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CinemaSins presents their take on everything that is wrong with the 2005 DreamWorks animated film Madagascar Here is a movie with truly terrible zoo-safety protocols. Also has some sins. In honor of Zootopia’s opening, here are the sins of another movie featuring a bunch of talking animals: Madagascar.

Washington Canadian artist Dave Delisle of Dave’s Geeky Ideas has designed wonderful maps of major city subway systems from around the world in the style of Super Mario Bros. video games. The entire series is available to view on Dave’s website. Poster versions of his maps are available to purchase on Imagekind. Vancouver Pittsburgh Montreal […]

Inventor Colin Furze built a rocket launcher that shoots fireworks and detailed his build process in a recent video. Furze’s next video will be released on March 10, 2016 with a demonstration of his unique device in action. Based on Furze’s earlier fireworks videos it’s likely to be a spectacular display.

In order to dispel swirling rumors of a band breakup after the Oscar Awards, the Foo Fighters pushed back with a hilarious video in which an overdressed Dave Grohl entertained the thought of becoming a solo artist, while the rest of the band held a brain storming session about who should replace him. We can […]

For a recent episode of MythBusters, co-host Adam Savage built an elaborate fart machine to test a myth about farts appearing on infrared video footage. To properly test the myth, the simulated farts had to leave the machine at body temperature, so Savage used a heated water bath to bring an air chamber up to […]

In April 2015, the California Assembly voted unanimously to rename the rainbow decorated Waldo Tunnel in honor of the late great Robin Williams, who had been a longtime Bay Area resident. On March 1, 2016, CalTrans District 4 announced that the tunnel had been officially renamed. Williams resided in Marin, and his character Mork on […]

Great Big Story recently sat down to interview America’s real life Time Lord, Dr. Judah Levine, to discuss his work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) creating the Internet Time Service (ITS). Although Dr. Levine doesn’t have a TARDIS, he earned his Doctor Who themed nickname because he is the person in charge of keeping […]

The first official trailer for Sony‘s upcoming Ghostbusters reboot film, directed by Paul Feig, was released on a recent episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The trailer brings a new team of paranormal monster hunters together 30 years after New York was saved by the original group of guys. It will star Kristen Wiig as […]

Tested editor Norman Chan recently teamed up with movie effect artists Frank Ippolito and Sean Charlesworth to create a stop-motion animated video using detailed Star Wars action figures (Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader) from Sideshow Collectibles. Parts two through four of their stop-motion video process are available to view in the premium section of Tested’s […]

The Cinefix series What’s the Difference compared the film and book versions of Andy Weir‘s novel The Martian to highlight their differences. While Ridley Scott did a fairly straightforward adaptation of the book, there were still some things that were handled differently for the sake of the film. The video is hosted by Casey Redmon, Clint […]

On the latest episode of PBS Idea Channel, host Mike Rugnetta explores the fan theory that the clumsy Jar Jar Binks was actually a Sith Lord and the main evil mastermind throughout the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Jar Jar Binks… evil genius? A recent Star Wars fan theory has been doing the rounds on the […]

Kuma Films captured footage of yo-yo professional Ryo Yamashita performing all sorts of amazing yo-yo looping tricks in Osaka, Japan. The high-quality Yomega yo-yos used by Ryo are available to purchase from their web store. A video posted by Kuma Films (@kumafilms) on Feb 25, 2016 at 9:31am PST

Los Angeles-based baker and author Rosanna Pansino demonstrates how to make Emoji Eggo Waffles on the latest episode of her cooking show Nerdy Nummies. The template for her Emoji Waffles is available to download from MediaFire. A video posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Mar 1, 2016 at 6:47pm PST A photo posted by Rosanna […]

Discovery has posted a preview of the MythBusters epic Grande Finale, which airs on March 5, 2016, followed by a special reunion episode featuring all five hosts of the show. Since 2002, Adam and Jamie have used science to separate fact from fiction in spectacular style! But, as the saying goes, all good things must […]

Crazy Russian Hacker decided to find out what would happen if marshmallows were put in a vacuum.

