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When Dolph C. Volker, an animal advocate and author of Dire Encounters:Man Meets Wolf, noticed that a dehydrated European bumblebee had been listlessly hanging around his kitchen, he took quick action to hydrate the bee with some wild honey. Once the bee was satiated, Volk took him outside and got a quick high five before […]

Filmmaker Kevin McGloughlin has created a beautiful multi-dimensional video that features his father’s picture morphing in and out of footage. McGloughlin refers to this as a …portrait of my father Páraic McGloughlin Sr. This video is made entirely from photographs and video footage. Various techniques in time-lapse photography and long exposure photography are incorporated with […]

“Halloween Meets Gasoline” is a short documentary by Marcus Ubungen about a team of competitors participating in the 24 Hours of LeMons car racing series which puts salvaged and rebuilt cars that cost under $500 against each other in a 24-hour endurance race. via Vimeo Staff Picks

FreezerBoy is a set of large magnets that make a refrigerator or other appliance look like a giant Nintendo Game Boy. The set of six magnets come in the shape of the Game Boy’s iconic screen and buttons. photos via Amazon via Incredible Things

A very pesky African grey parrot named Stanley repeatedly stole the pencil out of the hands of his loudly protesting human. Neither Jet the cat nor Roscoe the dog seemed willing to jump in to help, so silly Stanley got his way. via reddit

Filmmaker ScottDW has created an amusing extreme slow-motion video that shows several people looking toward the skies in wonder, before getting hit by an intense approaching wind that completely distorts their features and blows away their food and drink. via Geeks Are Sexy

The San Francisco Giants recently parodied the opening credits of the classic San Francisco-based sitcom Full House with a baseball-themed video to promote their upcoming “Full Clubhouse” event. The video also features comedian Dave Coulier who played Joey Gladstone on the series. For comparison, here is the original opening to Full House. via Esquire, Neatorama

A teeny tiny 3-day old miniature horse named Sammy adorably stuck close to his human Sebastian as the two of them ran circles around the dirt arena while the colt’s mom Grace looked on. Later on, Sammy had a bit of trouble getting past the gate, but went into full gallop once he got through. […]

A man disassembling his laptop discovered his computer “bug” was a bunch of cockroaches hiding under the motherboard. via Digg

Pauline is the first 3Dvarius, a 3D-printed fully playable electric violin designed by violinist Laurent Bernadac. Bernadac demonstrates what his instrument is capable of in a recent video where he plays Pauline with the aid of a loop pedal. There is also a making-of video that explains the process that went into creating the instrument, […]

The multi-colored Millennium Falcon and AT-AT Walker LED lamps use internal light reflection within clear acrylics, similar to fiber optics, to make the images of either Star Wars vehicle appear to float above the stand. The glow color of either LED lamp is easily changed via a 24-key remote control. Both lamps are available to […]

While performing an acoustic version of “My Hero” at the Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Englewood, Colorado, singer Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters noticed an inebriated man in the audience who was crying and invited him up on stage to sing the rest of the song with him. The man, named Anthony, was carried up […]

A sweet golden retriever named Lily reacted immediately with excitement at the very moment her human informed her that she no longer has cancer. Lily had suffered from an hemangiosarcoma which presented as a large tumor on her spleen. Despite her slim odds of survival, her humans knew they couldn’t give up on their beloved […]

When Alyson Page of Leigh, Greater Manchester, England found out that Sophie, her beautiful 6-year old St. Bernard, was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer, she knew she had to do something special. Despite it being summer, Page was able to arrange for Sophie to have just one more romp around in the (artificial) snow at […]

Cosmic Frogs Vinyl and Larry Clark of The Puzzle Box Maker have both created similar vinyl car decals. Cosmic Frogs’ sticker features a TIE Fighter and Larry’s a TIE Advanced x1 (Darth Vader). The spacecrafts are both swooping down and blasting the classic stick figure family into oblivion. The decals are available to purchase online […]

“You select your gender, height, body mass index, and blood type.” The Onion reports that the new customization options in Bethesda‘s hit video game title, The Elder Scrolls Online, have “reached new heights” by allowing players to customize all the anatomical details of their character, including flesh, bones, organs and even their genetic code.

Project Sunroof is a new tool from Google that lets users find potential energy savings by switching to solar power. The project uses Google Maps and information taken from other databases to show users possible configurations of solar panels on their home, and put them in contact with solar energy providers. Currently, Project Sunroof is […]

Iron Maiden has released a new single, “Speed of Light,” and an awesome music video to go along with it. The music video does a brilliant job of honoring the long history of video games. Their longtime mascot, Eddie the Head, travels through a digital portal and stops to wreak havoc in iconic side-scrolling and […]

Al Zh has created a working model of a V6 engine made from paper and tape that is powered by the air in a balloon. via reddit

Online retailer Vat19 is offering a stylish wooden bow tie by Two Guys Bow Ties. The tie is made of walnut with a laser etched plaid pattern and gray cotton accent with an adjustable neck strap. images via Vat19

Aaron Williams-Mele, who is colorblind, has a pretty emotional reaction to seeing seeing a sunset in full color for the first time after putting on a pair of EnChroma Color For The Colorblind glasses. My parents gave me a pair of Enchroma Color For The Colorblind glasses for my birthday. I decided to try them […]

Inspirational artist Drew Struzan‘s stunning new poster design for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was unveiled at D23 EXPO 2015. IMAX also released an image of the poster on Twitter that features the movie title over Struzan’s illustration work. Another #StarWars legend returns. New Drew Struzan art revealed for #TheForceAwakens! #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/8NHcojVXti — IMAX (@IMAX) […]

Everbright is an artistic device by Hero Design that lets users adjust dials that change color as they are turned to create abstract patterns and displays, like a giant version of a Lite-Brite. The Everbright also includes three built-in animation patterns that make use of the device’s wide range of colors. Everbright is a giant […]

At D23 EXPO 2015, The Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced that both a Star Wars-themed lands and interactive experiences will be coming to the Disney World resort in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland resort in Annaheim, California. Star Wars fans will be able “to step into the stories from a galaxy far, […]

Funny or Die explores how the Google Deep Dream image generation technology really works. It turns out that it is based on the psychedelic visions of Randy Deepdream, who is the hub of the AI neural network.

