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Reactions explained the chemistry of matches while a match head ignites and burns in super slow motion. The process of lighting the match takes just tenths of a second, but a high-speed camera stretches that out into a two-minute video. To fire up the grill or the gas stove, we often reach for a match. […]

“The Sound of a Galaxy” is a new featurette that gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how five-time Academy Award winning composer John Williams‘ crafted the epic soundtrack for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The soundtrack is currently available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon.

“One of Those Days 3” is the third installment of Candide Thovex‘s ongoing series where the French pro skier captures first-person footage of himself engaging in a downhill ski run that is filled with all sorts of deathifying stunts. Thovex doesn’t hold back as he pulls off a tricky backflip into a snowy tunnel, flies […]

The Oatmeal has offered up a number of additional amusing suggestions for Facebook to complement the nice but rather limited brand new Facebook reactions. After all, whom among us haven’t thought about saying at least one of these things?

Thanks to Marshall Birnbaum for this drone photo Posted by Simon Beck's Snow Art on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 French artist Simon Beck travels around to the mountains of the world to create giant, elaborate and beautiful murals in the snow, using only his feet (in snowshoes) and the various props he can carry while walking. […]

On the February 23rd episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and the amazing Kevin Spacey played a round of MasterClass Junior, a game in which they acted out three short scenes written by kids who were given the title House of Cards with no other context. The judges, also made up of three […]

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Graphic artist Graham Phisher has made a very clever, but rather bleak remix of the video in which Boston Dynamics demonstrated the amazing abilities of its new version of the upright walking Atlas robot. By changing the video into black and white and reversing the order of the narrative, Phisher made it appear as if […]

Facebook has rolled out a range of new reactions to join the iconic Like button. The new options are Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry, and each reaction is represented by an animated button on a menu that pops up with the Like button is selected. Every day, people come to Facebook to discover what’s […]

Big Thick Ideas host Zack Willis shares some research that helps explain the phenomena of “esca-stopping,” or people stopping at the end of an escalator. Willis calls esca-stopping the new manspreading or shebagging, and it is another example of a frustrating travel faux pas. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Throwing Rocks At The Google Bus, new book from author Douglas Rushkoff, addresses the very timely issue of the socio-economic split between ongoing advances in technology and and the staid manner in which these very advances are implemented and communicated throughout the population. When protesters shattered the windows of a bus carrying Google employees to […]

Designer Mao Yamamoto has created a clever set of earplugs in which one plug is shaped like the front end of a dachshund and the other is shaped like the back end. When put to use, the pair gives the funny illusion that a little doxie dog has marched right through a person’s brain. The […]

SciShow host Michael Aranda explains why humans and some species of animal sneeze. The simple and long-standing explanation is that a sneeze clears irritants out of the nose and sinuses, but Aranda points out that there might be more to it than that.

In honor of the Pokémon video game series turning 20 this week, Digg senior editor Bryan Menegus edited together a compilation video featuring over 100 of the games that has kept the fun-filled series going strong throughout the years.

A tiny baby bunny who was found half-frozen in the snow and lost the use of his legs most likely due to being bitten by a larger rabbit, is now able to scoot around the house thanks to a modified toy skateboard that cost one dollar. The humans at Overlook Acres, a fully functioning farm […]

“Is There a Pimple Cure?” by AsapSCIENCE explores how pimples are formed and treated. It also looks to the future and how science could help solve the problem in new ways.

In the 18th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of male beauty in the United States as modeled by Lester Shaw, whose hair,styling and makeup were done in correlation with the trends of each decade.

Doug Funny from Nickelodeon‘s classic cartoon Doug raps the song “Today Was a Good Day” in a mashup video by Mylo the Cat. For comparison, here is the original music video for the song in which Ice Cube has himself a good day.

