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13-year-old trumpeter Bryce Hayashi and flugelhorn player Michael Miller (a.k.a. “Mickle“) recently teamed up to play the classic Star Wars theme song outside composer John Williams‘ home. The 2 boys were over the moon when Williams eventually came outside to meet and greet them. Here is extra footage from bigeyezzzzzzz of Bryce and Michael rehearsing […]

Stephen Colbert appeared at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio as his character Julius Flickerman, the brother of The Hunger Games announcer Caesar Flickerman, to announce the start of the Republican National Hungry for Power Games from the convention’s main stage. Flickerman was quickly escorted off the stage, but not before landing a final […]

Grande Prairie, Alberta photographer Noelle Mirabella captured a wonderful series of photos featuring Tim and Bethani Webb‘s gorgeous identical quadruplet baby girls. The girls all look like actual baby dolls cuddled up together in each image. Noelle’s full collection of photos are available to view on Facebook. Tim and Bethani were trying for 1 baby […]

Aldo Jones has created an incredibly bizarre trailer for the Marvel film, X-Men: Apocalypse. Psylocke slices through a giant sandwich, Slimer almost gets hit with Cyclops‘ eye beam, and much more. Fans of Aldo can help support his future work on Patreon.

Smart traffic lights in the Netherlands detect when cars or cyclists approach to minimize the wait times for everyone. An even more detailed look at how the lights can be found on Bicycle Dutch. In Dutch traffic light installations, detection loops register every single road user. The times of the signals – red, as well […]

“Puppet Masters” is the title of the new trailer release by Warner Bros. for Suicide Squad, the upcoming superhero film directed by David Ayer and based on the DC Comics supervillain team. The trailer features U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) assembling and pulling the strings of her dangerous team to help save world. […]

MinuteEarth explained why orchids are masters of lying, cheating and stealing. Their unique survival strategies are different than most of Earth’s other successful species, but their methods have found them specialized niches in habitats around the world.

18 fighting robots competed in an intense free-for-all battle at RoboChallenge 2015. The robots flipped, rammed, and crashed into each other until it was only Minimoth remaining operational in the ring. This year’s gladiator event featured 24 bots fighting to stay alive. via reddit

In June 2016, A sweetly determined yellow lab puppy named Gracie in Jupiter, Florida, made several valiants attempt to do her family proud and retrieve the Sunday newspaper from the edge of the driveway. Luckily, she had the loving encouragement of her very patient human Peter Shulz. 9 week old Gracie tries to bring in […]

Grillo is a beautiful folding portable stainless steel grill for on-the-go barbeques. It features a ring mesh basket that can hold any solid fuel like wood or charcoal, and its open design allows it reach high temperatures quickly. After it cools down from use it can easily be collapsed and stored in its carrying case. […]

In “What’s Hiding Deep Within The Ocean?” by Life Noggin, narrator Blocko aka Pat Graziosi explains via animation the features of creepy deep sea creatures, some of which science has only recently discovered. About 71% of the earth’s surface is covered in water yet a massive amount of the oceans still remains a mystery to […]

On the Sunday night before the start of the Republican National Convention, the amazing Stephen Colbert crashed the center stage hilariously dressed as Caesar Flickerman, host of the Hunger Games to officially announce the launch of the 2016 “Republican Hunger for Power Games“. Colbert was quickly escorted off by security, but not before making a […]

Great Big Story tells the remarkable tale of Justo Gallego Martínez, the dedicated 90-year old former Trappist monk who in 1963, began building a memorial cathedral to Our Lady of the Pillar on land near Madrid, Spain that he inherited from his parents. In the 53-years since, Gallego has worked every day, either by himself […]

PneuHound is a pneumatic-powered robot dog being developed at Osaka University‘s Adaptive Robotics Laboratory. The machine’s name derives from its resemblance to an excited running puppy while moving at a top speed of 9.5 km/h attached to a leash-like tether. via IT Media, RocketNews24

Filmmakers Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital have created a funny Pokémon Go video where they get dressed up as real life Pokémon Trainers, offer random people actual incense, and battle a massive Pikachu in the streets. Fans of Corridor Digital can help support their future work on Patreon.

