn on this baby, causing the little one to have a very funny, angry look. Here are some more #BabyEyebrows. via reddit

In the latest episode of their continually fascinating and informative etymological whiteboard series for Mental Floss, linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain about the little-known language that the prolific mathematician, physicist and inventor Sir Isaac Newton attempted to create, the logic behind it and why it never became universal. When […]

A photo posted by Ty Foster (@tyfosterphoto) on May 19, 2016 at 10:27am PDT Photographer Ty Foster, who has made a career of documenting dogs and sometimes even humans, has followed up his immensely popular “LICK” photo series with the next logical, albeit adorable choice “LICK Puppies“, portraits of canine youngsters caught in mid-lick. The […]

British photographer Vins Blake has created “The Planets“, a fantastic imaginary universe comprised of eggs that were treated with a combination of “chemistry and electronic engineering” to give them a true cosmic look. Blake then completed his masterfully executed illusion by shooting the planets from high above in order to make them appear as if […]

A photo posted by Lor-K (@lor_k_life) on Apr 15, 2016 at 10:34am PDT French street artist Lor-K has created EAT ME, a tasty project where she takes old mattresses that she finds around the city and transforms them into giant food sculptures. More photos of Lor-K’s work are available to view on her website, Facebook […]

A remarkably detailed warrior finger puppet designed by talented puppeteer Barnaby Dixon made its debut by dancing along to the dulcet tones of an incredibly accommodating keyboard player named David, who played a wonderful medley of songs that allowed Dixon to demonstrate how smoothly the new puppet moves. The puppet had been months in the […]

John Atkinson takes a look at existentialism in the past and present in his latest Wrong Hands comic.

Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction have created a welcoming supercut video of characters saying “welcome to” in 74 different movies. We are welcomed to Wayne’s World, to Fight Club, to real life (Spaceballs), and more.

The Academy Film Archive has dug up a rare trailer for Star Wars: Revenge of the Jedi that “originated from a cinema in the United Kingdom.” Revenge of the Jedi was the original title of the third installment of the original Star Wars trilogy until being changed to Return of the Jedi before release. As […]

Clever gamer Shane Birkinbine (a.k.a. “Retro Shanerator) recently proposed to his girlfriend by making a custom level in Super Mario Maker. He spelled out his geeky proposal using brick blocks and question blocks and then had his now fiancé, Pam, play through the level to discover it.

The Dutch architecture team of MVRDV created the Stairs to Kriterion, a grand temporary scaffold staircase that goes from the base of the city’s Central Station to the rooftop of the Groothandelsgebouw, offering incredible views all around. The stairs opened opened during the Rotterdam Celebrates the City festival, which celebrated the 75th anniversary of the […]

In a recent episode of the informative series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains why Harley Davidson motorcycles are so famously loud, how customers modify their bikes to be even louder and how new laws are looking to dampen the noise. Straight off the line today, Harley exhaust systems can emit noise as […]

On May 23, 2016, 18-year old Ryan Wilcox, a devoted Avengers fan who’s currently being treated for cancer, got the surprise of his life when he answered the door to find Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts) showed up at his door. The excited fan told Fox […]

In “Study for Fifteen Points“, the engineers of Random International creatively experimented with tiny robots equipped with LED lights to learn the threshold of information that the human brain needs to recognize the human form. The initial sculpture from Random’s new body of work in progress, Study for Fifteen Points experiments with the minimal amount […]

In 2011 we wrote about Dutch artist Theo Jansen and his Strandbeests, incredible wind-powered walking sculptures that harness the power of the wind to move forward. Recently, Jansen brought his magnificent kinetic skeletal structures to San Francisco for the very first time and walked them along Crissy Field Beach. Both KQED Arts and the San […]

Missouri Horror photographer Joshua Hoffine has teamed up with Dark Regions Press to release a book showcasing Joshua’s creepy work from the past 13 years that is appropriately titled, Joshua Hoffine: Horror Photography. Hoffine is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help with the production and shipping costs of his upcoming hardcover book. Designed as […]

Engineer Jay Hyun Kim has created the COSMOS, a very cleverly conceived combination clock and speaker that features the full map of the Northern Hemisphere Constellation on its face, simulating a clear starry night sky. Kim called the COSMOS the perfect combination. I believe that these three forms are the perfect combination, because the movement […]

