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Burger Fiction has created a supercut video featuring over 100 of the greatest movie lines delivered right before a kill. The video includes clips from Dirty Harry, RoboCop, Predator, Independence Day, and more. Use these at your own risk. We don’t condone murder.

Director Paul Trillo has created “Chromacity“, a gorgeous dance of ethereal colors painting the sky as captured by four different drones that captured the colors from different perspectives. An ethereal flight over the ocean as mysterious colored smoke leaves its mark across the sky. A beautiful choreography between four drones simultaneously in flight and hundreds […]

Marvel released a new TV spot for Captain America: Civil War, the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. The clip features two ex-friends, Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Tony Stark (Iron Man), verbally and physically fighting for what they think is right. Captain America: Civil War is currently […]

MinutePhysics tackles the question of how astronomers know what air is like on other planets. Different techniques are used to measure the light either emitted or absorbed by gases in the atmosphere of distant planets, even ones not visible from Earth. How do we know what the air is like on planets we haven’t visited? […]

Comedian Jeff Seal demonstrated for the cameras of Gothamist how to “curate locally-sourced reclaimed food” aka dumpster dive with style in New York City, showing that a good, nutritious meal could be had without too much effort. For many, the term “dumpster diving” evokes stomach-turning images of half-moldy rolls and recently-expired tuna salad snatched from […]

SciShow host Michael Aranda explains exactly what urinal cakes are made of and why people should not eat them, as if anyone needed reasons not to eat them. If you happen to be a frequenter of urinals, odds are you’ve seen one that has a little block at the bottom of it. But what does it […]

In their latest train adventure, the genial Food Warriors duo of Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam took the A Train to the Mott Street stop in Far Rockaway, Queens to sample the sumptuous local fare of the beachside communioty that the Ramones made famous. It was two sides to the Rockaway’s coin. First up was […]

An episode of PBS Space Time provides evidence on why the big bang definitely happened. A later episode then goes on to explain some of the problems with the theory, and the ways it could progress in the future. We pretty much know for sure that the universe was once extremely small, and extremely hot. […]

On the latest episode of PBS Idea Channel, host Mike Rugnetta examines who would actually pay to fix all of the massive destruction seen in superhero and disaster films. We often joke about what the cost would be to fix all of the destruction we see in superhero and disaster films, because we know that […]

Nick Offerman recently sat down with Mashable Watercooler to share some of the many words of wisdom that he thought up while in the shower. Offerman shared even more of his brilliant shower thoughts with Mashable back in August 2014. A video posted by Mashable Watercooler (@watercooler) on Mar 30, 2016 at 5:56am PDT

The Nothing To Do Crew dressed up as real life version of famous Nintendo characters in 2015 and engaged in an amusing Mario Kart balloon battle with roman candles. As the Nothing To Do Crew drove around in their custom-made vehicles, they attempted to pop each other’s balloons by shooting the roman candle fireworks at […]

Mythbusters host and Tested scientist Adam Savage recently went incognito at the first-ever Silicon Valley Comic Con dressed in an awesome comic book Hellboy costume. Adam wielded the massive Hellboy sword that he custom built earlier in March. For the inaugural Silicon Valley Comic Con, Adam wanted to do something special for his incognito cosplay: […]

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” uses water and alcohol to demonstrate how to make a DIY ferrofluid jar. Kulakov uses magnets to play with his creation, forcing the suspended ferrofluid to dance around inside the jar.

NECA recently featured a life-size foam replica of Slimer based on the classic 1984 Ghostbusters film that stands three feet tall. It will be available to purchase in August 2016. Add a delightfully spooky touch to any room with a life-size replica of everyone’s favorite non-terminal repeating phantasm! This actual size foam Slimer replica figure […]

Star Wars UK has released a new sneak peek at the first time John Boyega (Finn) boarded the legendary Millennium Falcon on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. More bonus features can be found on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD and Blu-ray combo packs, which are scheduled to release on April […]

News Be Funny has created a compilation of some of the best news bloopers from March 2016.

