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The stick figures from animator Alan Becker‘s series Animator vs. Animation go mad with power after they find a Minecraft block and realize its potential in “Animation vs. Minecraft.” The animation builds into an epic battle as the other stick figures have to team up to stop the red stick figure from destroying their computer desktop […]

Stuntman Ronnie Shalvis recently teamed up with a talented group of athletes to create “Star Wars Parkour Battle – The Flow Awakens,” a wonderful video where Jedi and Sith perform powerful free running stunts while fighting to the death with lightsabers. The video was filmed by Boston McConnaughey and Eric Pasternak with visual effects by […]

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a film about the magical creatures of the Harry Potter universe. The film is based on the book of the same name by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, inspired by a textbook mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Set […]

“Never underestimate the horsepower of the dark side.” – Bryan Benedict On a recent episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, Hot Wheels senior staff designer Bryan Benedict and car builder Billy Hammon met up with Leno to explain the creative process behind making an incredible life-size version of the Hot Wheels Darth Vader character car. Jay […]

“#ELFED” is a fun Christmas parody by The Holderness family and Greenroom Communications of rapper Kendrick Lamar‘s 2014 song “i“. The family danced around New York City dressed up as joyous elves while spreading happiness to friends and random strangers. We loved surprising friends an strangers dressed as Santa’s elves in New York City and […]

On a recent episode of Ellen, actress Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and host Ellen DeGeneres chatted it up and tried to sell Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie tickets to fans on the side of the road. The two awesome ladies put on amusing Princess Leia ear muffs and offered up tickets, outside of Warner […]

The Prank Pirates gave a series of shocking surprises to guests at YouTube Space Tokyo during a staged prank. Guests at the shoot were first treated to an armed monster climbing out of their make-up mirror before witnessing a staged violent attack during the shoot itself. via RocketNews24

Videographer Eddie Codel had a bit of fun sending his trusty DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter in repeating circles high above the abandoned housing barracks on Treasure Island, a former naval outpost near San Francisco.

KQED Science takes a look at the fascinating manner in which beetles and other insects are able to breathe underwater. The insects use the principles of surface tension to capture the necessary oxygen to carry with them. Surface tension is the property of any liquid that describes how its particles stick together. In the case […]

JK Brickworks has created the EV3 Cookie Icing Machine, a clever machine that ices cookies with festive designs built using LEGO Mindstorms EV3 building set. The instructions and relevant software for the machine can be downloaded through the JK Brickworks site. An infomercial parody demonstrates the device in action as it ices a series of […]

The lovably frisky feline duo of Cole and Marmalade celebrate the holiday season by effectively demonstrating how they make decorating the house a very challenging feat for their ever embattled human Chris. In 2014, Chris showed how to make a very simple “cat proof Christmas tree“. Do you dream of having a Christmas tree that’s […]

Retro Report looks back on the story of little boy named David Vetter who suffered from a horrific immune deficiency condition known as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which forced him to live in a sterile plastic environment the entirety of his short life. His unique situation earned him notoriety as the “Boy in the Plastic […]

All I Want for Christmas Is a Goat is a festival album of goats singing popular holiday songs. The album was put together by ActionAid Sweden to raise awareness about the important role goats play in fighting poverty. The album is available now on iTunes and Spotify with proceeds going to benefit ActionAid. submitted via Laughing Squid […]

While walking around NYC’s Central Park today I came across a curious clock that has a face that rotates counter-clockwise as the minute hand moves forward and the second hand ticks to the vertical position. The clock, located in Doris C. Freedman Plaza, is an art project titled “Against the Run” that was created by […]

20th Century Fox has released a fun new video where Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) tries to sip on some eggnog while announcing the 12 Days of Deadpool, a 12-day event featuring new Deadpool movie posters and clips being dropped everyday from various sources and ending with an official trailer on Christmas day. The Deadpool film adaptation […]

