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Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has written a series of stories about the history of magic in North America and released them on the Pottermore site. The four stories will be released on the site daily beginning on March 8, 2016. The stories lay the groundwork of magic in North America for the upcoming film Fantastic […]

Artori Design has created a set of supergal bookends and wondershelves that feature a little caped superheroine who seemingly keeps your books upright or elevated. They are available to purchase online (bookend and bookshelf). We previously wrote about their superhero bookends and bookshelves. A photo posted by Artori Design (@artori_design) on Mar 8, 2016 at […]

In the short film “Life From Above and Beyond“, travel photographer Trey Ratcliffe combined three years worth of gorgeous drone footage he’d taken from his amazing trip around the world and set it to several incredibly insightful Alan Watts narratives from the book Tao of Philosophy and to ethereal music by Hans Zimmer. The exquisite […]

First person video taken by Brice Milleson shows a thrilling ride along a luge style alpine mountain roller coaster in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Milleson said he rode the coaster several times during a trip in 2013. via DesignTAXI

The folks at A Dumb Thing have created “The Joy of Mario Making,” a hilarious parody of The Joy of Painting television show. It features Bryson Wallace of A Dumb Thing getting into character as Bob Ross and building his own happy little Super Mario Bros. level using the Wii U video game Super Mario […]

Claimdog is a service that helps users track down money they are owed. Users search their name and their city to see a list of possible rebates being held by the government. Claimdog then helps them officially file their claim to get paid. When a business can’t get a hold of you to send money, […]

The Biem Butter Sprayer is a handheld kitchen device that melts and sprays butter in seconds. The Biem only melts the amount of butter being used while keeping the rest of the stick solid. The Biem is available now for preorder through a Kickstarter campaign, and is expected to begin shipping in September 2016. Thanks […]

In the beautifully animated narrative “Love is the Only Reason We’re Alive“, poet IN-Q speaks to the beauty of being in love at the age of 85, but wishes for all those listening to find love much sooner. Imma love her until she loses every last root and has to glue dentures to her gums […]

Musician and producer Exurb1a has put together the really funny video “First Contact” in which a representative from Earth finally connects with extraterrestrial life, only to find that they are impatient, condescending and sanctimonious and have a really strange sense of humor. via reddit

image via bobileo Redditor bobileo posted an amusing photo of a playful cat who touched the surface of the of a plasma ball with a single paw. It immediately appeared as if the little feline had harnessed the power of the globe and was planning to put it to shocking use later on, much like […]

Crazy Russian Hacker overfilled a couple of soccer balls with air and recoreded slow motion video of them exploding, with one shot at 1000 fps and the other at 25,000 fps.

Imgur user downtwobane has shared a wonderful tutorial on how to make a golden Avengers themed lamp out from action figures and spray paint. Their entire series of photos and detailed instructions are available to view on Imgur. images via downtwobane via Home Design, Design You Trust

Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys shot beautiful slow motion video of the sparks coming off a homemade Catherine Wheel created using burning steel wool connected to wire that was being rapidly spun around in circles by Dan.

Artist Sam Klemke (a.k.a. “ultimessence“) has shared some great footage, which he took back in 1976, of his friend Terry McCoy conducting interviews during an early Star Trek convention at the Northgenn Mall in Denver, Colorado. The vintage video features fans wearing Star Trek themed costume, Leonard Nimoy (Spock) signing autographs, James Doohan (Scotty) speaking […]

Artist Jason Freeny has created wonderful anatomical sculptures of a classic Balloon Dog and a Bathing Ducky. The balloon dog and duck models, which expose what might be inside of each object, are available to purchase from Mighty Jaxx. Balloon Dog Funny Anatomy – Manufactured by 4D Master and designed by Jason Freeny, the Balloon […]

In advance of the sixth season premiere of Game of Thrones on April 24th, Sky Atlantic commissioned the magnificent snow artist Simon Beck to stomp out atop an Alpine mountain, the Dire Wolf insignia of the House of Stark in memory of the fallen Jon Snow. Walking all day and all night, through 32.5 kilometres […]

