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Filmmakers Veena Rao and Emily Sheskin spoke with scientific artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg about “Stranger Visions“, her line of eerily realistic portrait masks that were crafted with materials that incorporated the DNA left behind on discarded gum, cigarettes and fingernails. “It all started with wondering what I could learn about someone from a little piece … […]

“1.21 Gigawatts” is a fan edited trailer by Tyler Hopkins for a Back to the Future prequel about how Doc Brown acquired the plutonium to build his time machine from Libyan terrorists. The fake thriller is pieced together from multiple films including Back to the Future, Camp Nowhere, Iron Man, and Zero Dark Thirty. via The AV Club

The steady hands of the Food Surgeon, who once performed an Oreo transplant on a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, skillfully perform a clinical dissection of a garlic bulb, peeling off each delicate layer in a deliberate, precise manner. Hope you like garlic. #teaser pic.twitter.com/A1sYOOAur2 — The Food Surgeon (@_TheFoodSurgeon) February 16, 2016

“Weird Al” Yankovic shared a promotional video he created for SundanceTV to tell viewers where they can find the channel. The problem, as Yankovic put it, is that the channel number is different for each carrier, so he had to record several versions. The videos were directed by Liam Lynch, who worked with Yankovic previously […]

The Warp Zone recently performed a fantastic a capella cover of The Walking Dead theme song in honor of the television series’ season six mid season premiere. The original theme song for comparison:

The team from What’s Inside? recently partnered with Shonduras to cut the top off a lava lamp and drop a GoPro inside to film its swirling goo. The trio then used what they learned from dissecting the lamp to try to create a giant lava lamp from a six-gallon water cooler bottle.

Beat Down Boogie has created a new music video featuring incredibly creative cosplay footage from Katsucon 2016, annual three-day anime convention at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Beat Down Boogie’s full collection of Katsucon photos are available to view on Facebook. Fans of the Beat Down Boogie crew can […]

Barney and friends perform the song “Get Money” by Junior M.A.F.I.A. and The Notorious B.I.G. in the latest delightful mashup by Mylo the Cat. Here is the original music video for “Get Money.”

While attending the wedding of Dieter Bohn and Lisa Brewster last weekend in the Dominican Republic, Casey Newton took a photo of the couple’s hilarious wedding cake topper featuring a bride and groom checking their phones behind each other’s back. Congrats Dieter and Lisa! This cake topper really captures modern romance #dieterandlisa pic.twitter.com/V7lteEVn68 — Casey […]

Screen Junkies host Hal Rudnick takes a look some of the early roles played by 2016 Oscar nominees before they were famous. Even Oscar nominees have to get their start somewhere. Check out what nominees like Jennifer Lawrence, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo and Christian Bale were doing long before anyone knew their names!

Back in May 2015 we posted about the “Mewgaroo Hoodie” by UniHabitat, a convenient hoodie with a nice big front pouch for kitties to snuggle in close. Later that year, the company released the “Mewgaroo Jumpsuit“, a footed pajama onesie with the same pouch in a limited range of colors. Since that time, however, the […]

In the new trailer for the fourth season of the BBC America show Orphan Black, a determined Sarah Manning seeks answers by “going back to the beginning of all this” with the warning that “Hiding doesn’t work.” Orphan Black Season 4 premieres Thursday, April 14th at 10:00 PM.

Dr. Andy Mathis, an incredibly compassionate veterinarian in Elberton, Georgia, sat inside the crate of a beautiful Pit Bull named Graycie, eating his cereal out of a dog bowl while hand-feeding the frightened canine. Graycie had come to Dr. Mathis’ care at Granite Hills Animal Care several weeks earlier in absolutely horrific condition. Rather than […]

AJ’s Toy Boarders are a collection of clever skateboarder figurines styled to look like classic green army men toys. They are available to purchase from the AJ’s Toy Boarders and Vat19. ToyBoarders Skateboarders are a different kind of army: 48 skateboarding figurines that are styled like classic plastic army men. With sixteen different poses, you […]

“X-Ray Audio: The Documentary” by The Vinyl Factory and Antique Beat focuses on banned rock & roll records copied onto medical x-rays in 1950s Russia through interviews with people who helped make and distribute them. The iconic images of gramophone grooves cut onto x-rays of skulls, ribcages and bones have captured the collective imagination way […]

The legendary, stylish Slack Socks, worn by the creators and fans of the beloved real-time communication service Slack, are now available for purchase in the Slack Shop, where you can also find fun things like stickers, wooden coasters and someday, a flying umbrella. Frequently admired, much desired, but very rarely available, the Slack Sock brings […]

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a striking image of Earth and the Moon from the perspective of the red planet using its onboard High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. On October 3, 2007 when the image was taken, Earth and Mars were 88 million miles apart, meaning that each pixel of the image covers […]

Host John Green takes a look at odd things some people do that hardly anyone else does, making them a bit “weird”, on Mental Floss “List Show” Episode 407.

