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CommitStrip presents a brief history of the increasingly unpopular web software platform Adobe Flash. via Geeks are Sexy

9 Cats and their newest family member made an oddly soothing sound as they munched down their dinner simultaneously. The group took a bit of time to coordinate with Osamu the kitten but eventually they all got there. image via 10 Cats via RocketNews24

The original Back to the Future film will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year on October 21, 2015. Not only is the Back to the Future trilogy being released as a Blu-Ray set on October 21st, but the Back to the Future website mentioned during a recent press release that the three iconic films […]

On the latest episode of DIY Prop Shop on Break’s AWE me channel, host Dustin McLean shows how to build a hoverboard prop from Back to the Future. Here’s PDF of hoverboard decals that you can print out for the project.

The third episode of the New York Magazine series “The Science of Us” focuses on the simple steps a person can take in order to function normally at work after a night of no sleep. Consider this a template: Maybe not all of their advice will directly apply to you, because you work nights, or […]

Tom Scott takes a look inside of Tropical Islands Resort, the world’s largest indoor waterpark. It’s located inside of old airfield in Brandenburg, Germany and is the world’s largest uninterrupted indoor space.

A resilient orange tabby who got caught in a small kitchen fire was revived from unconsciousness by the New Orleans Fire Department with an oxygen mask specially designed for small animals. According to Fox8Live, the two other cats who lived in the house got out safely, but this poor little guy was believed to be […]

Stargate Studios released a new visual effects reel that breaksdown some of amazing digital magic that they created for seasons one through five of AMC’s popular television show The Walking Dead. There is much excitement and anticipation this year as the Emmy nominations were announced. Congratulations to our #VFX team here at Stargate and to […]

Leo In her stunning series “Astrology Symbols“, body artist Trina Merry and her team painstakingly and strategically painted the bodies of 60 very flexible models to represent the 12 astrological signs. The project took place over the course of a year in both New York City and San Francisco. Capricorn Pisces Aries Scorpio Taurus Cancer […]

Renown astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains “The Genesis of the Universe” on a special episode of MinutePhysics writen and narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson and animated by Henry Reich. The video’s soundtrack of “The Firebird Suite” by Igor Stravinsky, performed by The United States Air Force Band.

Miss Piggy of The Muppets sings “Bitch Better Have My Money” by Rihanna in a remix created by Mylo the Cat for episode 4 of Vulture Remix.

In a short teaser trailer for the next inception of the popular F/X series American Horror Story, special guest Lady Gaga summons the bellhop with just a flick of her shiny metallic manicure. American Horror Story: Hotel premieres in October 2015.

image by Zhao Chuang via PBS Newshour Zhenyuanlong is a newly discovered feathered dinosaur found in the Liaoning province of China. The dinosaur is an ancestor of the Velociraptor, stood over six feet tall, and lived in the early Cretaceous period. Its distinct and well-preserved feathers lend further support to the idea that many dinosaurs were potentially covered […]

Reactions explores the complex chemistry that affects the taste and smell of of various types of wine. If you’re stumped in the wine aisle of the store, you’re not alone. Every bottle has unique nuances of taste and smell. How can something made of grapes smell buttery or taste like grass? Learn about the complex […]

Kenyan visual artist Cyrus Kabiru ingeniously fashions electronic trash into fabulously unique decorative eyewear. Kabiru openly speaks about his motivation to help the environment in a short AJ+ video and on his site. Cyrus Kabiru currently practices in Nairobi. He is a self taught painter and sculptor. …His sculptural work embodies his role as a […]

FUNimation has released a subtitled movie trailer for Attack on Titan, a two-part live-action film adaptation of Hajime Isayama‘s popular Japanese manga series where a group of adventurous heroes must fight off an onslaught of giant and mindless people-eating beings. The films are being directed by Shinji Higuchi and written by Yusuke Watanabe (Dragon Ball […]

Talented nature photographer Kurito Afsheen has captured remarkable photos of a languid blue-webbed gliding frog hitching a short ride up an ascending branch on the back an accommodating snail during a hot Indonesian day. images via Kurito Afsheen via deMilked

Gamer Videogamedunkey does battle with a series of increasingly ridiculous CAPTCHA prompts in a recent video where he must read obscured text, solve puzzles, fight monsters, and prevent nuclear annihilation. via reddit

