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Google recaps some of the most searched stories of the year in its Year in Search 2015. The powerful video shows how people searched for ways to help one another after tragedy, sought acceptance, and looked for more frivolous answers to questions about what colors a dress was. Google has also created an interactive tool […]

Filmmaker Zach King of Final Cut King has created a wonderful compilation video that features some of his best digital magic tricks that he shared on Vine in 2015.

Digg has created a compilation of every on-screen death in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. They counted a total of 3,228 deaths, consisting of 123 individuals killed and 3,105 ship casualties. Not only were the prequels terrible films, they were also considerably more tame than the original trilogy. Thanks to the magic of CG, 99% […]

In the latest Star Wars: The Force Awakens featurette, director J.J. Abrams, award-winning special effects artist Neal Scanlan, and stars from the new film discuss the evolution and performance of the BB-8 droid.

The cast of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens sings an acapella medley of Star Wars music with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots on The Tonight Show.

A fisherman in the Chinese province of Chongqing province of China accidentally discovered a 200-year old wild giant salamander who measures an astonishing 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) and weighs 52 kilograms (115 pounds) and is thought to be the oldest living animal. Unfortunately, the salamander is in poor health and is currently residing at a […]

Aerodrome, a company that provides education and FAA certification for piloting drones, is building the world’s first instructional airport for drone pilots in Boulder City, Nevada. The project hopes to help narrow the talent gap in the unpiloted aircraft field as the industry grows and more jobs are created without qualified people to fill them. Classes […]

On a recent episode of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert and Jennifer Lawrence lie on a hillside, gaze at the stars and ponder “The Big Questions” of the universe. During her appearance on the show, Lawrence also talked about how she enjoys being a human being.

Inventor Colin Furze built a motorized drift trike capable of speeds around 50 MPH, and demonstrates the fast little machine in action. Furze also details how he put it all together in a making-of video and also did a Q&A. Full instructions and links to where parts can be purchased are available of Furze’s site. […]

“I’m toned, you’re so flappy. Mad cause Sam Jackson killed your clone daddy.” – Deadpool Marvel‘s anti-hero Deadpool faced off with the feared Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett in a recent episode of Epic Rap Battles of History created by Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD.

Noerr Programs, a company that provides professional Santas during the holiday season, shares a look inside their Santa University training program where the Santas come each year to master their craft. Noerr has also posted a number of other Santa videos to their YouTube channel, and on their site they boast that 96% of their […]

The Royal Institute has created a beautiful animation to accompany Carl Sagan‘s 1977 Christmas Lecture where he compared human space exploration to a, “dandelion going to seed.” The video is part of the Royal Institute’s 2015 advent calendar where they release a new piece of content every day until Christmas.

Los Angeles-based comedy writer and actor Benjamin Apple has created an oddly comforting five-hour yule log video of Darth Vader roasting on an open fire. Vader‘s (Anakin Skywalker) classic funeral pyre scene was from the 1983 film, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Cuddle up with your loved ones and bask in the warming glow […]

Filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney has created a fantastic supercut video for IndieWire‘s Press Play series, Genius Directors in Three Minutes, of some of the best visual film references in Quentin Tarantino‘s movies. Many filmmakers pay homage, but Tarantino takes things a step further by replicating exact moments from a variety of genres and smashing them […]

The red carpet interviews from last night’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiere in Hollywood. Hosts Anthony Carboni, Andi Gutierrez, and David Collins talk with the cast, creators, and fans, and report on all the action from the movie event of the year.

Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction have created a compilation video featuring every time “The Force” was used in all six Star Wars films. They ended up with a total force count of 267 times.

In the new trailer for the Christmas episode Sherlock, the determined detective and his friend Dr. Watson seek to uncover the mystery of “The Abominable Bride“, a mysteriously deceased newlywed who is haunting the streets of 19th Century London. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate a mysterious ghostly bride who appears to have committed murder […]

The Gang hits the slopes to save a mountain in the 1980s style sneak peek of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 11, premiering January 6, 2016 on FXX.

