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SciShow host Michael Aranda explains why avocados shouldn’t exist. The fruit thrived during the Pleistocene epoch when in was eaten by animals like giant ground sloths, but after those large mammals died off it took a bit of luck for the avocado to survive through today. The episode also shares the important fact that “avocado” comes from the Nahuatl […]

|@Pasticceria_Caruso @BarillaAus #Chocolate #Vanilla #Cannoli #Bazooka| Last night I got to make my own #Italian #cakes and prepare #cannolis for the Bazooka which was held 50 mini cannolis in one #giantcannoli casing. Thanks again @JosieGags and @TheWogwiththeGrog for organising this amazing event. #PasticceriaCaruso #zomato #mealforameal A photo posted by ????????????Will, the 1 & only (@willxia1) […]

Kristian Williams has created “Superman – The Golden Age of Animation,” a short video essay that looks at how two brothers, Max and Dave Fleischer of Fleischer Studios, pushed the limits of animation back in the 1940s to help define the amazing Superman character and help make him the fictional superhero that we know and […]

In his latest abstract video “Memories of Paintings“, director Thomas Blanchard used a combination of paint, oil, milk and liquid soap to create a lush composition of moving color and texture, as if the colors of a painting were being washed away and evoking a quiet sense of melancholy. Memories of Paintings” is an experimental […]

30 years of images and data taken from Landsat satellites were compiled by geologist Zoltan Sylvester to show the dramatic shifts in Peru’s Ucayali river over time. This river is changing its course with an impressive speed; many – probably most – other rivers don’t show much obvious change during the same 30-year period. What determines the meander migration […]

Peter Brown of Shop Time happily demonstrated how to create a colorful bud vase from a block of 256 melted Crayola crayons, which he shaped and formed on his wood lathe. I present to you 256 crayons melted into a large rainbow block turned on the wood lathe for your amusement.. There is no glue […]

The repetitive motion of an automatic lucky cat piggy bank confused the the normally well-adjusted and adorable feline duo of Cole and Marmalade. While they both were a bit curious, Cole was the braver of the two, getting up close. According to their human Chris, the bank was a gift from a friend. A friend […]

Apple was founded on April 1, 1976. The company celebrated its 40th anniversary with a 40 second look back at their history. The simple text video quickly covers the company’s accomplishments both big and small.

Comedian Daniel Koren provides a beginner’s guide to confidently leaving a store without buying anything. The video gives step-by-step instructions to avoid that awkward feeling that a shopkeeper might think you’re stealing if you leave without making a purchase.

In the latest episode of her grammar series, the very informative Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” explained the origins of the ampersand (&), defended its use and even demonstrated how to draw the symbol. If you have trouble making it in cursive handwriting, what I always do is I just make a treble clef […]

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company’s Model 3 electric car at an event on March 31, 2016 held at the Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California. At a starting price of $35,000 before federal rebates, the Model 3 is meant to be a more affordable electric car to bring the technology to more […]

The Let’s Melt This channel recently melted down LEGO Batman and his Batmobile using the extreme heat from a welding torch. Melting Lego Batman! LEGO bricks are awesome. Batman is awesome. Today we gave lego batman his ultimate challenge. Lego Batman vs Welding Torch.

In November 2015, textile artist Terézia Krnáčová from Banská Bystrica, Slovakia shared her wonderfully creative project “Everyday Bread” in which she embroidered six slices of bread with crust to crust with unique designs – one for each day of the week. The seventh slice was left as is to symbolize a day of rest. My […]

ThinkGeek is featuring a magical Aurora Borealis Heat changing coffee mug that shows a beautiful image of the northern lights on the side of the coffee cup when it is filled with hot liquid. Caffeine. It makes us light up. It excites us. The thought of that first cup of coffee can really get us […]

Airbnb is hosting a contest that offers users the chance to spend a night in a shark tank at the Aquarium de Paris. The aquarium has installed a special bed chamber with a full 360° view of the aquarium’s shark tank where three arguably lucky winners and a guest will each spend one night in the […]

Artists Jason Freeny, Ben Qwek, and Adam Tan worked together with Mighty Jaxx to create XXRAY, a collection of anatomical sculptures of iconic characters from pop culture. Sculptures portraying Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman are available to purchase from the XXRAY website. images via XXRAY via Ufunk

