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In the It’s Okay To Be Smart episode “This Is Not a Rainbow,” host Joe Hanson explains the science behind different atmospheric phenomena that may look like rainbows, but are not. Unlike rainbows, these colorful phenomena are caused by airborne ice crystals rather than water droplets

submitted by baggs22 On January 19, redditor racist puffs posited this question to ask reddit:”Add “ing” to the end of a movie title, what is the movie about now?” The question received thousands of clever responses, some of which artist Lianne Dias amusingly illustrated. The simple premise opened the floodgates of redditors’ creativity, inspiring over […]

The Prius backup camera is the only camera that is able to run a person over. Other cameras do not run them over, because they are not cars. Andrew Heder and Ryan Kelly from sketch comedy group Mommy give a behind-the-scenes look at Check Your Surroundings, the first feature film ever recorded exclusively on a […]

(larger) 99 Bottles of Craft Beer on the Wall is a fantastic scratch-off beer chart, created by Pop Chart Lab, that allows you to “track your progress through a craftily curated checklist of brews.” Owners of the chart can easily pick up a coin and rub the gold foil off each craft beer after gulping […]

A boy and his instrument embark on a magical journey through a dangerous world in the new trailer for Kubo and the Two Strings by animation studio LAIKA (Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls). Kubo uses his magical shamisen to entertain his village, but as his magic abilities grow the world around him becomes more dangerous. Kubo and the Two Strings was […]

Swiss technologist Jurg Lehni has created a wonderful wall-mounted directed drawing tool named Otto that can draw and color vector shapes that have been input into a computer. Otto is currently on display and in use at The Interval Bar and Café at The Long Now Foundation in San Francisco. In an interview with Fusion, […]

Record producer and musician Domenico Monardo (Meco) and his band released an awesome music album in 1977, titled Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk, that featured funky disco arrangements of original songs from the classic Star Wars soundtrack by John Williams. YouTuber lcozzarelli has shared Meco’s take on the iconic Star Wars main theme song. […]

In her visual project “My Life In 1.000.000 Frames“, talented French filmmaker Candice Drouet has captured the distinct personalities of both Paris and New York City through montages of well-chosen scenes from films that definitively represent each city throughout the years. “My Life In 1.000.000 Frames” is a visual project. I have collected images from […]

Los Angeles-based writer, comedian, and “man of a kajillion voices” Brock Baker has created a new video where he does amazing celebrity impressions with a face swapping app known as Face Swap Live. The app allows Baker to record videos of himself swapping faces with a photo of Nicolas Cage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bridges, and […]

In “Composition in Storytelling“, narrator Channel Criswell explains the importance of the a the composition of a scene within a film, how it is used to capture attention, direct the eye, and determine the balance of power within the narrative. It seems to me what composition is best at is displaying the power dynamics within […]

A video by Primitive Technology demonstrates how to build a primitive cord drill and pump drill using just wood and stone. The end results can be used to start fires with friction or to drill holes in wood to create more advanced tools. A cord drill consists of a shaft, a fly wheel and a piece […]

Upon seeing a robbery in progress at an Gold Coast, Queensland restaurant, a shirtless James Ross-Munro leaped to his feet ran over to the (alleged) perpetrator’s empty car and, using colorful language plus a bit of logic, he removed the keys. This forced the robber to try escape on foot. The heroic Ross-Munro followed closely […]

AsapSCIENCE explains the health issues that would occur if people only drank soda.

Dave Hax created a video tutorial on how to do the amazing David Blaine style self tying shoelace magic trick as an amusing illusion to show to friends and family. music by Kevin MacLeod – “Look Busy“

A man sought revenge against his noisy neighbors by building an Arduino system that blasts loud music back at them automatically. The system uses a microphone to detect when the neighbors play loud music and responds by triggering a CD player to blast short increments of “Who Let the Dogs Out?” by The Baha Men. […]

World Champion aerobatic paraglider and Red Bull athlete Horacio Llorens donned special cold weather gear and launched himself from the arctic town of Trømso, Norway into the Aurora Borealis high up in the skies, his white parachute brightly shining against the gorgeous ethereal green waves. Flying in this environment was a first for everyone, particularly […]

Conan O’Brien recently flew to Qatar with First Lady Michelle Obama to entertain the troops at Al Udeid Air Base for “Mission Conan”. While on the base, O’Brien met with Bradley Kline of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Division to play with bomb-disposing robots and wear a 100-pound bomb suit. He also trained with the Military Working […]