In 2012, artist Stephen McCranie of Doodle Alley posted an incredibly insightful illustration that encourages artists of any type to “Be Friends With Failure” and to embrace the fact that it’s absolutely necessary to fail a few times before succeeding. Success is a sign that you’re ready to learn something new, failure is a sign […]

In her interview series focusing on unusual people, NRK P3 Verdens Rikeste Land reporter Silje Ese spoke with Nano, a 20-year old woman who is certain that she was born into entirely the wrong species. Citing her disdain for dogs, her ability to see well at night and her excellent hearing, Nano believes she should […]

A photo posted by ????Name:Pumpui????????Yuta,Nami,Hana???? (@yutafamily) on Mar 2, 2016 at 2:56am PST A wonderfully confident cat named Richie is the alpha to the Yuta family – an adorable pack of seven chihuahuas, who follow the commanding cat wherever he goes. While an able leader, Richie prefers to be a source of loving support for […]

Photographer Aaron Tilley and set designer Kyle Bean collaborated together to create “In Anxious Anticipation“, an absolutely brilliant photo series that captures the delicious pit-of-stomach, adrenaline-driven apprehension that spikes just a moment before disaster strikes. The photos accompanied a written piece by Jordan Kushins for Kinfolk Magazine, who spoke about that very moment in the […]

Hearts, stars, and horseshoes. Clovers and blue moons. You’ll become a bad guy when you wear the Good Guy Shoes. “Good Guy Shoes” by Froggy Fresh is a rap video that tells a cautionary tale about what happens to a good guy when he wears a pair of sneakers possessed by the spirit of a […]

The Riben Collective has created “Game of Thrones Kinda Life – The Tale of Jon Snow,” a Jon Snow themed recap of the first five seasons of Game of Thrones set to a musical parody of Third Eye Blind’s 1997 song “Semi-Charmed Life.” The original song for comparison: via Digg

The Goodyear Eagle-360 is a spherical concept tire proposed by Goodyear for improved road safety with future autonomous cars. The design would use magnetic levitation to suspend a car around four tires each equipped with advanced sensor technology to measure and adapt to road conditions. The spherical design would also allow the tires to rotate […]

A photo posted by bellcat (@1room1cat) on Feb 29, 2016 at 7:40pm PST An affectionate little cat named Gimo enjoys attention so much that when seeking it out, his big intense eyes, his short fuzzy neck, his long ear tufts and wide face give him the remarkable appearance of a large-eyed owl. A photo posted […]

The developers of Young Conker discussed how they created the holographic platformer game for the Microsoft Hololens. The character of Conker interacts with objects in the room, so gameplay can be changed by playing in a different room, or even by viewing a room from a different angle. Guide a playful, pint-sized hero through your […]

A sweet dog named Wesley had a bit of trouble closing his mouth properly since birth. In order to correct the situation Dr. Jim Moore DVM of Harborfront Hospital for Animals in Spring Lake, Michigan, installed braces onto Wesley’s teeth, which will better align his bite and allow him to eat, drink and breathe better. […]

In his incredibly creative portrait mashup series Mag + Art, Philippine visual artist Eisen Bernard Bernardo has incorporated the cover photos of such magazines as Esquire, Vanity Fair and Vogue into classic works of art, using each image from the magazine to seamlessly complete each painting. My Mag + Art series is a collection of […]

“Reasonable Max” is a great parody of Mad Max: Fury Road, that aired on a recent episode of Late Night, where host Seth Meyer plays the part of an annoyingly sensible War Boy. Seth tries to reason with crazy in this #MoreLNSM clip.

Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill of Mental Floss verbally and visually explain through whiteboard animation, the concept of contronyms, words that are spelled and sound the same, but have completely opposite meanings. Such words include cleave, sanction, clip, dust and trim. Perhaps the most famous of these words is cleave. It can mean […]

Sony Pictures Entertainment has release the official international trailer 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 follows the large community of birds as they fight back against the Bad Piggies who […]

Developer Simone Giertz, the hilarious creator of robotic devices that seek to help make daily life easier, starred in a silly parody of an infomercial touting her adjustable applause machine. Because clapping your hands can kill you. I made a TV Shop commercial for the Applause Machine https://t.co/8av0Kvs30O — Simone Giertz (@SimoneGiertz) March 2, 2016

Lincoln and Dan, the father and son team behind What’s Inside, cut open hundreds of golf balls to see what’s inside. The pair cut open a number of different new golf balls and one 20-year-old ball to see the differences in how they were made. We cut the TOP 2016 Golf balls in half! Big difference […]

Filmmaker Spike Jonze has recreated the opening of The Late Show. In the new version, host Stephen Colbert wakes up in a park before meandering through the streets of New York City with some help from Sesame Street‘s Grover.