When vidographer Branden Bingham and his family went outside to enjoy the freshly fallen snow outside their Garden City, Utah home on Thanksgiving morning, they discovered a tiny white kitten who had more than likely spent the entire night outside. The kitten was frozen and lifeless, but the Bingham family took the little one inside, […]

Synchronicity is a dark science fiction film by writer/director Jacob Gentry about the consequences of time travel. The trailer gives a glimpse into the noir world of Synchronicity as physicist Jim Beale (Chad McKnight) has to fight to protect his invention from corporate interests. The film will be released both in theaters and on demand on January […]

An adorably smiling terrier gleefully performed a bit of fancy footwork to the very danceable beat of the Modern Talking song “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul” that was playing in the background. According to the person who shot the video “this dog has rhythm. …has better moves than me” via reddit

“Tell Me About John” is a touching tribute to the brilliant comedy actor John Candy. The short piece was edited together by Dominick Nero of Magnulux Pictures from clips of Candy’s work and interviews with the people who knew and worked with him. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

In honor of the holiday season, Mode Video has created a two-and-a-half minute time lapse that tells the history of American toys, decade by decade. The video starts during the simpler times of dolls and Tinker Toys and moves very quickly the electronic age of robotic dogs and self-balancing hover boards. It’s toy time! Whether […]

The latest episode of Kurzgesagt provides an animated explanation of how black holes form and the effects they have on matter. The video also covers the possible different ways a black hole would kill a person, and what would happen to the Earth if the Sun were replaced by a black hole of the same […]

Hank Green takes a look at how metal can be used to help kill bacteria on the latest episode of SciShow. Even before we knew what bacteria were capable of, we were using certain metals to help fight off their effects.

The latest experiment by The Backyard Scientist involved pouring molten aluminum into a fish tank full of water beads to see what kind of interesting designs were created as the molten metal flows down. I packed a fishtank completely full of water balls (water beads, water balz, spitballs…). Im guessing there are over 10,000 in […]

Henry Reich takes a look at the physics behind car crashes on the latest episode of MinutePhysics. How is the chemical energy of gasoline transformed into kinetic energy of a moving car? And where does that kinetic energy go when the car crashes into something and stops moving?

Wearable technology company Electric Styles has created a fun hooded zippered sweatshirt with electroluminescent wire (EL wire) piping that lights up in the dark. The hidden controller has three different strobe settings and an optional sound pack that “blinks with the beat”. Available in 5 El Wire colors, watch your normal hoodie light GLOW with […]

Household Hacker shows an inexpensive way to make any glove work with a touchscreen device. Make any glove work with a touchscreen! This will work with Android phones, iPhones, Tablets etc… All you need are a few basic items and you can turn your favorite pair of gloves into a touchscreen reactive set. You can […]

True Love Tinder Robot is an art project by Nicole He, a graduate student at the NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program. The project features a talking robotic hand that senses how one person truly feels about someone else’s Tinder profile and then swipes left or right for them. The True Love Tinder Robot will find you love, […]

Firebox has released a fantastic wax dinosaur egg candle that melts away to reveal an adorable baby raptor inside. You’re likely under the impression that bringing dinosaurs back to life is a fiddly affair. You didn’t get your GCSE in cloning using paleo-DNA from either bones or the guts of mosquitoes in amber and John […]

Temptations Cat Treats took the opportunity of their amusing holiday commercial to offer a blanket apology to all cats everywhere for the horribly inane, but well-meaning, things their humans do to them such as putting them in silly costumes, wrapping them up as presents and/or dressing them in ugly sweaters for family photos. The apology […]

Taras Kulakov, aka Crazy Russian Hacker, and howtoPRANKitup demonstrate several unique ways to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew, including using a blowtorch, an air compressor and a shoe.

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated series “Blank on Blank“, humorist Garrison Keillor opens up about how his religious upbringing affected his outlook on life. The conversation took place in 1994 with journalist George Plimpton in front of a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. I grew up […]

Rooster Teeth has released the second trailer for Lazer Team, their upcoming sci-fi action comedy film directed by Matt Hullum and starring Burnie Burns, Allie DeBerry, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, and Colton Dunn. The movie will follow four dorks who are forced to save planet Earth from aliens. Lazer Team is scheduled to invade select […]

A moving spec commercial for Johnnie Walker titled “Dear Brother” features two brothers sharing one last drink after roaming the countryside together. The project was directed by filmmakers Dorian Lebherz and Daniel Titz from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. via reddit

Wanting to see the magnificent Eiffel Tower from his bed, Parisian builder Lucas Bergesson of La Fabrique DIY crafted a handmade periscope using two facing mirrors firmly bolted to opposite sides of the window. Bergesson generously shared the instructions for making the periscope, but warns to be very careful about recreating the project. My window […]

Ice Age: Collision Course is the fifth film in the Ice Age series of animated features. In the film’s official trailer, the character of Scrat chases an acorn into outer space, setting off a series of cosmic events the other characters will have to contend with. The film stars Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, […]

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 […]