Riley Dashwood, an adorable and persistent six-year-old girl from Australia, is shown performing all sorts of incredible trick shots around her home with random household items and foods in footage captured by Riley’s creative director father, Rhett Dashwood. Accoring to Rhett, Riley was only five-years-old at the time when she sunk her unbelievable shots. We […]

Chicago-based Threadless warehouse director and Arcade Brewery co-founder Lance Curran started Breakfast Mugshot, a creative series of Instagram photos where Curran holds a pop culture character mug over his children’s faces to create the illusion that they are actually big-headed superheroes. The entire collection of his kids, Coen and Yorke, being portrayed as coffee mug […]

John Oliver talks about the massive amount of food waste in the United States on Last Week Tonight.

NASA recently released simulated flyby animations of Pluto’s Norgay Mountains (named for Tenzing Norgay, one of the first people to summit Mount Everest) and Sputnik Plains (named for Sputnik, the first artificial satellite launched into orbit.) The animated video was created using images taken by the New Horizons probe, which recently made a historic flyby […]

Freelance editor and reviewer Mr. Sunday Movies has created a new video where he brings to light and and explains nearly every Easter egg and reference hidden in the Marvel superhero film Ant-Man. Mr. Sunday Movies also released a breakdown of the extra scenes that appeared during and after the credits, plus a review of […]

World Wide Interweb takes a painful look at some of the worst special effects in movies.

Intense GoPro video from Polygon UR Team bike rider Jamie Nicoll crashing into other riders at the start of an insane 30 kilometer Megavalanche mountain bike race down a glacier in the in the French Alps. via UPROXX

In 2013, a drowsy litter of absolutely adorable Alaskan Malamute puppies began intermittently swaying their little heads back and forth, as if trying to make sense of the completely confounding tinkly music that was playing through the car speakers. via Tastefully Offensive

Ellen Dodd shot a terrifying video earlier today at the Waterford Balloonfest in Waterford, Wisconsin showing how heavy winds caused a hot air ballon to start blowing away, taking a truck with it. via reddit

Blind film critic Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, explains how blind people tell time.

Bangalore illustrator, filmmaker and animator Krishna Shenoi created a brilliant mashup imagining what it would be like if Mad Max: Fury Road was part of the Star Wars universe. via Tastefully Offensive

On a recent episode of BBC Earth Unplugged, hosts Sam and Si examine the incredible jumping capacity of a locust (also known as a swarming grasshopper) in slow motion, noting how the insect can leap over ten times it’s own body length, though not always in an exacting manner. Locusts jump using a catapult mechanism. […]

Morgan Schick, renowned San Francisco mixologist and Creative Director at The Bon Vivants, explains the essential basics of crafting a good gin and tonic, while also talking about the different types of gins that are available now. The variety of flavors and experiences you can have with it is unknown to a lot of people […]

The creative art/architecture group Snarkitecture has installed “The BEACH“, a monochromatic indoor beach/ball pit in the Great Hall of the National Building Museum (NBM) in Washington, D.C. Created from over 750,000 recyclable plastic balls as an ocean replete accompanying beach chairs set upon the “shoreline”, the installation has been drawing hundreds of people who want […]

image by Jurgita Azukaityte In honor of International Architects’ Day in the city of Marijampolé, Lithuanian-born American Artist Ray Bartkus painted a gorgeous upside-down mural on the side of a building that faced the Šešupé River, which would reflect the mural right-side up. Bartkus named the installation “Flowing” to represent the ebb and flow of […]

Just some of the best graffiti I've ever seen in Brooklyn. The Original Turtles. #Bushwick #streetart #traintacks #NYC #TMNT #mural A photo posted by Peter Knox (@peterknox) on Jul 16, 2015 at 4:55pm PDT Peter Knox shot a photo of a wonderful new mural in Bushwick, Brooklyn painted by New Zealand street artist Owen Dippie […]

A recent episode of Veritasium, host Derek Muller provides an explanation of the Magnus effect and how it impacts everything from sports balls to boats and aircraft. The Magnus effect causes a rotating sphere or cylinder to curve through the air, and Muller uses an incredible video from How Ridiculous’ recent record-setting basketball shot from the Gordon Dam in […]

