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Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain why the words given to the sounds animals make (i.e. meow, woof) differ from one another. As it turns out, it depends on the rules of the language spoken where they live. If we are just imitating a sound that’s the same all over […]

LMG Vids has captured funny footage of a young, determined padawan unleashing his lightsaber skills on Darth Vader, two Stormtroopers, and his friendly mentor at Disneyland‘s Jedi Training Academy in Tomorrowland. The cute little kid was ready to demolish the dark side and no one could stand in his way. via Geeks Are Sexy

Intel recently used 100 LED equipped drones to create Drone 100, a dazzling light show set to music. Intel partnered with Ars Electronica Futurelab in Hamburg, Germany to create the display which now holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously.” Although the event took place in November, 2015, the footage debuted during […]

The long-awaited, highly anticipated Deadwood reunion movie has been given the green light to move forward. This news came directly from HBO programming president Michael Lombardo who spoke in detail about the project with TVLine after announcing it at a Television Critics Association event on Thursday. David [Milch] has our commitment that we are going […]

“Forbes 10 Under 10 Influencers in Tech” by Ankush Jindal is a parody of Forbes‘ famous “30 Under 30” lists that takes a look at the children disrupting naps, playdates, and bath time. via Tastefully Offensive

After enjoying a nice refreshing drink of water, a happy horse named Root repeatedly and audibly smacked his lips and wagged his tongue while being bathed. According to his human T Stephens, “…he likes the way it feels.” In 2013, Andi Solowka posted a video of a horse named Burke loudly flapping his lips in […]

Burgkunstadt, Germany-based Jörg Sprave, team leader and owner of The Slingshot Channel, has created a new tutorial on how to weaponize a brand new skateboard by converting it into a large and extremely powerful slingshot. Sprave demonstrates the true power of his custom launcher by shooting a 60mm lead ball through a piece of particle […]

In a recent episode of the AsapSCIENCE whiteboard series, Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explain the concept of motivation and how the promise of a reward can often decrease motivation thus sabotage one’s goals. This is known as the ‘distraction effect’ – when we are given a task that requires problem solving, economic or emotional pressure can […]

A really big brown bear, fat from winter, affectionately greets his human friend who bravely withstands the enormous amount of love the animal has to give and returns the affection in kind by giving the bear a really great back scratch. via reddit

Just a month before his untimely death, the late, great Lemmy Kilmister filmed a commercial at a Helsinki gas station for the Finnish dairy company Valio. As a way of paying tribute to the Motörhead frontman, Valio posted a wonderful unaired, ad-libbed moment from the shoot that calls to mind a previous commercial for the […]

Astonishing dashcam footage shared by TurboFoz captures his first-person view of flipping his car off the side of a mountain along the Angeles Crest Highway over the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California. TurboFoz survived the crash and recounted the details of the story in a written version of the events where he stresses the […]

Christian Perez recently captured priceless footage of his daughter Anabella’s reaction when she finds out who Luke Skywalker‘s father is in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. via reddit

Parma, Ohio photographer Mark Mosinski used an UP Plus 2 3D printer to create a compact version of Codsworth, the Mr. Handy robotic butler from Bethesda‘s popular Fallout4 video game. Mark also made a great stop-motion video of his Mr. Handy fighting off a pair of pirates camping out next to the TARDIS from Doctor […]

A data recovery team at DriveSavers has successfully restored nearly 200 floppy disks owned by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. The recovery process took nearly a year to complete due to the fact that Roddenberry used custom-built computers and a custom operating system and word processing software. As for their contents, the team says the […]

On January 3, a beautiful snowy owl made a very unexpected but welcome appearance on a traffic camera that keeps watch over Highway 40 in Montreal, Quebec. Transport Minister Robert Poëti graciously announced the sighting over Twitter and posted photos on Facebook. (translated from French) An impressive solo was captured in full flight on the […]

The Ehang 184 is an autonomous low altitude human-sized helicopter drone meant for safe, personal flight. The design of the vehicle is similar to a remote control drone with eight propellers on four arms, but much larger and capable of carrying a person up to 260 pounds. The vehicle’s software handles most of the controls so […]

Storyboard artist Marty Cooper (a.k.a. “Hombre_McSteez“) has created “Pen Holder,” a new animation of a helpful little creature who is superimposed over his real life. The cute little helper gladly reaches out and holds onto Marty’s pen when it’s not in use. Fans of Marty can help supports his clever work on Patreon.

