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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.

Tokyo-based product and toy designer S.J. Wang started a trend on Twitter by sharing an image of an adorable little cat that he made out of a bread bag clip. Many others have replied to S.J. with their feline creations, which also includes cute dogs and even rhinoceroses. ????? pic.twitter.com/e0Mdw1aLZL — S.J. WANG ??5/14?15 (@japalanw) […]

In the newest trailer for the anticipated film High-Rise, the residents of the lower floors stage an uprising against those of the higher floors who are literally and figuratively living the high-life. High-Rise stars Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places […]

Vice Principals is a new HBO comedy series starring Danny McBride and Walton Goggins as rival high school vice principals competing for a promotion. The series was co-created by McBride and Jody Hill the director of McBride’s first film The Foot Fist Way.

In October 2015, film production company Yestervid posited the question “How far back in time could you go and still understand English?” and then proceed to answer by using reverse chronology to find where the current iteration of the language drastically parted with the version of yore. If you had a time machine, how far […]

HK Project is a video game about a cat exploring Hong Kong that is being developed using Unreal Engine 4 by Koola & Viv. Players control a cat as it explores its stylized world by jumping and crawling. The team recommends that anyone interested in updates follow them on Twitter and Facebook. images via HK Devblog

In 2012, Taylor McKnight and Kaitlyn Reed left their Austin, Texas home, got rid of most of their possessions and set out to travel the world. Since that time, they’ve been a great many places, staying in local rentals offered by Airbnb for the past 1,353 days. 1353 days ago we got rid of our […]

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. After two child-murdering Super Bowls and one feature length prologue, The Hunger Games trilogy comes to an anticlimactic end in the 4th and final installment: Mockingjay part 2. Gear up for more of Katniss and her friend fighting a war […]

On the latest episode of the AWE Me show DIY Prop Shop, host Odin Abbott demonstrates how to build your own version of the Caped Crusader‘s yellow utility belt from the classic 1989 Batman movie.

Great Big Story explores the fascinating history of pinball in New York City, why the game was banned in 1940 and the reasons that ban continued for decades. The ban was finally lifted in April 1976, when the state ruled that pinball was a game of skill rather than a game of chance. In 1940, […]

Wired recently tweaked the many trailers for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to create “Batman Meets Superman: Dawn of Just Us,” a hilarious new trailer that reimagines the superhero film as a romantic comedy. Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck), Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) were meant to be. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is currently […]

A team of six µTug Microrobots weighing a collective 100g work together like ants to pull a 3,900lb car in a video by the Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab at Stanford University. The robots work slowly, but by using an adhesive pad inspired by geckos and a simple winch system they can move objects up to 2,000 times its […]

Reykjavik, Iceland band Bara Heiða has created a cute Star Wars themed music video for their song “Stormtrooper.” The video follows an Imperial Stormtrooper, played by Tómas Árnason (TK-22304) of the 501st Legion Icelandic Outpost, who is left behind on a strange planet and finds love. Bara Heiða’s track is available to purchase from Bandcamp. […]

Design students Harshita Murudkar, Shivani Gulati and Mehak Philip from the Maeer’s MIT Institute or Design in Pune, India, have created the Zoloka, a wonderful piece of furniture that provides the comfort of a hammock with the soothing motion of a rocking chair. The Zoloka “relaxiture” was designed as part of a challenge to create […]

NorthSurvival demonstrates a creative way to start a fire using a lemon in his latest survival tip video. via reddit

War erupts and new forces rise up throughout Hell’s Kitchen to challenge Matt Murdock in Marvel’s final trailer for season two of Daredevil on Netflix. Season two premieres on March 18th, 2016.

In the gorgeous video for the beautiful instrumental “Disco” by German musician Ralf Hildenbeutel“, director Boris Seewald incorporated over 1,250 paintings to illustrate the beauty, grace and elegance of dancing. via Vimeo Staff Picks

In 2014, vlogger Matt Mignogna aka Conjecture created a very meta tribute parody to his favorite educational creators such as VSauce, CGP Grey and the vlogbrothers. Throughout the video, Mignogna very cleverly defined the concept of parody using each of the vlogger’s unique and distinctive styles. These are my favorite educational creators, so I made […]

Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, stars Seth Rogen as a sentient sausage that learns the truth about what happens to food when it leaves the grocery store and embarks on a mission to go back and warn his food friends. Rogen cowrote the movie with his Superbad collaborator Evan Goldberg. The film will […]

The Piper Raspberry Pi computer kit teaches children or adults the basics of electronics and engineering while playing Minecraft. The kit includes a Raspberry Pi 2 project board and a variety of components that the user unlocks in the game like buttons buzzers, and more. The more the user plays and unlocks components in the […]

Fashion designer, mixed artist, and cosplay model Kay Pike has returned with a fantastic time lapse video that features Kay painting a Batman costume on her own body at 1,000x speed. Pike captured the footage while she was streaming live on Twitch. Her entire collection of Batman photos are available on Imgur and Instagram. Fans […]

aBetterMonkey has created a LEGO set based on Cartoon Network‘s popular animated television series, Adventure Time. The set was recently approved by LEGO to be made into an official product. They are currently “still working out the final product design, pricing, and availability.” image via LEGO Ideas via LEGO Ideas

A teaser trailer has been released for a new year-round attraction coming to Universal Studios Hollywood in summer 2016 that takes guests through the post-apocalyptic world of AMC‘s The Walking Dead. Prepare to fight for survival in a fully immersive journey as you navigate through a world overrun by hungry walkers. Follow in the footsteps […]

Hamilton star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda recently performed a freestyle rap in the White House Rose Garden with President Barack Obama, who held a series of words on cards that Miranda worked into the rap. Miranda and the cast of Hamilton were in Washington D.C. to perform the musical for the President as part of a live […]

A documentary teaser has been released giving us a first look at the numerous hidden cameos and secrets in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The full collection of amazing bonus content will be found in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD and Blu-ray combo packs. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is scheduled to […]

The only reason I’m alive is because they think I’m dead. In the new trailer for the fourth season of Orphan Black, new female clones with varying hairstyles (all played by the amazing Tatiana Maslany) are introduced into the mix, including M.K., who seems to know more than others and warns Sarah to run. Season […]

Netflix has released the trailer for season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which premiers on April 15th. Ellie Kemper stars as Kimmy Schmidt, a woman who escapes from a doomsday cult and starts life over in New York. After living in a cult for fifteen years, Kimmy decides to reclaim her life and start over […]

Rob Scallon, an incredibly talented musician with a great sense of humor, performed a one-string version of the head-banging 1990s angsty anthem “Killing In The Name” by Rage Against the Machine on his amazing fretless shovel guitar. Scallon’s unusual guitar was made by Bob Clagett of I Like to Make Stuff, who very generously shared […]

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” demonstrates how to create a Nutella fire starter by mixing the chocolate hazelnut spread with potassium permanganate. As Kulakov shows, the mixture lights with ease and burns intensely. He recommends storing some of the mixture for survival situations.

Comedian Pete Holmes shares his thoughts on pinatas in an animated video by Eric Goscicki. The audio was taken from one of his live stand up performances.

Sacha Baron Cohen presented his new action comedy The Brothers Grimsby and his character Nobby in the style of an Apple keynote event. The Brothers Grimsby was released in theaters on March 11, 2016.

The Cycloid Drawing Machine by Joe Freedman is a device similar to a Spirograph toy made using adjustable and interchangeable wooden gears that can be used to create elaborate and beautiful designs on paper. A video review of the Cycloid by Wayne Schmidt shows a number of configurations in action as different gears are swapped out. photos […]

Eclectic Method has released a supercut remix of comedian Ricky Gervais laughing in films, television shows, talk shows, and more.

ThinkGeek is featuring a Aliens Warrior Ceramic Cookie Jar modeled after the deadly Xenomorph species that first appeared in the 1986 Aliens film. Guests will think twice the next time that they want to steal a cookie from the cookie jar. Game over man! Aliens. Those darn Xenomorphs are always trying to shove something down […]

A new trailer for Alice Through the Looking Glass asks, “Where does the time go?” Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter reprise their Alice in Wonderland roles as Alice, The Mad Hatter, and The Queen of Hearts respectively, and Sacha Baron Cohen joins the cast as Time. The film will be released in theaters on May […]

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” over-inflated a 40-foot weather balloon and filmed it bursting in slow motion. Kulakov said he is unsatisfied with the results and plans to make another video when he gets more weather balloons.