In a new featurette for Fuller House, they go behind the scenes with Candace Cameron Bure (D.J. Tanner-Fuller), Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner), and Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler) as they prepare for the upcoming Netflix original sequel series to Full House. Season one will become available to stream on Netflix on February 26th, 2016. Like the […]

“The Chickening” is a bizarre trailer “re-directed” and “anti-mated” by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force that was created by overlaying weird special effects over clips from Stanley Kubrick‘s The Shining. DenBoer and Force transform the films iconic Overlook Hotel into Charbay’s Chicken World Restaurant and Resort. The trailer also features an incredibly catchy remix of the line “Come […]

A new trailer has been released for The Angry Birds Movie, the upcoming 3D animated comedy film directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly that is based on the popular Angry Birds video game franchise. The trailer, which has pee jokes and ruffled feathers galore, follows Red (Jason Sudeikis), Chuck (Josh Gad), and Bomb (Danny […]

Goregaon, Mumbai-based teacher and writer Dinesh S. Upadhyaya has recently set the RecordSetter world record for fitting the most straws in his mouth at once. He was able to jam 1,001 straws in his mouth.

Abe Vigoda, the well-respected actor known for his role as ill-fated Sal Tessio in The Godfather and the deadpan Detective Phil Fish on Barney Miller and in his own spinoff series, died in his sleep this morning in at hospice in Woodland Park, N.J. He was 94 years old. While reports of Vigoda’s death were […]

Conquer.Earth is an interactive map that lets users mark off places they’ve visited with a colorful pin. Users can then share their maps to show friends their globetrotting. The service is open now for early access. image via Conquer.Earth via Product Hunt

In a video for Vox, writer Phil Edwards gives an explanation of the line in the song “Yankee Doodle” about calling a feather “macaroni.” Edwards explains that both the line and the song have more historical context than many people may realize. Yankee Doodle went to town Riding on a pony; He stuck a feather in […]

Greg Walker shot video of a fascinating snow removal machine clearing the streets of Washington DC. via reddit

Zoom, Enhance! is an app that turns smartphone photos into zooming GIFs. Users select their photo, and then pinch and position each step of the enhanced GIF before sharing with friends online. The app is available now from the iTunes App Store. images via Zoom, Enhance! via Photojojo

Filmmaker Jeremy Ambers has created Impossible Light, an hour-long film that explores the amount of work that went into making the incredible San Francisco Bay Lights project a reality, Leo Villareal‘s original vision, the people involved in all aspects of the project and the technology used to time the lights. The Bay Lights has since […]

Hong Kong-based musician Jeffrey Ding He performs marvelous lightsaber violin cover of John Williams‘ iconic song, “The Force Theme,” from Star Wars. Jeffrey’s cover is “made entirely from violin and lightsaber sounds” and available to download from SoundCloud. The original song for comparison: submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to the Marvel televison series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. In Marvel’s longest running Avengers promo campaign, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are doing…. the best they can?

Dear followersHere's an early Valentine's GIF(T) I've been working on for all of you this past few weeks. Thanks for… Posted by Lonac on Sunday, January 24, 2016 Croatian artist Lonac has created “heArtbeats” 2016″, a magnificent beating heart gif as an “early Valentine’s GIF(T)” in appreciation for all the support he’s received from fans. The […]

Adam Savage and his team at Tested had the opportunity to inspect a screen-used hero prop spacesuit from the Ridley Scott film The Martian in order to replicate it for Savage’s ever-growing spacesuit collection. Savage and the team discuss how the deal with Fox came together in an episode of Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project.

When GuitarHeroFailure posted one of his successful Guitar Hero sessions to YouTube, it was promptly taken down due to the music copyright issues around Ozzy Osbourne‘s “Bark at the Moon“. Instead of letting the issue go, the determined gamer instead provided his own humming soundtrack to replace the original, completely circumventing any copyright concerns. Since […]

Cappuccino Cat Russian artist Elena Efremova has created “Coffee Cats“, a very clever series of cat illustrations that give distinct personality to the various caffeine-laden drinks from which they were drawn. Here are my coffee cats :) Each has its own character, as well as every type of coffee has its own flavour. So, good […]

A child spins uncontrollably when he tries to operate a large and powerful leaf blower it in a video shared by America’s Funniest Home Videos. Thankfully an adult steps before the child gets completely out of control.