Madrid, Spain-based film editor Jorge Luengo Ruiz has created a wonderful new video that highlights the many times that Pixar subtly referenced scenes from classic motion pictures in their animated films. Jorge compares scenes from Monsters, Inc. and Stanley Kubrick‘s A Clockwork Orange, Toy Story and Steven Spielberg‘s Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the […]

Homer Simpson and his trusty sofa team up to fight criminals in an amusing new 1980s style cop show couch gag for the upcoming episode of The Simpsons titled, “Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles.” The 585th episode of the series is set to air on FOX this upcoming Sunday, January 10th, 2016.

Jerry Seinfeld jokes about buffets, doughnut holes, and Hungry-Man frozen dinners in a stand up set on The Late Show. Seinfeld and host Stephen Colbert also discuss senator Rand Paul‘s hair and why Seinfeld won’t perform comedy on the International Space Station. Seinfeld appeared on the show to promote his year-long residency at New York […]

Timelapse footage by Southwest Airlines shows the elaborate process of painting two of their Boeing 737-700 airplanes, Colorado One and Missouri One. The painting of Missouri One, with its elaborate design inspired by the Great Seal of the State of Missouri, took a total of 10 days from start to finish. via Sploid

A patron found a tiny VW Bug mixed in with the insect collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and shared the image on reddit. Some commenters on the reddit post have mentioned that they have seen similar jokes in other museums as well. photo via reddit

In the new trailer for the upcoming film High-Rise, which was adapted from the 1975 J.G. Ballard novel of the same name, presents a luxury skyscraper that houses so many building amenities that residents never really have to leave. Which is not always a good thing. 1975. Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing […]

Brian Kesinger, a story artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios and artist for Marvel Comics, has created wonderful illustrations of characters from Star Wars: The Force Awakens drawn as Calvin and Hobbes characters. The entire series of drawings are available to view on Facebook and Instagram. images via Brian Kesinger via BuzzFeed

A&E has released the first trailer and teasers for their upcoming series Damien, based on the classic 1976 horror film The Omen. The new show will center around a now adult Damien, the child at the center of the original movie, as he must deal with the fate set out for him in The Omen. The series premieres […]

South African designer Danielle Clough has very cleverly used the strings of badminton and tennis racquets as a canvas upon which to embroider beautifully detailed flowers of all different types. The use of the medium, however, caused the artist to humorously pose the question, “Does this count as being interested in sport?” images via Danielle […]

Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon perform a fun cover song “Beast of Burden” by The Rolling Stones on The Tonight Show. For comparison, here are The Rolling Stones performing the song live in Fort Worth, Texas in 1978.

The Manila Social Club in Brooklyn, NY is known for their unique donuts made with purple yams called ube, which are constantly sold out. They, however, have really have really outdone themselves with their latest creation – a $100 donut iced with Cristal champagne and covered in 24-carat gold. The Manila Social Club presents their […]

Spanish musician Rafael Aguirre recently performed a delightful medley of John Williams‘ iconic Star Wars music on a classical guitar at Alhambra Guitars‘ 50th anniversary celebration. via reddit, The Awesomer

Atlas Obscura takes a look at the fascinating story behind Frozen Dead Guy Days, the oddly monikered Spring festival that takes place every year in Nederland, Colorado. The festival was named after Bredo Morstel, a Norwegian man whose grandson packed his dead body in dry ice and placed it in a Tuff Shed in the […]

Tenacious self-improver Mike Boyd filmed himself learning to juggle over the course of three hours and 44 minutes. Boyd pretty quickly gets the basics down, but it takes him hours to hit his self-imposed benchmark of 30 seconds of continuous juggling. The delay could be due to his decision to use various types of fruit […]

The 32nd Annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival opened on January 5, 2016 in the frigid air of Harbin, China. The event this year includes intricate frozen sculptures, winter-themed performances, competitions, swimming in the Songhua River, festival processions and even a wedding. At night, the various snow and ice structures in the festival are colorfully […]

Netflix has released the official trailer for The Get Down, an upcoming original series by director Baz Luhrmann. The series focuses on a group of talented and restless teenagers growing up in the South Bronx during the late 1970s – the period of time when hip hop drowned out the sparkly era of disco. The […]

A #behindthescenes shot of our “How to place a call” video featuring Jorrell & snapped by @intersection_co Keep an eye out for more updates! A photo posted by LinkNYC (@linknycofficial) on Dec 30, 2015 at 9:50am PST New York City has launched the first two LinkNYC Wi-Fi kiosks to provide free one-gigabit Internet access, USB […]

Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction have created a movie trailer mashup of nearly 60 new films coming out in 2016. They feature Deadpool, Warcraft, Zoolander 2, and more.