Alpha 1s by Ubtech is a programmable humanoid robot that sings, dances, and does kung fu, or whatever other moves its human master can think of. The robot comes with 3D editing software for programming its movements, and can be controlled with an app. Alpha 1s can serve as an educational tool as the user learns to […]

image via 93Fangshadow Earlier this year, cosplayer 93Fangshadow posted an official set of knitting instructions for recreating the distinctive scarf worn by the 4th incarnation of the beloved Gallifreyan Doctor Who. My mom got them after her older brother’s girl-friend (BACK IN THE ’80s) wrote for them and had them sent to her. Then he […]

In 2013 YouTuber Nestor Bonilla captured the wonderful sight of a vendor on Crash Boat Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico demonstrating how he teaches local pelicans to dance and perform tricks in the air, upon request. In 2011, radio broadcaster Raquel Calero also captured footage of “Harry y los pelicanos” (“Harry and the pelicans”). via […]

Chris Hardwick and host James Corden teamed up to perform a wonderful Star Wars themed parody of “The Christmas Song” during a recent episode of The Late Late Show. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to hit theaters this week on December 18th, 2015.

Inspired by the renowned “NYC Pizza Rat“, the staff of New York Magazine conducted a random taste test of the City’s most famous pizzas amongst the discerning local rat population. Pies from Lombardi’s, Grimaldi’s, Motorino and Williamsburg were set out in a Chinatown park in order to determine which pizza was the local favorite. At […]

Photographer Leo Rosas, a member of the Cooperative of Photography, efficiently documented the history of camera equipment in 11 portraits featuring a model whose looks were matched to each era. Take a historical journey with COOPH photographer Leo Rosas through the evolution of the camera & portrait. One shoot, one model and some mad Photoshop […]

Vietnamese artist Ho Anh Dúc has created a very amusing video that proves once again how photos that are posted online don’t really tell the entire story. Live Virtual technique – Actually not necessarily a virtual living technique, I want to show that behind every picture on social networks are not exactly as you think. […]

Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics & Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, provides an animated TED-Ed lesson on the ethical dilemma of self-driving cars and their need to make life or death decisions. The lesson compares how humans instinctively react to dangerous situations while driving with the way a computer would be […]

The Enterprise and its crew are under attack in the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third film the rebooted Star Trek film franchise. The film was directed by Justin Lin (Fast & Furious) and stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Idris Elba, and Zoe Saldana. It will be released in theaters on July 22, 2016.

This past Saturday, a talented group of fans calling themselves the “Mary Mobsters” dressed as chimney sweeps and performed a coordinated dance from the classic Disney musical Mary Poppins for a very pleased Dick Van Dyke on his 90th birthday. Later on, Mr. Van Dyke joined the group for a rousing a cappella version of […]

In a new star-studded sketch by Funny or Die, they feature a hypothetical Star Wars holiday special that is based solely on trailers and rumors about J.J. Abrams‘ upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens film. The Force Awakens will be landing in theaters this week on December 18th, 2015.

Reality Editor is a new app designed by Valentin Heun at MIT to easily program smart devices to interact with each other in a wide variety of ways. For example, the app could be used to connect the lights in a person’s office to their desk chair, so when they stand up to leave the lights will […]

Batman 66 Labels is a clever blog, created by Ottawa-based Aaron Reynolds, that features a fantastic collection of silly labels found in the live-action Batman television series that aired from 1966-1968. The entire series of labels are available to view on the Tumblr blog and on Twitter. BATSCILLOSCOPE VIEWER pic.twitter.com/oSFuHI9H6K — Batman 66 Labels (@BatLabels) […]

Fadi Saleh of Baracksdubs created a clever edited video that makes it look like President Barack Obama is singing ‘Hotline Bling’ by Drake using various video clips of Obama speaking.

Filmmakers Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital have created a new special effects-filled video of a cat and dog engaging in an insane kung fu battle when their owner leaves the house. Things get broken and, of course, the dog ends up taking the blame.

