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In an amusing Clickhole parody of the popular time lapse beauty transformations, three costume designers transformed a man into the cartoon character Dilbert over the course of 4-hours, footage of which was then trimmed down into a two-minute time lapse. We knew costume designers were capable of doing incredible things, but this is a whole […]

The Food Surgeon closely skimmed Human Centipede territory when they surgically conjoined a couple of Girl Scout Tagalongs. The surgeon began the procedure by carefully scraping the chocolate off the top of each innocent cookie then injecting several cc’s of raspberry jam and finished it all off with a shot of melted bittersweet chocolate chips. […]

Andrew Westphal and his son Hudson collaborated on a wonderful cover of “The Robots” by Kraftwerk, including a really great tribute to the orginal music video for the song. via Nercore

Posted by Studio We Love Eames on Friday, March 11, 2016 Emilia Lucht and Arne Sebrantke of the German design studio We Love Eames have created the Mygdal Plantlight, an innovative LED lamp that uniquely houses and protects green plants that thrive in environments without natural light or a specific water source. Anyone with or without […]

Break has created a compilation of epic scenes from awesome science videos that have gone viral online. Science videos can be boring, but these are some of the most epic science videos on the internet. We’ve got chemistry, physics, technology, destruction, it’s just all the reasons why science is awesome. We’ve got drones, flamethrower drones […]

In his newest book something to food about: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs, bandleader and drummer of the Tonight Show house band The Roots, DJ, entrepreneur and author Questlove explores the vast culinary world of inventive chefs to learn what inspires them and then tops it all off with an eloquent nod to 16th century […]

“Mix Istanbul” is the latest project by Israeli video mixing artist Kutiman and produced by the British Council, which features talented musicians in different locations who came together to form a single, beautiful piece of music that recreated the beauty of Istanbul through their instruments. Kutiman has invited musicians all over to world to create […]

New Material Seinfeld is a web series by director Oren Brimer and comedians Pete Holmes and Joe DeRosa about a puppet version of Jerry Seinfeld (DeRosa) that tries out new jokes on Holmes. In the past, the character has made appearances on The Pete Holmes Show and Holmes’ podcast You Made It Weird.

In celebration of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice landing in theaters next week, film editor Michael Branco created a powerful compilation video highlighting some of the best moments in DC Comics‘ superhero films. He features footage from movies like Batman Begins, Superman Returns, and more. From an all-encompassing Batman trilogy to a few polarizing […]

Today I Found Out gave a scientific explanation for why breathing helium changes the sound of a person’s voice. The video also explains the basic mechanics of how the human voice works.

Kurzgesagt explained the reality of the antibiotic apocalypse that potentially faces humanity from superbugs that have evolved to be resistant to conventional medication. The bright side of the explanation is that while bacteria are evolving, humans are developing new antibiotics and learning to use them more responsibly.

Award-winning product designer Avihai Shurin has teamed up with Monkey Business to create the Bready Made, a specially designed bread cutter for making creative “egg in the basket” meals. They are currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help with reducing sale prices. Playing with your food has never been so creative! Making mealtimes a joyful […]

Vox senior editorial producer Joss Fong highlights some vestigial traits of the modern human body that serve to prove that humans evolved over the course of millions of years. Examples include muscles, tendons, and other body parts present day humans don’t need, but still have as leftovers from earlier evolutionary stages.

20th Century Fox released the official trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, the upcoming ninth superhero movie in the ongoing X-Men film series and sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past. The trailer features the team of X-Men banding together to go to war with Apocalypse and his four horsemen (Storm, Psylocke, Angel, and Magneto). X-Men: Apocalypse […]

A TED Talk by engineer Raffaello D’Andrea looks at the future of autonomous flight by demonstrating a number of prototypes being developed. The talk concludes with a dazzling display of coordinated micro-quadcopters in flight. When you hear the word “drone,” you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? […]

rubocubo impressively solved three Rubik’s Cubes in under 20 seconds while juggling them. via YouTube Trending

In a rather heartfelt episode of PBS Idea Channel, host Mike Rugnetta very eloquently and somewhat ardently explains why it’s okay to mourn celebrity deaths online, why some people feel it’s inappropriate and what makes people feel close enough to celebrities to mourn their deaths. The answer to the question posed in the title of […]

Dancer Marquese Scott aka “Nonstop” performed an absolutely amazing body bending animation dance that featured him gliding effortlessly along a cement square as if it were ice to the accompanying soundtrack of Waveshock by Vuxem.