Manchester, NH Police are inviting criminals on their Wanted Persons list to come to the booking area of their police station for a chance to catch a rare Charizard Pokémon.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has released a new trailer for The Magnificent Seven, a remake of the 1960 western film of the same name that is being directed by Antoine Fuqua. The trailer follows a bounty hunter, gambler, trapper, outlaw, assassin, Comanche warrior, sharpshooter, and an assassin as they all go out with guns blazing to […]

Marine conservationists and professional freedivers Ocean Ramsey and Juan Oliphant have captured with their GoPro Hero4, amazing footage of Ramsey swimming with and alongside gentle whale sharks in the waters of the Philippines. Join shark biologist and freediver Ocean Ramsey as she films with whale sharks in the Philippines to document migrating populations. Whale shark […]

The W301R Zenith is a camera drone that gives its pilot a high-definition first-person-view while in flight through their smartphone or a special VR headset. The drone’s controls feature both a flip button for 360° rolls and a return button that brings the drone back to the pilot. The W301R Zenith is available now in […]

mrs broomecutie A photo posted by obreu (@olafbreuning) on Mar 31, 2016 at 9:45am PDT Artist and photographer Olaf Breuning, known for his wonderful avant-garde work, has created a playful photo series in which simple, cartoonish faces are made apparent in food, drink, nature and other common household goods and given cleverly appropriate names. mrs […]

A woman walking her dog in the woods came across a curious sight, a team from Boston Dynamics walking one of their Atlas robots. Her dog was not sure what to make of it all. via reddit

A rather buoyant, relentlessly playful baby Diana monkey at the Twycross Zoo in Atherstone, Warwickshire UK repeatedly attempted to garner the attention of his/her frustrated mother who was clearly having none of it. Perhaps the little one was just too young to take a hint. The bouncy baby Diana monkey …definitely knows how to annoy […]

Jim Meskimen, the extremely talented Master Impressionist and teacher, performed an incredibly touching poetic tribute to Robin Williams in the late comedian’s distinctive voice. The text of the poem. They didn’t burn all the pianos when fredrick chopin died Didn’t outlaw oil paints When Picasso took his final ride No one put a stop to […]

Boomer the Bengal, little brother to the skateboarding Didga showed off some moves of his own as he rolled past dogs and curious onlookers who grabbed quickly their phones to capture this amazing sight. A photo posted by Robert Dollwet (@catmantoo) on Jul 14, 2016 at 5:47am PDT

Sochi, Russia video editor Zurik Marziev (a.k.a. “Zurik 23M“) has created a beautiful video montage featuring memorable scenes from seasons 1-6 of Game of Thrones. The montage is set to Clarity‘s fantastic cover of the Coldplay song “Don’t Panic.” via Tastefully Offensive

Scientists have developed a special microscope for use at the seafloor. The tool is capable of capturing views down to just one micron, one hundredth the width of a human hair. An episode of the New York Times series ScienceTake shows footage captured by the microscope of two competing species of coral.

Wired recently sat down with Paul Feig, director and co-writer of the Ghostbusters reboot film, to get his and writer Katie Dippold‘s untold backstory for the iconic character known as Slimer.

In a web exclusive video, the wonderfully incorrigible John Oliver announced his support for most the decidedly non-political subjects of animals in human clothing, interspecies relationships, combining gingham shirts with striped ties and the 1999 John Cusack/Billy Bob Thornton comedy Pushing Tin. Now in the spirit of the season I personally I’m ready to make […]

PyroGirl recently released a video tutorial where she demonstrates how to create a mini flamethrower out of a Toothless action figure from the How To Train Your Dragon film series. I convert Toothless into a mini flamethrower using IV tubing and pressurized lighter gas. The method is relatively simple and safe if you follow my […]

The Useless Duck Company have created “Pokemon GO HACK,” a funny video where they show how make playing Pokémon Go a little more realistic by shaking your phone to throw a poké ball. It turns out to be quite an expensive modification.

Netflix has introduced Flixtape, a simple service for creating and sharing video playlists of movies or television shows with friends similar to mixtapes. Users create a name for their Flixtape list, and Netflix makes a few suggestions of what to include based on that name. Users can then add or remove titles to customize their […]

Disney recently recapped the story of Zootopia using adorable emoji that feature Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde, Flash, Chief Bogo, Dawn Bellwether, and more.