Mr. Gear demonstrates how to quickly force open a padlock using a pair of nut wrenches, which could be useful in situations where you lost the key. via reddit

While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the talented impressionist and actor Ross Marquand stepped up to the podium and performed impromptu Oscar acceptance speeches in the voices of random celebrities that the host called out to him. Of course, Marquand nailed them all, although his impression of Matt Damon was a little different from the […]

News Be Funny has created a compilation of some of the best news bloopers from February 2016. Donald Trump and Ben Carson Hilariously Blows GOP Republican Debate Entrance, NFL Denver Broncos fan spends $21,000 on Super Bowl tickets, Criminal looks just like BBC news reporter, Nascar reporter snubs John Cena, and a Yanet Garcia laughing […]

Dory embarks on her journey to find her family in one of two new trailers for Disney Pixar’s Finding Dory. The other new trailer features the titular fish swimming around the film’s logo to a version of the MC Hammer song “Have You Seen Her?”

I am not throwing my Spock. “My Spock” by Jackson Lanzing is a Star Trek parody of the song “My Shot” from the musical Hamilton. The new version of the song follows Spock’s storyline from the 2009 Star Trek film. For comparison, here is the original version of the song.

The International Space Station‘s Expedition 46 crew returned safely to Earth on March 1, 2016 completing the first-ever year-long mission in space for NASA Commander Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. Kelly and Kornienko spent a total of 340 days in space for the mission before landing safely in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan. Both men have already spent […]

Brooklyn-based product and exhibition designer Steph Mantis has created the Pizza Night Light, a slice of illuminating cheese pizza that lays deliciously on a paper plate. The awesome night light is available to purchase from Kikkerland. Remind yourself how much you love pizza as you drift off to sleep with this pizza nightlight. 7W bulb […]

Thrill-seeker Mischo Erban recently set the Guinness World Record for reaching the “fastest speed on an electric skateboard” at the Portorož Airport in Piran, Slovenia. He hit 59.55 MPH while riding on the Nextboard, a four-wheel drive motorized longboard created by the Slovenian technology company Next Generation Vehicles (NGV). This incredible footage shows Mischo expertly […]

The Marble Machine is an elaborate hand-cranked wooden machine that uses 2,000 marbles to make music. As the marbles roll through the machine they strike drum pads, a bass guitar, a vibraphone, and other elements to produce sound. The Marble Machine was created by Martin Molin of the band Wintergatan. They also created a series […]

On a recent episode of Shanks FX, directed by Joey Shanks and produced by PBS Digital Studios, Joey demonstrates how to create interesting water illusions using a camera and sound. Water illusions can happen when you film fast movement with the right type of camera. To the naked eye this looks like something of a […]

The Handicat is a five-piece finger puppet set, created by novelty retailer Archie McPhee, that transforms your hand into a frisky feline. They are currently offering tuxedo and black versions of the Handicat sets, which each include four paws and one head. We’ve all looked at our hands and thought, “Wow, I wish these were […]

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

Ben Affleck, who will be playing the Caped Crusader in the film Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, recently teamed up with Omaze to surprise fans in the Batmobile and spread the news about a Batman v Superman charity auction. The auction will present a winner and their friend with the chance to “fly with […]

William Hirsch imagines what Jurassic Park would be like without any dinosaurs in his new video “Park”. We have such beautiful attractions as: Field Bird Jeep w/ Logo Jeff Goldblum COMING UP NEXT: “World” Here’s the VFX breakdown showing how he took the “Jurassic” out of “Jurassic Park”. via reddit

A finished coffee print. The Coffee Drip Printer by Ted Kinsman is a printer that creates images with small drops of coffee or other liquids. The device was developed by Kinsman at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Kinsman claims that, “This machine prints with and on anything.” A portrait printed with red wine. A […]

Great Big Story recently spoke with artist Anthony Howe, the creator of absolutely stunning signature giant kinetic sculptures become completely hypnotic when the wind blows. Anthony Howe creates the world’s most mesmerizing kinetic sculptures. His wind-powered, curved-metal designs tower up to 25 feet high, and are on display in public spaces around the world. Take […]

Earlier today I attended the special DJI event at Terminal 5 in New York City where they announced their new Phantom 4 drone. As press we were upstairs at the venue and as part of the announcement, they did a live demo in the “arena” below (here’s my video), showing off the new ActiveTrack feature […]

Pipelines is a new xkcd comic that compares the sizes of hypothetical pipelines that would carry different liquids produced in the United States. The cartoon compares the relative sizes of commodities like gasoline, milk, and even donated blood.