T7 Production has created “Darth Maul: Apprentice,” an action-packed Star Wars fan film that follows the deadly Sith Lord Darth Maul (Ben Schamma) as he takes on a powerful group of Jedi. We worked incredibly hard on this film for almost 2 years! We always felt that Darth Maul should have had more screen time. […]

In an effort to understand what his friend with dyslexia sees, programmer Victor Widell attempted to recreate her visual effects in a fascinating interactive blog post that used JavaScript to make the letters of each word constantly rearrange themselves. A friend who has dyslexia described to me how she experiences reading. She can read, but […]

In a new parody video of the Boston Dynamics Atlas demonstration video by Mr. King, an incredibly foul-mouthed robot went to work in a really bad mood and made sure that everyone, especially “Kevin”, knew it. The original demonstration video. via The High Definite

Today we tried working with a broken down necklace. We topsy tailed each individual strand through the necklace as we braided 5 strands on each side. It's not a look I would go for often but fun to have tried. A photo posted by Braider: Shelley (@prettylittlebraids) on Jul 25, 2015 at 6:50pm PDT Shelley […]

Origami artist Tadashi Mori from São Paulo, Brazil has created a wonderful video where he demonstrates how to make an adorable origami Darth Vader. More amazing origami tutorials by Tadashi are available to view on his YouTube channel and the Origami Yard website. A photo posted by T A D A S H I M […]

Ray Tomlinson, the brilliant developer who created the first iteration of email and implemented the @ sign as a universal protocol, passed away this past weekend at the age of 74. The Internet Hall of Fame documented his pioneering work in his official biography. In 1967, he joined the legendary research and development company Bolt […]

Thomas Crenshaw put together a wonderful tribute to MythBusters, which recently ended its amazing 14 season run on the Discovery Channel with an epic grand finale and reunion. via Adam Savage

While exploring 14,000 feet below the waters of Necker Island, Hawaii on February 27, 2016, a remotely operated vehicle belonging to the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer made the rare discovery of a very rare incirrate octopus whose lack of pigmentation and ghostlike appearance led to the adorably appropriate nickname “Casper”. Deep-sea octopods are easily separated […]

Michelle J Moore of MJ’s Off the Hook Designs has created crocheted Star Wars X-wing starfighter blankets that will take you to a warm and cozy galaxy far, far away. The pattern to make your own X-wing blankets is available to purchase from her Ravelry store. Keep the Force Warm at any Stage of your […]

John Atkinson charts the anatomy of going out in his latest Wrong Hands comic.

Paris, France-based Antonio Da Silva of AMDS Films is back again and has created “Hell’s Club Part Two: Another Night,” the next installment of his massive meta movie mashup where tons of popular film characters meet up at a nightclub in a single scene. This time around deadly Aliens crash the star-studded party and are […]

In “The Trouble with Transporters“, the wonderful CGP Grey examines the real-life feasibility of the infamous mode of transportation employed in the many generations of Star Trek and concluded that in every case, the transporter would be 100% lethal, but not necessarily in the traditional sense. First the transporter scans you down to the park […]

A new in-home trailer has been released Star Wars: The Force Awakens that gives us a glimpse at all of the amazing bonus content that will be found in the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release of J.J. Abrams‘ film. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is releasing on Digital HD on April 1st, 2016, and then […]

Great Big Story tells a fascinating story of how Tootsie Rolls helped save the lives of a group of U.S. Marines during the Korean War. In 1950, a group of U.S. Marines fighting in North Korea got stranded without enough ammunition. They managed to get to safety, but only with the help of … wait […]

Dane Boe, creator of The Annoying Orange, recently teamed up with visual effects artist Darren Wallace to created “Kylo Ren TV,” a fantastic new video where they use their editing skills to digitally add Kylo Ren to popular movie scenes. The dark warrior brings his pent-up anger to films like 300, Pulp Fiction, Back to […]

Photographer Tony Jones used a hidden camera in order to capture his dog Revy in the act of sneaking furtive peeks at his food, then hilariously turning away whenever Jones looked back at him. According to Jones, this has been going on for a long time. My dog likes to look at me while I […]

A beautiful Norwegian Forest cat named Naya repeatedly jumped up and down at the back door, peaking her head above the glass in order to invite her humans to come outside and play in the snow with her. Naya really loves the outdoors and attention from her humans, so this adorable behavior shouldn’t surprise anyone. […]

In a short clip posted by Kyoot Animals, a very determined dachshund leaped off the edge of a boat and into the water in order to doggedly chase after a dolphin who was just swimming by.