In October 2013, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) put together a wonderfully eerie compilation of deep sea creatures, each of whom had a pair of big, beautiful and/or unusual eyes. In order of appearance: Glass squid, owlfish, vampire squid, rattail fish, longnose skate, crystal amphipod (with orange compound eyes), spot prawn, barreleye fish […]

Jessica Leibowitz of Gothamist has created, with the help of a skilled barista at Brooklyn Roasting Company, a nifty visual guide to espresso drinks, what the drinks contain and what the names actually mean. Even if you’re just dipping your toes into fancy coffee culture, terms like cappuccino and latte are likely familiar to you. […]

In 2012, ECAL students Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex created the “Rocking-Knit“, an ingenious rocking chair that uses its own kinetic motion to effortlessly knit a hat. Rocking-Knit is a new interpretation of the rocking chair. It offers its user productive moments of relaxation. The to-and-fro movement of this armchair knits hats for the winter […]

In the latest episode of Now You See It, host Jack Nugent examines Sir Alfred Hitcock‘s view of the long take and how that technique might actually impair a film’s ability to properly tell the story, depending on the context. I love long takes anybody can appreciate them for how beautiful they are but they […]

Great Big Story recently profiled the wonderful Alex Carozza, proprietor of Alex & Bell Accordions for the past 60 years and the last accordion repairman in New York City. Speaking from his shop, a smiling Carozza declared that he would never retire because of his love for the instrument. The instrument is like some part […]

Explanimator asks, “Where are all the aliens?” and suggests humans may not be looking for alien life in the right way. Given the age and size of the Universe, many assume the galaxy would be filled with intelligent life, but humans here on Earth have yet to make contact with any. If aliens exist, the […]

While visiting London, French filmmaker Franck Matellini captured amazing footage of some of the city’s most famous icons and created a beautiful time lapse, seamlessly showcasing both the daytime and nighttime views alongside each other. Day and night blur into one in this amazing timelapse video of London’s skyline. Franck Matellini, 37, from Paris, took […]

In his latest timelapse video, the talented German artist Stefan Pabst created a captivating 3D optical illusion drawing of medical supplies that seemingly jumps right off of the paper.

Tommy Edison aka The Blind Film Critic attempted to describe his concept of vision in answer to a question posed to him online. Vision is an incredible thing. Like I have no idea how it works. The things that you guys are able to do blows my mind. And the things you’re not able to […]

The TED-Ed lesson “What Would Happen if You Didn’t Drink Water” by Mia Nacamulli looks at the effects of not drinking enough water on the human body. It also looks at what can happen if a person drinks too much water, causing a condition known as hyponatremia.

The Kuvèe is a smart bottle system that addresses a common problem of how to keep a bottle of wine from going bad within a short period of time once it’s been opened. By using interchangeable inner aluminum bottles that prevent oxidation and a wifi enabled outer bottle, the Kuvèe extends the shelf life of […]

Marketing expert Katherine Andes recently shared a tutorial where she demonstrates how to use a tissue box to easily store and dispense plastic grocery bags. via reddit

Seven meters of bubble wrap being popped all at once in an eight-meter hydraulic press folder. Recently The Hydraulic Press Channel crushed a stack of layered bubble wrap in a hydraulic press. via reddit

Great Big Story explores the amazing 16-year history of Bruce Zaccagnino and the world’s largest model train set that he built at his Northlandz museum in Flemington, New Jersey. The train set that Bruce created features “more than nine miles of track, 400 bridges, 3,000 miniature buildings, and 50,000 streets.” For the past 16 years, […]

The Melina is an incredibly convenient portable adult-sized tent that folds accordion-style into an easily carried backpack. The brainchild of third-year Industrial Design student David Shatz at Bezalel University program, the Melina was developed as a part of a hospitality project under the guidance of established designer Tal Gur. images via David Shatz via designboom

Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from The University of Nottingham explains the properties of the element thorium in a new video from the Periodic Table of Videos series. Poliakoff also explain how the use of thorium could make nuclear energy safer, and gets into more detail about that point in a second video.