Ask Me Anything: Volume One is a new book that collects some of the best questions and answers from reddit’s r/IAmA into a single volume. The book includes user-submitted questions answered by people like President Barack Obama, Chris Rock, Louis C.K., Ronda Rousey, and more. The book also features illustrations by artist and redditor u/youngluck. Ask Me […]

Friends and family of Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister, who sadly passed away on December 28, 2015, are planning a memorial service and life celebration for the beloved Motörhead frontman and bass player on Saturday, January 9, 2016. The service will be live-streamed via the band’s official YouTube page in order to allow all of Lemmy’s […]

Marvel has released a new trailer, a poster, and a premiere date for their upcoming second season of the Netflix series Daredevil. The second season of Daredevil will be released on March 18th, 2016. Just when Matt thinks he is bringing order back to the city, new forces are rising in Hell’s Kitchen. Now the […]

Photographer Pablo Zulaska captured video of soap bubbles rapidly freezing at -15° C to create beautiful and fragile works of art. photo via ZALUSKArt.com via Bored Panda

Steven Ogg, the actor who played Trevor Philips in Grand Theft Auto V, recently starred as “legendary pitchman Bob Giovanni” in Old Spice‘s two new hilarious infomercials to demonstrate the odor fighting and sweat reducing properties found in their line of antiperspirants and deodorants.

Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) sits down and explains how his upcoming film adaptation is actually going to be a love story in a new, crotch shot-filled TV spot. Marvel’s Deadpool movie is set to shoot its way into theaters on February 12th, 2016. Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of […]

Elevating autism one lift at a time Elevator enthusiast and photographer Andrew Reams explains what it’s like living with Asperger Syndrome, his fascination with lifts and “elevaTOURS“, the business he built that helps him to share his joy with other people, particularly those with autism. Welcome to elevaTOURS by DieselDucy. Proudly reaching out to autistic […]

Goofy Artist Erin Jang has created an adorable set of Disney character faces from a variety of different food, ranging from very healthy veggies to somewhat nutritious dinner food to total sweet sugary treats. Flounder Arlo Olaf Marie Pascal images by Erin Jan via Oh My Disney, Seventeen, Delish, Foodiggity

The New York Public Library has released more than 180,000 digitized items into the public domain. Users can freely browse the digital collection using a visualization tool that allows them to quickly scan hundreds of years worth of content. The collection includes maps, art, books, sheet music, photographs, menus, and more. The NYPL has also […]

In an absolutely wonderful clip from the 2013 Coen Brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis, actor Oscar Isaac, in the eponymous role, plays with the fictional “John Glenn Singers” as a studio musician. The group performs “Please Mr. Kennedy” – a silly novelty song about not wanting to go into outer space, written by Jim Cody, […]

Zach Galifianakis stars as a French trained artistic rodeo clown in the new trailer for his upcoming FX original series Baskets. The series premiers on January 21, 2016. photo via Baskets

Beat Down Boogie has created “Cosplay Kids,” their new music video featuring a compilation of super cute kids dressed up as pop culture characters filmed at various events from the past couple of years. Fans of the Beat Down Boogie crew can help support their future videos on Patreon. Check out the next generation of […]

An adorable little Italian greyhound simultaneously mimicked the silly facial expressions of his playful human who, in turn, was greatly amused by his dog’s immediate response.

Artist Andy Thomas has created “Synthetic Nature Part 1“, a gorgeous digital recreation of different forms of Australian plants that gracefully and fluidly move to a natural soundscape that’s been electronically altered. It is nature digitized. Sounds recorded in nature have been run through computers and electronically manipulated. Computer generated 3D imagery swirls and contorts […]

Astronomer and Star Wars fan Scott Manley explains the power required to blow up a planet using the Death Star or Starkiller Base. As Manley points out, the Galactic Empire and the First Order might be overdoing things a bit, using much more energy than they really need. via YouTube Trending