Mountain Unicycling is an extreme outdoor sport consisting of athletes who balance, maneuver, and power over rough terrain on a unicycle. The Seeker Network recently released a short documentary, directed and edited by Jessica Sherry, that follows a group of individuals who talk about their unique backgrounds and explain why they love the “insane” sport […]

A video posted by Golden State Boerboel (@goldenstateboerboel) on Jan 14, 2016 at 1:15pm PST While trying to restrain a skittish 175-pound Boerboel (South African Mastiff) named Dexter, a 100-pound vet tech at Golden State Boerboels wound up taking an ad-hoc ride around the clinic atop the large dog instead, much to the amusement of […]

Turkish digital artist Aydin Büyüktas has created “Flatland“, a stunningly surreal digital series that turns the city of Istanbul on its head. Büyüktas stated that he was inspired by Edwin Abbott‘s book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, a novella that provided a satirical view of societal hierarchies. …[Büyüktas] sets the foundation of a dimension […]

In the music video for “Meowpurrdy” by the hip hop supergroup Run the Jewels, artist Cyriak Harris worked with Adult Swim to create a surreal animation featuring cats. Last September revered hip hop auteurs Run The Jewels made music history when they unleashed the world’s first cat-rap album Meow The Jewels. Today, in conjunction with […]

The Drone Racing League is a new professional sports league dedicated to first person view (FPV) drone races. Pilots compete by flying their drones through elaborate courses while wearing special headsets that give them a real-time FPV feed from their drone. The league has designed the DRL Racer 2 drone, capable of speeds up to 80mph and […]

Great Big Story recently spoke with the great Bob Dorough, a brilliant musician who performed with jazz greats Miles Davis and Blossom Dearie. 92-year old Dorough is most famously known for creating the wonderful classic animated educational series Schoolhouse Rock!, which ran from 1973 through 1985 and taught American children about numbers, grammar, history and […]

Animals is a new original HBO animated comedy by brothers Mark and Jay Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed, Tangerine) that tells unexpected urban tales through the perspective of city animals. The series will feature a large ensemble cast including Ellie Kemper, Eric Andre, Kumail Nanjiani, and A$AP Rocky to name a few. Animals premiers on HBO February 5, 2016. image via […]

In the new Dom & Nic directed video for the The Chemical Brothers song “Wide Open” featuring musician Beck from their new album Born In The Echoes, a graceful dancer (Sonoya Mizuno from Ex Machina) gradually explores her increasing lightness of being as her body slowly turns into a 3D printed version of itself. Trypophobes […]

Rosanna Pansino shows how to make chocolate peanut butter Instagram Brownies on the latest episode of her fun cooking show “Nerdy Nummies”. Instagram themed Brownies! ????#NerdyNummies A photo posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Jan 26, 2016 at 8:08am PST

In the wake of the extraordinary amount of snow that fell over the east coast of the United States this past weekend, many humans set to work to make sure that their beloved dogs were still able to go outside and have some fun. One such human, Crossfire Bob of Great Neck, New York, created […]

Mathematical artist Henry Segerman demonstrates his mind-bending spherical Droste video editing technique. One side of the 360° video slowly zooms in while the other zooms out, creating a unique effect as different versions of Segerman greet each other and explain what is happening in the video. Segerman worked with Vi Hart on another video explaining the […]

Grace Raver of Tech Insider created a time lapse video showing the snow accumulating in New York City during the recent Mid-Atlantic blizzard. Superstorm Jonas almost broke the record yesterday for the largest New York snowstorm when it dropped 26.8 inches in Central Park. The all time record is 26.9 inches and was recorded in […]

No Small Parts is an ongoing documentary series, created by Los Angeles actor Brandon Hardesty, that focuses on one particular character actor’s life and career in the entertainment industry. In episode 13, Brandon dove into the complex life and death of wrestler, boxer, and actor Norbert Grupe, who played Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II. […]

Slack has released a clever bloopers video from their recent “Animals” animated ad. Here’s the original ad:

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The Fowndry is offering an officially licensed stainless steel Star Wars Death Star Barbeque Grill that has the power to cook rebel chicken, steak, and burgers. It is currently available to pre-order. That’s no moon… It’s the sun! And if it’s hovering over the house it means barbecue season is upon us. But don’t settle […]