Fooji is a new food delivery service that lets users order online using emoji for a flat $15 per item charge. The company recently launched in New York City, and claims to be a “food adventurer’s dream” because users can’t provide additional requests like “no pickles” or “extra cheese” and all decisions about the specific […]

The official teaser trailer for the much anticipated Alejandro G. Iñárritu film The Revenant, features a bearded Leonardo DiCaprio portraying Hugo Glass, a Canadian frontiersman who was left for dead after a bear attack and his fight to survive through a ferocious winter in the face of being abandoned by his team. In a quest […]

Linguist Akira Okrent of Mental Floss explains via wonderful whiteboard illustration by Sean O’Neill, how the words “terrific” and “terrible came to mean two very different things despite coming from the same source – terror. Terrible and terrific. They both come from the same place…terror. And they both started out with the meaning terror-inducing. But […]

The creatives behind the Etsy shop, Props & Poses, have made an adorable collection of tiny crochet superhero outfits for infants (Batman, Spider-Man, and Captain America). The cute, comfy-looking little costumes are available to purchase online. images via Props & Poses via MightyMega

LAURA LIKES TO POP BUBBLES OH MY GOD pic.twitter.com/3FwtQXdiAk — nick ? (@voemas) July 16, 2015 A playful green chameleon named Laura amazingly sat upright in her human Nick‘s hands and tried to catch soap bubbles that were floating through the air. Despite her astounding feat, however, Laura remained completely unaffected by the news that […]

A recent video by Mosaic gives a detailed look at the process that goes into making a prosthetic eye. The video features David Carpenter of the ocular prosthetics division of Moorfields Eye Hospital in the United Kingdom. via Lost at E Minor

On a recent episode of Conan, host Conan O’Brien teamed up with talented DC Universe comic book animator and producer Bruce Timm to turn random people into quirky new superheroes in Burbank, California. O’Brien focused on getting a feel for the strangers and what they would represent as a hero while Bruce did a fantastic […]

Nomiku is a convenient immersion circulator for sous-vide cooking with a small footprint, a large screen for displaying recipes, Wi-Fi connectivity to allow communication between chefs and has an app that’s both iOS and Android compatible. The project was successfully funded via Kickstarter and is currently available through the Laughing Squid Store. From restaurant chefs […]

Uber has added a “de Blasio” tab to its app for users in New York City, named after NYC mayor Bill de Blasio. The change is meant to protest proposed legislation that could cap Uber’s growth in the city while a commission completes a study on traffic congestion in the city. If users try to […]

Mexico Goes Morrissey Mexrissey is a wonderful tribute band that performs songs by Morrissey and The Smiths in Spanish with an original twist of mariachi. Fronted by DJ Camilo Lava and bandleader Sergio Mendoza, the band blends together the distinctive sound of the artist with the traditional music of Mexico. Delving into Mexico’s unlikely obsession […]

Beme is a new video sharing app that takes the self-consciousness out of sharing on social media. What sets Beme apart from its competition is the fact that it uses the phone’s proximity sensor as a record button. That means users don’t shoot video while looking at the screen, but rather by holding it against […]

Vox writer Phil Edwards has created an impressive chart that features eight highly-skilled Futurama voice actors and over 200 of the characters that they portrayed during the seven seasons that the popular television show aired. Those actors in the main cast include Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zapp Brannigan, Doctor Zoidberg), Katey Sagal (Leela), John […]

Bethesda Softworks has posted a couple of videos showing what gameplay will be like in Fallout 4, the highly anticipated new game in the Fallout series of post-apocalyptic video games. The videos, originally screened at E3 in June, show what exploration and combat is like in the game.

In his stark photo series “The Fourth Wall“, veteran German photographer Klaus Frahm has captured the haunting beauty of the barren stage in an empty theater. Frahm is known for specializing in architecture photography, and used his sense of depth and drama to frame the shot from an actor’s point of view, creating a nervous […]

Toronto-based illustrator Scott Park has created volume two of his ongoing Hall of Heroes illustration series. Park features 63 new amazing female characters from movies and televisions who are all drawn in his eye-catching style. Prints of Scott’s poster design is available to purchase from Society6. images via Scott Park Illustration submitted via Laughing Squid […]