Beat Down Boogie recently visited Japan and captured 4K resolution footage of the Robot Restaurant, an underground robot themed bar in Tokyo that is a wonderful sensory overload. They watched as a magical show unfolded featuring “flashing lights, remote controlled set pieces, and crazy costumes.” More photos from their Robot Restaurant adventure are available to […]

In her latest visual essay “Frames Within Frames“, talented French filmmaker Candice Drouet explores how works of art are strategically employed within films to complement and even drive the story. Paintings are rarely included in a movie without having a purpose. Sometimes they point out the social status of a family or the historic period […]

A photo posted by thisiswallysemail@gmail.com (@wally_and_molly) on May 22, 2016 at 9:35am PDT A sweet little 2-year old Angora bunny named Wally sports an adorable lion cut while gleefully romps around his grassy Natick, Massachusetts yard, always stopping to smell the roses, investigating corners, pretending to be a garden gnome at times and sharing wonderful […]

A photo posted by Baby Bites (@babybites_) on Mar 15, 2016 at 7:30am PDT Spanish children accessory company Baby Bites has created a very clever line of playful shark and whale sleeping bags whose adorably toothy jaws are able to swallow small children whole. According to the founders, each piece is completely handmade and unique […]

Canadian artist Dave Delisle of Dave’s Geeky Ideas recently created an incredible two-person tent design based on a Federation shuttlecraft from Star Trek. This is a two-man tent design that features an entrance at the back (just like the actual shuttlecraft). The tent stores in a carrying case that splits apart to become the thrusters. […]

For his final photography class project, photographer and artist Adriano Rodrigues collaborated with makeup artist Breeanna Nichols to create “Neon Dream“, a fantastic photo series in which a model was painted black with an airbrush and then dotted with luminous makeup that lit up under a black light like a bright celestial constellation across a […]

PBS Idea Channel recently explored the vague horror of face swap and why humans can find things like digital glitches unsettling. Host Mike Rugnetta compares the phenomenon to the work of director David Cronenberg and the genre of body horror. Face Swapping isn’t new, but it sure is popular these days with things like the […]

Dreamworks animator and father Daniel Hashimoto has created “Get in the Boat!,” a new special effects video for his ongoing Action Movie Kid series that shows his son, James Hashimoto, manning a boat at the Munson Park in Monroe, Michigan that ends up in very turbulent waters. When my kid says get in the boat, […]

On a recent episode of Late Night, Game of Thrones‘ very own Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) told host Seth Meyers that Dothraki is a real language that was made by David J. Peterson for HBO‘s television series. Emilia then went on to try and sing “MMMBop” in Dothraki.

Chinese engineers debuted a model of an elevated bus that rides over other vehicles to avoid traffic. The model was on display at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo, and it provides a glimpse at a possible future with less traffic on the road where mass transportation glides over small cars.

Mondo has collaborated with artists Trevor Grove and Michael Norman to release a 1/6 scale collectible figure depicting famous filmmaker, Alfred Hitchcock. They also teamed up with artists Adam Simpson, We Buy Your Kids, and Thomas Danthony to create a collection of stylized movie posters that celebrate his thriller films The Birds and Vertigo. The […]

Matt Radach posted timelapse footage of the growth of his giant 1,223 lb pumpkin from seed to scale. The pumpkin was grown from a seed taken from the 2009 record-setting pumpkin grown by Ron Wallace, and the video reveals many of the techniques Radach used to grow the massive pumpkin. via reddit

Cleveland Police officer James Grotenrath recently went above and beyond the call of duty to help 9-year-old Bryce, whose Pokémon card collection was stolen. Grotenrath knew how the kid felt, since he was once a Pokémon fan himself, so he gave Bryce his personal collection of Pokémon cards to right the wrong.

Pranksters @TJCruda and @k_vinnnn put a pair of glasses on the floor of a museum to trick patrons. The museum attendees took the bait and stopped to observe and even photograph the “art” installation. LMAO WE PUT GLASSES ON THE FLOOR AT AN ART GALLERY AND… pic.twitter.com/7TYoHPtjP8 — teejay (@TJCruda) May 24, 2016 @TJCruda the embarrassing […]

Ardrey Kell High School senior Michael Senatore of Charlotte, North Carolina recently blew the minds of his classmates and people on the internet during an annual talent show by creeping up to a table on the auditorium stage, effortlessly flipping a partially filled water bottle into the air, making it land upright on the table, […]