Stop & Go Production recently shared footage in 2015 of a crazy accident that took place during the second race of the Porsche Carrera Cup France championship at the Circuito de Navarra in Spain. After taking a nasty turn, one Porsche 911 race car hit and drove up perfectly onto the roof of another car. […]

Rachel Bloom, the talented creator and star of the CW musical comedy-drama Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, performed the original song “Heavy Boobs” a really amusing, but painfully accurate tribute that accurately portrays the burden that women with a large bust have to endure every single day. I got them heavy boobs, heavy Boobs, dense like dying stars. […]

It’s Okay To Be Smart host Joe Hanson explains how bees make honey and how they control which bees become queens or workers. The video explains the full process from how bees collect nectar and signal each other where food is, to how bees regurgitate nectar into each other’s mouths to process nectar. The episode is the […]

New York Horizon, the first place winning design of the EVolo 2016 Skyscraper Competition by architects Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu, uses an incredibly novel horizontal approach in order to provide a maximum of space. The “skyscraper” would surround the perimeter of a newly sunken Central Park and provide an enormous amount of housing while […]

The latest installment of SciShow News gives new insight into the taxonomy of the mysterious Tully Monster, a strange creature that lived around 300 million years ago. The episode also explains how a fish was able to fertilize its own eggs to reproduce through a process known as “selfing,” which is very rare in vertebrates.

Jennifer Lopez and James Corden sing some “Carpool Karaoke” and discuss butt insurance on The Late Late Show. Corden also borrows Lopez’s phone to send a weird text to Leonardo DiCaprio.

Joe Penna (a.k.a. “MysteryGuitarMan“) used “some fruits, Snapchat, and a lot of free time” to create a stop-motion animated video of an orange adventuring through a side-scrolling video game world.

A photo posted by ??? (@chien.chu.lee) on Dec 13, 2015 at 10:19am PST Taiwanese self-taught artist Chien Chu Lee has created a series of beautiful miniature sculptures that are intricately carved into pencil lead. More photos of Chien’s amazing work are available to view on Instagram and Facebook. A video posted by ??? (@chien.chu.lee) on […]

The Austrian Domino Art group has simultaneously broken the three Guinness World Records for “Most Disc Cases Toppled in a Domino Fashion,” “Longest Domino Wall,” and “Largest Stick Bomb” in a single glorious chain reaction. The event was held on March 22, 2016 in Tulln an der Donau, Austria after a four-day build by a team of […]

On a recent episode of Nerdy Nummies, Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino demonstrated how to make and decorate Incredible Hulk pudding cups. A photo posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Mar 29, 2016 at 11:56am PDT A photo posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Mar 29, 2016 at 11:58am PDT A photo posted […]

Twitch streamer and video game designer Seth Bling used various Super Mario World glitches to cleverly inject code, written by p4plus2, for Flappy Bird using only SNES hardware. According to Seth, this was the “first time a human has ever completed this kind of exploit.” Bling also released his fifteen pages of notes that help […]

Filmmaker and cosplayer Mars Mel of Red Planet Productions recently captured footage at WonderCon 2016 in Los Angeles of an adorable little girl’s transforming BB-8 costume. The girl emerged from the costume by popping her hands and head out of a couple of holes. She then stuck her thumb up, which had a fake torch […]

SciShow host Michael Aranda explained what eye boogers are made of and how they form in a recent installment of Quick Questions. Different factors impact the make up and consistency of the discharge that builds up in the corner of the eyes.

The incredibly talented musician Steve Onotera aka Samuraiguitarist effortlessly performed each track of the Daft Punk single “Around the World“, in one take. This was in tribute to one of his earlier videos. One of my first popular videos was a Daft Punk cover, so I thought, “why not do another?” Samuraiguitarist can also be […]

BrainCraft host Vanessa Hill explains the science behind the game theory problem the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” and why humans decide to cooperate or not. In the classic problem, two prisoners are interrogated separately and each is offered a deal if they blame their crime on the other. The problem was first proposed in the 1950s, but it wasn’t […]

KQED Arts recently profiled visual artist Sonja Hinrichsen who creates “Snow Drawings“, giant spiral imprints that she makes with her snowshoed feet on mountains around the world. Hinrichsen explained during the interview how she got started and why spirals are important to her . Snow drawings started out of play. I was at an artist […]

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, the brilliant Carl Sagan spoke about his concern that civilization didn’t have the ability to communicate with extraterrestrial life during a 1985 interview with veteran interviewer Studs Terkel. Look at timescales, you realize that our civilization is the most backward civilization […]

A vintage Facit ESA-01 mechanical calculator spins wildly while it tries to divide by zero in a video posted by MultiGlizda. Dividing a number by zero gives an undefined result, so the machine is incapable of providing an answer. via reddit