Today I Found Out answers the user-submitted question, “How did they settle on six feet deep for graves?” The short answer is that “they” didn’t. Regulations and customs vary greatly around the world, but the video explains the reasons for some of those differences. It also gives an explanation for where the connection with graves […]

Steve Martin and Stephen Colbert sing a song about friendship and learn an important lesson about acquaintances in a clip from The Late Show. Martin appeared on the show with his collaborator Edie Brickell to promote their new Broadway musical Bright Star and talk about how the project came to be.

In advance of her HBO special Heart of a Dog (previously) premiering on April 24, the amazing Laurie Anderson appeared on Late Night With Stephen Colbert and performed a beautifully discordant song for a small group of dogs. A bit earlier in the show, Anderson spoke about the project and how she came up with […]

M1llion has created a fantastic 11-minute Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice supercut of clips from all of the trailers released so far in chronological order. via GeekTyrant

On a recent episode of How To Cake It, host Yolanda Gampp provides a step-by-step guide on how to make “chocolate sponge sushi cakes with candy, fresh fondant fish, and ginger buttercream.” I love sushi. I always have, but when I visited Tokyo in 2009 I really fell in love with it. Not only do […]

When my boyfriend laughs, Archer laughs #petfox #fox A video posted by Kristina S (@krizzles) on Mar 13, 2016 at 2:38pm PDT A playful and very amiable domestic arctic fox named Archer enjoyed a good belly laugh along with his human Kristina‘s boyfriend. According to Kristina, whenever her boyfriend laughs, Archer laughs right along with […]

New York artist Noah Sterling has created a wonderful four-minute animated explanation of Marvel‘s amazing, yet confusing Civil War comic series in advance of Captain America: Civil War hitting theaters on May 6th, 2016.

Siri helps Cookie Monster pass the time with some hands-free commands as he bakes cookies in a new commercial for the iPhone 6s.

Warner Bros. UK has released a new featurette for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice that breaks down the film’s epic story. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is currently scheduled to blast its way into theaters on March 25th, 2016. Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, […]

The Hydraulic Press Channel tried to fold a piece of paper more than seven times using a powerful hydraulic press. Although the press was used to flatten the folds, the pressure caused some unexpected results. via reddit

ILMxLAB has released the first trailer for Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine, their interactive virtual reality experiment that allows you to visit and battle in a galaxy far, far away. In a special press event held at Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco yesterday, ILMxLAB unveiled Trials on Tatooine: a completely enveloping, interactive virtual reality experiment. […]

Atomic Fiction studio recently shared a breakdown of their awesome visual effects work in Marvel‘s Deadpool movie. “Deadpool” marks the beginning of a new era for superhero films, and one sequence in particular was key to setting the tone. This is an in-depth VFX breakdown reel showcasing the behind-the-scenes efforts by the Atomic Fiction team. […]

Mike Rugnetta of PBS Idea Channel recently went on location in Caroll Gardens, Brooklyn to speak with Leyenda proprietor and experienced bartender Ivy Mix about the importance ofvproper glassware when crafting a cocktail. a 95% of time thatpeople are choosing the class for their cocktail is just…hmm, that one.. The choice of glassware can be […]

A group of Icelandic men performed hilarious booty moves, essentially dancing their asses off in an amusing video created to raise awareness about prostate cancer during Mottumars (Moustache March), an event similar to Movember in the United States. (translated from Icelandic) Mottumars is a Cancer Society symbol in the fight against cancer in men. About […]

A clip from the 1984 Thames TV program Database demonstrates how to connect to the Prestel system and send an email. The clip ends with an audio transmission viewers could record to download software to their home computer. via reddit

DIY is a cleverly designed cutlery set that features a novelty wrench at the bottom of each utensil. A collaboration between Diesel and Seletti, the set is made of 18 gauge steel and is sure to make anyone in touch with their “inner mechanic” happy to sit down to a meal. The DIY set is […]