In the latest episode of Cocktail Chemistry, a skilled mixologist demonstrates how to create a smoked cocktail using a sealable glass bottle, several applewood sticks and all the necessary ingredients for the cocktail itself. We’re going to start by filling the glass container with smoke, so prepare the area by removing any highly flammable objects […]

Talk show host Conan O’Brien recently sat down with YouTube star and gamer Felix Kjellberg, also known as PewDiePie, to play Far Cry Primal on a recent episode of his Clueless Gamer series. The two comedians took on the Stone Age, tamed a perverted badger, exchanged an awkward high-five, and told all sorts of hilarious […]

To celebrate the release of Deadpool in theaters, The Video Shop has created a supercut video of 400 moments in films that break the fourth wall. This is when characters break the fictional movie barrier and acknowledge the audience. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Bill and Melinda Gates appeared on The Tonight Show and debuted a viral video to promote GatesLetter.com where they have posted their annual letter on behalf of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The philanthropic couple drops a fresh beat and hits the dance floor in the video to encourage viewers to read their letter which is […]

An incredibly foul-mouthed cockatoo named Pebble at the Saskatoon Parrot Rescue repeatedly berated her human with colorful profanity while he “fixed” a round cage by completely decimating it with his feet. All round cages suck for all birds! We rescue parrots, and this cage was one that Jojo came in. Pebble supervises! Pebble also knows […]

CinemaSins presents their take on everything that is wrong with Monsters University Another Pixar sequel that really does little justice to the original, Monsters University has plenty of sins.

A young boy was so overwhelmed by how cute the food was that his mother arranged into a smiley face for him that he tearfully refused to eat it.

View post on imgur.com The Unemployed Philosophers Guild is the maker of the “Little Thinkers” line of plush dolls of historical, artistic and literary figures such as Kurt Vonnegut, Edgar Allan Poe, Leonardo da Vinci, Eleanor Roosevelt, Karl Marx, Nikola Tesla and quite a great many more. Among this collection is a very unique frowning […]

Boston Dynamics released a video demonstrating a new upgraded version of its upright walking Atlas robot. Standing at 5′ 9″, the new model is shorter and lighter than its predecessor, but is fully equipped to operate indoors and out with a focus on mobile manipulation.

The Norwegian comedy group PistolShrimps have created “The Dating Games,” their great new Fake Trailers parody of The Hunger Games film series where Katniss Everdeen has to decide between Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne. Team Gale or Team Peeta? #boys #boys #boys A photo posted by @pistolshrimps on Feb 21, 2016 at 7:59am PST A […]

Mode Video paid tribute to 100 years of women in film with a new three minute time lapse featuring a beautiful female model named Olivia Culpo, whose fashion, hair and makeup were recreated in accordance with each iconic era, decade by decade. The leading ladies, heroines, and bombshells of the movies have captivated us ever […]

Carbon3D has developed what it calls Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP), a unique method of 3D printing without layers that is 25 to 100 times faster than other 3D printing methods. Besides speed, the CLIP process has other advantages to traditional 3D printing including the ability to use a wide variety of materials, more uniform […]

DIY guru Becky Stern of Brooklyn demonstrates how to properly add new stickers to your laptop and shares some simple techniques for making them last longer in her fantastic new video. Fans of Becky‘s handy how-to videos can help support her future work on Patreon. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Jason Steele of FilmCow is currently in the process of creating a 30 minute final episode for his animated “Charlie the Unicorn” series. Steele is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help with new software, hardware upgrades, and extra time for completing the project. Charlie the Unicorn is an animated web series about about a […]

ThinkGeek has created a ferocious T-Rex Oven Mitt that fits most adult human hands and comes with built-in ridges to help grip your prehistoric pans. The silicone mitt is available to purchase from their website. ‘Jurassic Park‘ taught us that dinosaurs are clever. So it’s only logical that they were the initial inventors of the […]

AiirSource has shared footage of U.S. Marines doing a great job of drifting their M1A1 tanks on a snowy and icy track in Rena, Norway as they train for “driving tracked vehicles in winter conditions” with the Norwegian Telemark Battalion. via The Presurfer

In November 2015, Ian Gordon of Muted Vocal played John Williams‘ iconic “The Imperial March” theme song from Star Wars in a major key and gave it a happy, upbeat sound. He also gave the main Star Wars theme song an injection of happiness by playing it in a minor key. Bit of background relating […]