?????????(?)?????????????? pic.twitter.com/m5HQWN0JzM — ????? (@warusoneko) July 16, 2016 A Roomba vacuum robot modified by Warusoneko kicks up dust as it speeds around a park. The robot had its motor replaced with one used in remote-controlled vehicles, giving it enhanced speed. via AtTrip, RocketNews24

With help from his cute daughter, How to Dad creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand demonstrates how to be a Kiwi dad. He shows his little girl how to throw a gumboot, how to fish, how to do a cannonball, and more. We previously wrote about How to Dad and his great DIY parenting […]

The Slow Mo Guys, Dan Gruchy and Gavin Free filmed exploding glass in 343,000 fps slow motion, making it the slowest they have ever recorded. To compare the incredible speed of the glass cracking from the thermal shock of being heated and then suddenly cooled, Free filmed Gruchy’s reaction time to having water poured into his eye, and played […]

Pokémon Go fever is spreading around the world like wildfire. Fox recently got in on the fun with a Simpsons segment where Homer Simpson ignores his kids, Bart and Lisa, while playing Pokémon Go relentlessly at the Springfield City Zoo.

Reese Witherspoon stars as agent 007 in Legally Bond by Entertain Me Weakly.

In 2013, a pair of talented Breslov brothers, Aryeh and Gil Gat, performed brilliant covers of the classic Pink Floyd songs “Wish You Were Here” and “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” on the sidewalks of Jerusalem to much acclaim. Later that year, the brothers went on to win The Next Star, a show similar to […]

German artist Nils Völker, known for his incredible interactive work, created Bits and Pieces, a kinetic ballet of colorful Hoberman Sphere toys that successively expanded and contracted in a beautiful visual rhythm. The installation consists out of 108 so-called Hoberman spheres hanging in the middle of the exhibition space. The mass-produced children toys are made […]

During a performance with BBC Proms, Swiss musician Sol Gabbetta offered a unique interpretation of Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, using her 300-year old instrument as a screen of sorts upon which digital images were projected, creating an illuminated visual dimension to the music. A 300-year-old cello becomes a screen in this unique film. […]

“The Allegory of the Cave” by the Hong Kong video company is a gorgeously surreal video essay that visually ponders the age-old question regarding human perception of reality, originally posed by Greek philosopher Plato in conversation with his older brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates. Inspired by the Allegory of the Cave from Plato, till […]

The Japanese startup AgIC has created a remarkable marker that uses an electricity conducting ink that lets users to hand draw working and connecting circuits for illuminated designs such as decorations, books or plans. ?Lighting Poster “Yagasuri” ? Lighting Poster made of traditional Japanese pattern ”Yagasuri” pic.twitter.com/f5exwFwmMT — AgIC Inc. (@AgIC_Inc) February 22, 2016 ?WORKSHOP […]

In an episode of Periodic Videos, professor Martin Poliakoff discusses an experiment at the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham where chemists dropped burning iron wool into liquid oxygen with some explosive results. Although the reaction was brilliant, Poliakoff and his colleagues were unable to discern exactly what was causing it. Periodic Videos […]

Great Big Story caught up with Rick Kelly, the talented proprietor of Carmine Street Guitars, who is well known and highly regarded for his incredible handcrafted guitars, all made with wood reclaimed from old New York City buildings that have been razed or destroyed. All Kelly guitars are made from one-hundred percent reclaimed lumber. …Recently […]

The American Chemical Society series Reactions explains the chemistry of fluorescence with some examples of its more interesting applications in everything from black light posters to cancer treatments. In a companion video to the episode they demonstrate how to create fluorescent flowers.

Musician Jeffrey Masin has been performing for over a quarter century as a one man band. Masin amazingly is able to accompany himself on guitar, kazoo along with a full set of percussion instruments. Each drum is connected to his various limbs with a clever series of bungie cords and are activated by his own […]

Astonishing Studios has created a LEGO machine that dispenses Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas and correct change after users insert five dollar bills. A light sensor detects and counts the bills, and after the fifth bill is inserted it triggers the release of the pizza and 71¢. The machine holds two pizzas and $1.42 in […]

In a new animated short by Dorkly, they take a close look at why Mortal Kombat rounds don’t make much sense. They question how an obliterated opponent rises back up for a second round, when really he would need 18+ months of physical therapy before returning to the deadly battlefield.

In episode 11 of his series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the career of Rory McCann, the Scottish actor who is best known for his role as Sandor “The Hound” Clegane in Game of Thrones. Brandon looks at Rory’s past as a mascot for Scott’s Porage Oats, […]

In “We’re The Superhumans“, the wonderful 3-minute BBC Channel 4 trailer for the upcoming 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, a wonderful swing band made up of incredibly talented differently-abled musicians perform the classic Sammy Davis, Jr song “Yes I Can“, while paralympians from all over the world proudly demonstrate their amazing talent for their chosen […]