Sneaky Zebra teamed up with Comic-Con HQ to create a new cosplay music video featuring all sorts of the creative, pop culture-themed costumes at WonderCon 2016 in the Los Angeles Convention Center. A photo posted by Sneaky Zebra (@sneaky_zebra) on Mar 28, 2016 at 10:17am PDT A photo posted by Sneaky Zebra (@sneaky_zebra) on Mar […]

Jeff Twomby shared a video of a Walmart employee doing a spot-on impression of both Scooby-Doo and Shaggy while ringing up items. via reddit

John D. Boswell (a.k.a. “Melodysheep“) of Symphony of Science has created “The Son of Fire,” a musical tribute to the third season of Game of Thrones. The song is available to purchase from Bandcamp.

In the first episode of the new Eater series “Shokunin“, host sushi chef David Bouhadana visits with sushi apprentice Oona Tempest at Tanoshi Sushi NYC, where she is studying the craft from master chef Toshio Oguma. Tempest takes her training very seriously, acknowledging the generations of sushi chefs that came before her. When you’re at […]

Boomer, the little brother to the famous skateboarding cat Didga, is making a name for himself with his own set of amazing tricks. One such trick is jumping over a wonderfully accommodating yellow lab named Mischa. Boomer’s (and Didga’s) human Robert Dollwet captured a few of these moments on film and presented it in dramatic […]

Abstract 21694b, 28×31", 50×57", 2016, newyork@waterhousedodd.com A photo posted by kimkeever2 (@kimkeever2) on Mar 25, 2016 at 8:57pm PDT Artist Kim Keever has added to her gallery more beautiful photos that capture the beautiful nebulous, billowing forms she creates from dripping richly colored pigment into a giant aquarium tank. I work with a 200 gallon […]

In his latest site-specific installation , artist Noah Scalin of the Skull-A-Day project and whose work we’ve previously posted, has created Dead Media 5, an oversized anamorphic skull made completely out of discarded newspapers from a plant that was shutting down in town. The installation is on display at Witchita State University in Kansas. I […]

Kishore Hari from Tested and Zeke Kossover from the Exploratorium in San Francisco demonstrate how to visualize energy using an ordinary microwave oven. Have you ever wondered why your microwave oven has a rotating turntable, or what exactly makes water boil inside a microwave? This week, we’re joined by Zeke Kossover from The Exploratorium to demonstrate an […]

Discovery host Dr. Mike North recently paid a visit to the “Trash Majal” aka the West Oakland workshop of the incredibly creative “found object” artist Nemo Gould. The video provides an interactive 360 degree look around the shop. One man’s trash is another man’s…trash. But then Nemo Gould takes that trash and turns it into […]

Cast members from Game of Thrones struggle while playing Swords or Metal Band, a hilarious game where Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Ramsay Snow (Iwan Rheon), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), and others must tell the difference between sword names and 1980s metal bands. Season six of Game of Thrones is currently scheduled to premiere on April […]

A Wheel of Fortune player named Robert Santoli had an incredible game on a recent episode of the show, solving puzzles with as little as one letter revealed. He went on to win the show’s bonus round and left with an impressive total of $76,086 in cash and prizes. via reddit

French design creative Jean-Baptiste Le Divelec has created “2001: A Gif Odyssey“, an astounding 569 GIFs that captures the entirety of the iconic Stanley Kubrick space film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The project was made as an experiment to test the boundaries of the Fair Use Doctrine, but is still brilliant nonetheless. GIFs made from […]

Neil deGrasse Tyson partnered with CinemaSins to lay out everything wrong with The Martian in about 15 minutes. Tyson largely defends the film and its portrayal of science while the narrator lists 90 total “sins” in the movie.

The Food Surgeon once again returned to the operating theater to perform a delicate lobotomy on an a juicy pineapple that had a crazed look in its uneven googly eyes. Surgeon’s notes: 0:11 – This. pineapple. looks. crazy. 0:41 – You’ll appreciate this numbing agent in about 10 seconds. 1:07 – How is this a […]

Inventor Colin Furze‘s latest creation is a steampunk styled thermite launcher. Furze fires thermite projections at gasoline, fireworks, and a running dryer. Furze also created videos detailing how he built the thermite shells and the launcher itself.

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 […]