Sploid has created a video cataloging all the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft in history. The video covers the earliest examples of VTOL design as well as successes like the Harrier Jump Jet and less useful designs like the Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar. image via Sploid

In the recent animated TED-Ed lesson “The Controversial Origins of the Encyclopedia”, educator Addison Anderson explains the complicated French history of the very first encyclopedia. The first encyclopedia contained 70,000 entries and over 20,000,000 words. It was broken into 35 volumes written over the course of 3 decades. It was also banned by Louis XV […]

On the February 20th episode Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon closed out his final show in Los Angeles with the legendary Carol Burnett, who joined him onstage with a glass of water. It was only after Fallon was given his water that Burnett agreed to sing with him her classic sign-off song “I’m So Glad […]

A robotic limb being developed by Georgia Tech can give drummers a third arm to play with. The device attaches to a drummer’s shoulder and responds to both gestures and the sounds of the music being played. The team at Georgie Tech is led by professor Gil Weinstein, and they are working to link the […]

Earth Touch News captured the wonderful sight of a very nimble cuttlefish performing a dance of many colors as a warning for possible predators to stay far, far away. This small but feisty cuttlefish might look cute as it struts along the seafloor putting on a colourful show, but would-be predators be warned: those waves […]

The Science Channel series NASA’s Unexplained Files looks into the mysterious outer space music heard by Apollo 10 astronauts while they were out of radio contact with NASA on the far side of the Moon. Although similar recordings captured by the Cassini spacecraft around Saturn have been explained, the cause of these lunar recordings is still […]

In the beautifully nimble 1966 animation “Notes on a Triangle” by the late Canadian filmmaker René Jodoin, a triangle gracefully divides and recreates itself in a “geometric ballet” set to a slowly paced piano waltz. In this short animation film the triangle achieves the distinction of principal dancer in a geometric ballet. The triangle is […]

In “The Science of Adrenaline” by Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi explains through minimalist animation, how the adrenal gland sets into motion a series of automatic responses in the body that causes a person to act most efficiently, quickly and powerfully when encountering stressful “fight or flight” situations. In this kind of situation sensory information […]

Documentary filmmaker Kelly Sweet and a team from National Geographic team lay on the floor at the entrance of the famous Bracken Caves in Comal County, Texas to capture footage of thousands upon thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats emerging like a tornado in search of food. We previously wrote about the Bracken Caves as seen […]

Screen Junkies created a collective Honest Trailer for the eight 2016 Best Picture Oscar nominees. The trailer pokes fun at The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.

The MPC creative studio has shared a magical visual effect breakdown of their work on Disney‘s 2015 live-action remake of the animated classic Cinderella. MPC’s team lead by VFX supervisor Patrick Ledda worked closely with director Kenneth Branagh and production VFX supervisor Charley Henley, delivering more than 500 shots for the movie. Work ranged from […]

In an adorable preview for the BBC Earth Show Nature’s Miracle Orphans, a heartily growing rescued baby elephant named Moyo (mistakenly identified as male) is a veritable “bull in a china shop” when roaming around the house at at the Wild Is Life Zen Sanctuary in Zimbabwe. Unaware of her increasing girth, little Moyo follows […]

The production company Little Moving Pictures created a lovely visual narrative that shows viewers what it’s really like to read lips. The narrative was inspired by 2013 Rhodes Scholar Rachel Kolb, who stars in and narrates the piece. Kolb explains the challenges of lip reading in her essay “Seeing at the Speed of Sound” What […]

An enterprising man named Rhett LeCompte performed an incredibly disconcerting lip-synched version of the 1985 supergroup song “We Are the World“. Using a face swapping app, LeCompte was able to digitally impersonate each of the artists involved in the charitable endeavor. Despite the work involved in doing this, LeCompte had many detractors for filming the […]

The RIF6 Cube is a compact projector built for portable smart devices like phones and laptops that can display an image up to 120 inches on any wall. The 2″ x 2″ x 1.9″ inch device connects an MHL/HDMI port for an 854 x 480 resolution display. The Cube ships with a flexible tripod, charger, cables, and remote control. […]