A clip from X-Ray Mega Airport on Smithsonian Channel shows how airplanes and airport workers deal with waste from the onboard toilets. The advanced design of modern airplane toilets eliminates the need for large quantities of sanitation fluid that frequently leaked from older planes, but they still need to be emptied once a plane lands. […]

The Korean online food marketing site OMDG Food, which appears to be dedicated to all sorts of yumminess, posted an incredibly satisfying and hypnotic footage of various baked goods such as bread, biscuits, sweets and pastries rising in their respective ovens, converting themselves from liquid to mass and from off-white to golden-brown. via DesignTAXI

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, computer pioneer Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley opened up about survival, how she and her siblings escaped from the Nazis, how she got started in the burgeoning computer field, the tacit sexism of the industry and her iconic name change. The interview […]

“Wastelabd Cocktail” is a fantastic music video, created by Bit Juice, that was made entirely from the sights and sounds of Bethesda‘s great post-apocalyptic video game Fallout 4. Thanks Scott Devaney!

A recent episode of the online series Today I Found Out took a look at the U.S. Marshall Service Witness Security Program (WITSEC), to what lengths it goes to protect witnesses from dangerous situations that arise because of their testimony and how the WITSEC program has evolved over time. Once a witness has finished testifying, […]

Minute Physics has joined the ongoing conversation about transporters and logical paradoxes with a really quick and concise explanation of the no-cloning theorem. The theorem postulates an that an object cannot be duplicated while in a quantum state, thus making human teleportation impossible. …quantum teleportation has one pivotal property: it is impossible to create an […]

???????????????? pic.twitter.com/Mz38gCfEyL — ?? ??? (@ikuya_10969) March 10, 2016 A video posted to Twitter by @ikuya_10969 shows a paper airplane being thrown out of a window and then flying back into the very same window after a highly improbable flight. via reddit

In the 19th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of beauty in both the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland as modeled by actress Stephanie Koenig, whose hair and makeup were styled in correlation with the trends of each country in […]

redditor FragmentedChicken spotted this amusing Formaldehyde vs Casualdehyde illustration on the board during class. via reddit

Doctor Popular and Betabrand have collaborated to create the Houndstoof shirt and Houndstoof dress using Doctor Popular’s Houndstooth Glitch pattern. The pattern features a number of digitally created glitches in the traditional houndstooth print, meaning each article made from the fabric should have its own unique artifacts. The design is a submission that Doctor Popular […]

The Industrial Light & Magic art department shared their portfolio filled with the incredible conceptual artwork that they created for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Since Industrial Light & Magic’s inception in 1975, every idea dreamt into existence found its genesis within the ILM Art Department. Forty years ago, legendary concept designers like Ralph McQuarrie […]

Jelle Bakker of Jelle’s Marble Runs recently used a 1,244-foot track, which he built back in 2015, to host his epic four-part World Cup Marble Race 2016. 40 marbles represented 40 different countries as they flew through the massive track and competed to take home the world cup win. We previously wrote about the 750-foot […]

Arrow star Stephen Amell recently announced his involvement in an upcoming sci-fi film, titled Code 8, and shared the first trailer on Facebook. Not much is known about the mysterious film at this time, but according to the trailer it takes place in Lincoln City, Oregon and revolves around people with “abnormal abilities” who make […]

Inventor and developer Simone Giertz created a hilarious Comment Assistant robot to help people argue online when fighting internet battles. It has finally arrived! Let the Comment Assistant™ fight your internet battles for you. A sample of the logical arguments the Comment Assistant™ is capable of: DFGJKNABEHOÖägk’åD^KFIål’kuähiostöeagrlu­efykdtsrDY4579UEHOTI

Netflix has released a special Daredevil and The Punisher featurette for season two of their fantastic Marvel series Daredevil, which will be available for binge-watching starting on March 18th. Just when Matt thinks he is bringing order back to the city, new forces are rising in Hell’s Kitchen. Now the Man Without Fear must take […]

Improv Everywhere enlisted a group of four sets of twins to pull off an elaborate time travel prank on a New York City subway car. One of each of the twins was planted on the subway car and their counterparts gradually entered the scene, escalating the scenario. For our latest mission, we staged an elaborate […]