John Oliver preaches about the evils of Televangelists and the tax loopholes they exploit on ‘Last Week Tonight’.

Mythbusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman make an incredible super slow motion video of Hyneman firing a pistol, which they recorded at 73,000 frames per second using a Vision Research Phantom v2010 high-speed camera (the link goes to the its successor the v2011). Adam Savage is nearly rendered speechless by incredible slomo footage that […]

(larger) Lucasfilm recently announced who the cast and crew will be behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an upcoming live-action Star Wars standalone movie and first in the new Star Wars Anthology Series. The cast will include Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Forest Whitaker, Jiang Wen, Mads Mikkelsen, Riz […]

Smithsonian Channel takes a look at the main difference between bees and wasps. Bees use pollen they collect as a source of protein for their offspring, however wasps use meat, such as other insects.

An Australian news reporter is impressed with how calm this owl is. Start your meme machines! via reddit

Xbox released beautiful gameplay video from Gamescom of the upcoming Lara Croft video game Rise of the Tomb Raider, the follow-up to the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. The game is scheduled to be released November 10th on Xbox

Ian Wood shot some wonderful aerial footage of Los Angeles using a drone, set to “If You Ain’t Never Had The Blues” by Boo Boo Davis produced by BLu ACiD. Here is a map of the locations featured in the video. Wood has a protocol he uses when shooting drone video, which he refers to […]

A confused golden retriever puppy named Jack tried to bite at the falling rain while witnessing his first storm. According to Jack’s human, the puppy just “couldn’t understand how it was coming from the sky”. via reddit

A 3-year old boy named Ryder in Cedar Falls, Iowa got himself into a bit of a situation when he found that taking care of a litter of tiny kittens was literally like herding cats. According to The Home. T blog, Ryder is a very articulate little boy. We received this adorable video from Lisa, […]

A video uploaded by Mohamed Qutteineh shows truck driving on a Saudi Arabia highway with its box bed raised causing it to crash into a highway sign. via Digg

Three deleted scenes from Mad Max: Fury Road that are inlcuded on the Blu-ray/DVD release that is coming out on September 1st in the US. via ComicBookMovie.com

Daniel McGuire of Funbelievable Balloons in central Illinois made a balloon animal of himself making a balloon animal of himself making a balloon animal. image via Daniel McGuire via reddit

Now that Sesame Street will be debuting on HBO before it airs on PBS, David Elmaleh imagined what Games of Thrones might be like set to the Sesame Street theme song..

io9 takes a look at some of the most cringe-worthy scenes in comic book movies. From Superman II to Ang Lee’s Hulk, we take a look at some of the most cringe-worthy moments (for better or worse!) in comic book movie history. via Geeks are Sexy

James Risner created an entrancing endless spiral of toy trains that can travel really fast in either direction. via Geeks are Sexy

Owenergy Studios created an “unbelievable” supercut of things that Owen Wilson says in movies. via reddit

WestJet flight attendant Michael McAdam consistently has passengers rolling in the aisles with his flamboyantly dramatic interpretation of the required pre-flight safety briefing. This is a real Westjet Steward doing a real safety demonstration. He had the entire plane in stitches! What a great way to make us pay attention! Way to go Westjet! McAdam […]

In a recent episode of the Wired series “The Science of Booze”, host Adam Rogers spoke with Jennifer Colliau, the beverage director of The Interval at The Long Now, about the importance of ice, water and temperature when serving a perfect cocktail.

Maymo the wonderfully entertaining lemon beagle recently woke up to find that he was being attacked by a carrot wielding killer robot. At first Maymo was a bit confused, but once he realized that food was involved, he knew exactly what to do. …Maymo is taking a nap on the couch when he receives an […]

“Can Cats Make You Crazy” by Wired explains what the parasite toxoplasma gondii is, where it can be found and what it can do to a developing human brain. There’s this theory that exposure to this bacterium a young age can lead to mental illness. Surveys show that people with schizophrenia were exposed to cats […]

Filmmaker Bobby Burns has created a new video imagining what John Sturges‘ 1960 western film, The Magnificent Seven, might look like if created by Quentin Tarantino in the style of his upcoming western movie The Hateful Eight.

Never let the bad things prevent you from focusing on what’s really important. A hungry little Hermann’s tortoise happily munched away on a pink flower, never letting the fact that she was upside-down get in the way of her yummy meal with her terrapin friends. The humans involved quickly assured that the tortoise “was turned […]

In their latest metal melting experiment, Carsandwater takes a look at what happens when a red hot nickel ball is placed on top of an old Nokia 3310 mobile phone.

Animator, illustrator, and musician Andy Martin (a.k.a. “Handymartian“) has created Mr Director, a great stop-motion animated short film about a self-proclaimed legendary director and his behind-the-scenes look at the life he led in films. Andy has shared a making of video online, some of his original sketchbook drawings, and process photos from the clever animated […]

Tuzla, Bosnia-based artist Jasenko Dordevic of TOLDart has created a series of incredibly detailed miniature sculptures that are carved into pencil graphite. Some of his lead sculptures, like The Creation of Adam and Love, are carved into the end of the pencil lead. Some of his more tricky pieces, like the Train, require Dordevic to […]