Laughing Squid

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 […]

Wryfield Lab, the maker of “ASMR, binaural, slow motion, macro and other weird, strange, unusual audiovisual experiments”, has posted the oddly comforting and absolutely mesmerizing ASMR video “[Un] Chopping Tomatoes“, footage in which the slicing of tomatoes is shown in reverse. Wryfield Labs also created a similarly comforting ASMR video in which tangerines were “unpeeled“. […]

A photo posted by Bel&Bel (@belybel_artworks) on Mar 26, 2015 at 2:16pm PDT The Spanish studio, Bel & Bel, has created the “Scooter Chair,” an awesome collection of chairs made from the recycled original parts of classic Italian Vespa scooters from the 1980s. The limited edition chairs are available to view and purchase from the […]

Jaywalk Cop (Nick Douglas) continues his war on pedestrian infractions, but gets more company than he can handle during a stakeout in the third episode of the series. Episodes one and two, “Pilot” and “Schmorld Star“, premiered in 2015 and set up a world where jaywalking is not only a serious crime, but the most […]

World's first equine tweed suit! Posted by Cheltenham Festival 2016 on Monday, March 14, 2016 In celebration of the annual Cheltenham Festival and Horse Race in Gloucestershire, UK, designer Emma Sandham-King created a stunning suit made from over 59 feet of luxurious Harris Tweed. Ahead of Cheltenham Festival this week we unveiled the world’s first Tweed […]

When Harry Met Wally by kcinsti DesignCrowd asked their community to use their graphic design skills to imagine what popular movie posters would look like if only one letter were changed in their title. The top 20 “One Letter Off” poster submissions, available to view on DesignCrowd, are quite hilarious and silly. Ghostbuskers by spjgraphics […]

Comedian Mark Malkoff sat down with some kids to find out what they really think of their homework.

A photo posted by Andrea Reed | Victoria, Canada (@girlgreybeauty) on Mar 8, 2016 at 9:42am PST Victoria, British Columbia makeup artist Andrea Reed of Girl Grey Beauty used her creative skill set to transform her lips into all sorts of beautiful works of art. Andrea’s entire collection of photos are available to view on […]

A photo posted by @john_boyega on Mar 14, 2016 at 3:32am PDT While dressed up as Finn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega recently visited a group of children at the Royal London Hospital. John and two adorable young patients, dressed as Rey and a stormtrooper, handed out Star Wars toys to the […]

Vox took a behind-the-scenes look at how the kiss cam at Verizon Center in Washington D.C. works through interviews with the team that produces the popular Jumbotron segment at sporting events.

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, director Tim Burton‘s new fantasy film based on a novel of the same name by author Ransom Riggs. It follows 16-year-old Jacob Portman (Asa Butterfield) as he ventures into a strange orphanage, run by Miss Peregrine (Eva Green), filled with […]

Luna Lee (previously) is back with a wonderful new cover of “With or Without You” by U2 played on a Gayageum, a traditional Korean stringed instrument.

Michael Aranda explains why you can’t remember being a baby on the latest episode of SciShow. You’re pretty sure being a baby was awesome, but why can’t you actually remember any of it?

Steve Onotera aka samuraiguitarist performed a beautiful version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” using Google Doodles that can be played to created music. Help samuraiguitarist create even more awesome videos by supporting his brand new Patreon.

This House Has People In It is a surreal short horror film about a bizarre event that takes place inside of a suburban home, viewed through home security cameras. The film was created by Alan Resnick as an Adult Swim Infomercial and it is accompanied by a brilliant fake AB Surveillance Solutions website. Thanks to […]

Luís Azevedo of The A to Z Review shares his top ten famous movies that have subtle hidden meanings.

The Instant Dry Umbrella is made of water-repellant fabric that goes from wet to dry with just a simple shake. It allows the user to quickly collapse and store a dry umbrella after coming in from the rain. Shake off the rain—literally—with this revolutionary “wet-free” umbrella, featuring water-repellant fabric that lets you to knock off lingering raindrops […]

ElectroBOOM engineer Mehdi Sadaghdar demonstrates some of the practical uses of a thermal imaging camera, seemingly to spite a friend who suggested the device wasn’t useful. In the video Sadaghdar uses a Seek Compact Thermal Camera to measure the temperature of objects around his home, in a park, and out in the wild.

Lazarus, the tiny little kitten who was found nearly frozen to death on Thanksgiving day was able to return the favor after his beloved rescuer returned home from the hospital after suffering a pretty bad leg injury at a skatepark. Lazarus’ Thanksgiving rescue.

When a wonderfully brave bulldog named Bentley, who once moon-danced at the sight of his toy airplane, encountered a ladder and a crossed cable in the hallway, he made sure to face his greatest fears head on. Bentley addressed the situation by walking backwards, never letting either item out of his sight. Bentley has a […]

“The Terminator and the Washing Machine” by Retro Report takes a look at media fears about artificial intelligence. It focuses primarily on the chess matches between grandmaster Garry Kasparov and the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue, but includes a history of robot fears and the current state of artificial intelligence.