Australian photographer John Hatfield recently created an interactive 360 degree video, from a 2D video created by Omni Verse in 2014, that features 500 episodes of The Simpsons playing at once. You can drag your mouse around within the video and easily see each episode in their animated glory. Here is the original 2D video […]

In an episode of Periodic Videos, Sir Martyn Poliakoff demonstrated what happens when lithium is added to 7Up soda. When a piece of metallic lithium was added to the drink it began to heat up, bubble, and change color. Poliakoff went on to explain how he and his team attempted to figure out exactly what caused the […]

RC MEDIA WORLD has shared footage of the world’s largest remote control airplane, created by Adi Pitz, taking flight at Airlinertreffen 2015 in Oppingen, Germany with pilot Rainer Kamitz at the controls. The 1/13 scale model, which was built as a stunning replica of a Virgin Atlantic 747-400 aircraft, is approximately 131 pounds with a […]

Screen Rant takes a look at “The Pixar Theory”, which suggests that all Pixar movies are connected and exist within the same universe.

“We Can’t Live Without Cosmos” is an Oscar-nominated animated short by Konstantin Bronzit about two best friends training for their shared lifelong dream of becoming astronauts. When tragedy strikes, one of the friends deals with loss in a unique way. The film was recently shared online by The New Yorker. images via The Oscars

“Wubba lubba dub dub!” Eclectic Method has created a great remix of the popular Adult Swim cartoon series Rick and Morty.

JoyBlend recently built a giant tower out of 100,000 sparklers and put on a show by setting the large tower of awesome ablaze outside. Watching 350 pounds of sparklers go off is an amazing thing to behold. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Japanese artist Toshiya Masuda has created a series of amazing ceramic sculptures featuring pixelated versions of everyday objects like jogging shoes, a baseball, over easy eggs on a skillet, and more. Masuda’s entire series of pixelated sculptures are available to view on his portfolio website. images via Toshiya Masuda via Lustik

The folks behind Filmnørdens Hjørne, a Danish podcast about films, recently edited together a fantastic montage that features almost all of the movies nominated at the 2016 Oscars. via GeekTyrant

Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez Snapchat and show off their talents on the teen show “Ew!”.

Seth Rogen shows his technique for rolling a joint on the new series “Rolling With Rogen” from the cannabis culture website Merry Jane. Rolling With Rogen is a new MERRY JANE series, produced by Seth’s own Point Grey Pictures, which gives viewers a chance to learn how to roll something and smoke something directly from […]

OK Go and director Trish Sie explain how they created their incredible “Upside Down & Inside Out” music video while flying in zero gravity, all in one single take. They also posted an FAQ with more info.

As a part of their ongoing “You’re not you when you’re hungry” campaign, Snickers posted a really clever ad that made delicious fun of really awful Photoshop failures all while promoting their yummy product. Photo retouchers get confused when they’re hungry. How many mistakes can you find? #EatASNICKERS @SI_Swimsuit pic.twitter.com/qffqibPKSw — SNICKERS® (@SNICKERS) February 16, […]

Twitter has added integrated GIF search to its apps and web platform. The company will be rolling out the feature to users over the coming weeks. Once the feature is active, users will see a GIF button that will allow them to search a library of GIFs from Twitter’s partners Giphy and Riffsy to quickly insert GIFs into […]

Gittler Instruments has created a beautiful line of electric guitars and bass guitars that are striking in their minimalistic design. Each instrument is made from titanium and consists of rounded frets, strings, fret lighting, pickups and MIDI technology. …this minimalist design with rounded cylindrical features produces an amazing sound for every type of music. From […]

Google has announced it has released Gmailify, a new service that provides Gmail features to non-Gmail email accounts. Users can now link their other email addresses in the Gmail app for Android to get improved spam protection, organization, and Google Now cards with the option of turning the features off later. We’re excited to bring […]