The Luuup is an ingeniously constructed litter box that makes an incredibly unpleasant and odiferous task much more pleasant with an ingeniously simple system created with three sifting trays that stack together. We understand that cat litter boxes are ugly and unpleasant to deal with but are a necessary and important household item. It was […]

Tito4re takes a look at what happens when molten copper is poured on top of fine steel wool.

Gear Patrol takes a look at the various types of disposable coffee cup designs found in New York City. By and large, New York City is not the place where people “stay” for coffee. They drink it in transit, in subway cars and yellow cabs; and even when stationed at their office desks, New Yorkers […]

I’m currently working out of Fools Gold in the Lower East Side they are playing the Dead Kennedys cover of “Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis Presley, from their debut album Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables. Aside from playing wonderful punk covers, Fools Gold has amazing rotating taps of great craft beer, whiskey on tap, excellent […]

The latest animated episode of “The Science of Us” by New York Magazine explores how a creative block can lead to a prolific amount of creativity that would not otherwise exist, particularly when one loves the work itself. It seems that those who are harmoniously passionate about their creative work are more likely to achieve […]

The disquieting trailer for the upcoming Joachim Trier film Louder Than Bombs shows the devastating effect that an unexpected death can have on the surviving family, even years after the tragic event. Two years after her death in a car crash, the husband and sons of famed photographer Isabelle Reed (Isabelle Huppert) are still trying […]

GizmoSlip attempts to answer the burning question on everyone’s minds, can a flaming iPhone 6s survive a 100 foot drop into a kiddie pool full of water?

In the latest episode of her insightful grammar series, the dry witted Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen explores the erroneous practice of using the possessive adjective “their” in a singular context. today we’re going to tackle a cutting-edge issue the singular “their”. Because we don’t have word that means his or hers, we substitute […]

Davie504, the incredible bassist who is constantly performing in new and creative ways, successfully answered a challenge to play his bass with without any strings attached. Playing a Bass Guitar with zero strings = done. All the sounds come from the bass guitar parts and I applied heavy EQs and FXs (and even pitch shift […]

Science presenter Steve Mould gave a demonstration on how wave vibrations can be used to arrange couscous into beautiful patterns. Mould drew a bow across the edges of a metal plate to vibrate its surface in different patterns. The patterns are called Chladni figures, and are named after German physicist Ernst Chladni who discovered them in the 18th century. […]

Dave Arnold, the founder and president of the Museum of Food and Drink in Brooklyn, New York demonstrated to Eater how to heat a cocktail using a modern take on the Antebellum era method of using a hot poker straight from the fire. If you going to a tavern prior to the civil war in […]

Fire Chasers is a multi-tiered project by Jeff Frost consisting of a feature-length documentary, art film, and photography coffee table book that each take an unprecedented look deep inside California wildfires. Frost was granted access by CalFire to follow the fires themselves as well as the firefighters working to combat them for a uniquely in-depth […]

In a recent “Survival Hack” video created by Taras Kulakov, also known as Crazy Russian Hacker, he demonstrates how to open a tin can with a machete.

Retro Star Wars is a collection of illustrations, created by Seattle-based artist Chase Kunz in 2011, that feature iconic Star Wars characters dressed like gentlemen in vintage 1960s suits. His entire series of drawings are available to view on Cargo Collective and Behance. images via Chase Kunz via Fubiz Media

Caters News Agency has shared footage of 34-year-old Nepalese beekeeper Surya Prasad Lamichhane covering himself is approximately 30,000 bees and “happily takes the piercing pain of their stings.” Surya hopes to someday break a world record for covering himself in 30,000 bees and remaining still for two hours straight.

Don’t Walk is an amusing short film, written and directed by Dan Angelucci, about a Walk and Don’t Walk symbol fighting ruthlessly over who is going to be visible on the traffic signal. The Walk and Don’t Walk characters in the short were actually puppets. They were both brought to life with cloth gloves, well […]