Vox gives a brief history of Kilroy, the World War II doodle that traveled the world with American GIs in, “The World War II Meme That Circled the World.”

Bottle Boys performing the classic Christmas song “Winter Wonderland” on beer bottles.

Software engineer Dave Stein of the AT-AT Project recently brought a vintage Kenner AT-AT Walker toy to life with the use of an Arduino Uno board and an Xbox 360 controller. According to the Arduino Blog, “the AT-AT walker toy updated by Dave is controlled by a wired Xbox 360 controller that interfaces with a […]

John Oliver gives some tips on how to regift underwhelming holiday presents on Last Week Tonight.

You can prepare for Friday’s premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by watching all 6 of the Star Wars films at the same time in HD with this handy video created by Michael McNulty. via reddit

A new Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV spot reminds us the film premieres in 5 days on December 18th.

GradeA UnderA goes on a hilarious rant about how the naming of animals is stupid.

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to the 1996 sci-fi disaster movie Independence Day. The film, which will be released June 24, 2016, is directed by Roland Emmerich with cast featuring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie […]

A Star Wars: The Force Awakens toy commercial aired on Saturday Night Live last night that gave a painfully accurate portrayal of how the toys are not just for kids these days.

Will Ferrell resurrected his George W. Bush persona last night for the cold open of Saturday Night Live to announce that he’s running for president of the US again and mock the current Republican candidates. Bush on Trump: "Whenever I get in a bad mood I picture his big fat orange Oompa Loompa face and […]

Every day while on his delivery route in Falmouth, MA on Cape Cod, a pack of wild turkeys aggressivly chase the local mailman. He has to use a pole to keep them at bay as documented in a video shot by CapeCodWave who lives in the neighborhood. via reddit

Leslie A uploaded a video of her baby Joe who’s laugh sounds a lot like Nelson Muntz from The Simpsons. via reddit

Animation studio LAIKA (Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls) has just released the trailer for Kubo and the Two Strings, their wonderful new stop-motion animated action-adventure film set in Japan, directed by LAIKA president and CEO Travis Knight. The film is scheduled for release on August 19, 2016. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of […]

In a recent episode of Great Big Story, several synesthetes – people with synesthesia – explain how their brain interprets data such as numbers, letters, words and music along with what they feel when they do so. Several people see numbers in color. A woman described words having specific tastes, another woman sees songs as […]

When Los Angeles-based television prop master Michael Gump made his 2015 New Year’s resolution, he promised that he would create for himself a “daily disguise” for every day until he reaches 1,000 and hasn’t missed a day as of yet. On January 1, 2015, Gump posted his resolution. January 1 happy New Year! I used […]

Max Goodrich demonstrates how a Star Wars Jedi prepares breakfast in the morning using “The Force”. via Tastefully Offensive

Netflix has released the trailer for Making A Murderer, a new documentary series that explores the very complicated legal history of Wisconsin convict Steven Avery, his previous erroneous conviction and the circumstances that led up to his life sentence for murder. Filmed over ten years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing […]

The feline-focused Japanese company Felissimo has bottled the beguiling scent of a cat’s forehead into the convenient “Moho Mohu Odeko no Kaori” (“Fluffy Forehead Fragrance”) Fabric Water that can be safely sprayed onto a multitude of materials, including a plush cat head that Felissimo also sells. According to RocketNews 24, the scent is delicate. When […]

People Are Awesome have released “People Are Awesome 2015”, their annual compilation of viral videos featuring people doing amazing things. See the YouTube video description for the full list of videos.

Two remarkably trained hamsters named Dumptruck and Porkchop of April’s Animals competed against one another in an adorable agility contest. Dumptruck went first, scoring a respectable time. Porkchop went much faster, but needed an assist through one of the jumps, costing her a 2-second penalty. Both hamsters ran a good race, but ultimately Dumptruck went […]