In a rare interview, Marty Krofft of the iconic Sid and Marty Krofft sat down to speak with the Hollywood Reporter and offered viewers a glimpse inside the mystical, magical and sometimes terrifying world they created for children (and adults) with such shows as H.R. Pufnstuf, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost […]

Radio Flyer has partnered with Tesla Motors to release a miniature Model S electric car for children. The vehicle has a top speed of six miles per hour, advanced battery technology, working headlights, a sound system, and other Model S inspired design elements. The tiny cars will begin shipping in May 2016, and customers can […]

“Portal vs Half-Life” is a new live-action short, created by Andrew McMurry of AndrewMFilms, where Chell of the Portal video game series and Gordon Freeman of Half-Life have a deadly battle over some cake. Chell and Gordon fight for some cake. No lie. Andrew broke down the steps he used to create the final visual […]

A photo posted by Stephen Lund (@roadrashyyj) on Jun 24, 2015 at 3:01pm PDT Bicyclist Stephen Lund ingeniously creates amazing doodle art that he makes through Strava, a GPS service that tracks and plots the routes taken, which have been quite a lot. According to Lund, he biked over 22,300 km (13,856 miles) in his […]

On a recent episode of Nerdy Nummies, Los Angeles-based baker and author Rosanna Pansino demonstrated how to make delicious chicken dumplings inspired by the animated film Kung Fu Panda 3. A video posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Feb 16, 2016 at 12:04pm PST A video posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Feb 16, 2016 […]

Lenses is an interactive light sculpture by the design firm HUSH that converts refracted light into sound as users arrange prisms on its surface. We created an interactive audiovisual installation that uses prisms, light and sound to represent the interplay of ideas between our designers, architects, musicians, and technologists. By arranging the prisms across a surface […]

Talented aerial photographer and drone operator A_L_E_X has created “Moscow in Winter“, a short film that offers an absolutely gorgeous overhead view of the beautiful bustling city underneath a blanket of snow. via Coudal Partners

In the final mini-documentary for the AARP series “Fearless At 50“, filmmaker T.J. Cooney speaks with Roxanne Cai aka “Rock N Roll”. Cai, a motorcycle riding musician, heads up the California Hero Initiative: San Francisco, a group of wonderfully costumed superheroes who roam the streets of San Francisco in order to make the city a […]

Digg provides a recap for the eight movies that are nominated for “Best Picture” at the 2016 Oscars. There are eight films up for Best Picture this year, and realistically, who has time to watch all these things? Our cheeky summary will help you pretend to know what these movies were about (and why Leo […]

The NERF Battle Racer is an awesome pedal-powered go-kart, created by Hauck Toys, that has built-in brackets for storing up to four NERF weapons. The vehicle of foam destruction, for kids from age 4 to 10, is currently available to purchase on Amazon. It’s NERF or nothing! Creating a stir worldwide is Hauck’s NERF Battle […]

The History Channel in partnership with A&E Networks is creating an 8-hour remake of the classic mini-series Roots with an all-star cast. Just like the 1977 original, the series is based upon the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley and is being produced by Mark Wolper, the son of the […]

Marvel and director James Gunn have revealed the first of many production photos from the set of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which features an adorable mini Groot, and also announced some of the new and returning cast members. One highlight from the new cast roster is the great Kurt Russel in an unknown […]

A&E has released a new teaser trailer for Damien, an upcoming television series based on the classic 1976 horror film The Omen. The creepy new trailer gives us a glimpse at just how close the “End of Days” are to becoming a reality. Damien, from executive producer Glen Mazzara, is currently set to premiere on […]

Whiskey Bullets by SipDark are a clever set of beverage stones whose stainless steel construction adds the perfect amount of chill and a bit of bang to any choice of spirit without diluting a single drop. They also give new meaning to the term “a shot of whiskey” These stainless steel bullets will cool your […]

John Goodman explains why he brought Mary Elizabeth Winstead to his underground bunker, and John Gallagher Jr. tells her how he broke his arm in a new ad for 10 Cloverfield Lane. The trailer premiered during a recent episode of The Walking Dead. 10 Cloverfield Lane will be released in theaters on March 11, 2016. image via 10 Cloverfield […]

Stephen Colbert traveled to Happy Bagel Place with Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson during their recent appearance on The Late Show. While there, Colbert had to shoot a belly button laser to slay the Bagel King and free the Bagel Babies. The rainbow bagels that transported the trio to the magical Happy Bagel Place were made by The […]