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MTV News recently revealed the plans that Marvel has for their upcoming relaunch of The Amazing Spider-Man comic book series. Peter Parker (Spider-Man) will be the owner of his tech company Parker Industries, sporting a new high-tech suit, a speedy Spider-Mobile, and adventures that are on a more global scale. The future series is being […]

Beth Cotterell and Sarah Stephens of the At-Bristol Science Centre make ice cream with all the typical ingredients like milk and cream but skip the process of making it cold by using liquid nitrogen. They also showcase how to usually make ice cream at home with ice and salt. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

A recent video by the American Museum of Natural History looks at the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of deflecting asteroids away from the Earth. The video looks at methods that use massive objects, explosions, and even paint to divert an asteroid’s orbit.

KnitYak is a wonderful project that combines yarn with numbers. Founder Fabienne “fbz” Serriere, who is both a knitter and a mathematician, is currently seeking funding through Kickstarter in order to purchase an industrial knitting machine that would allow her to provide custom knit scarves created with unique algorithms. When I started out modifying knitting […]

In a recent video, Tom Scott gives an explanation for why leap seconds can cause computer glitches. Leap seconds are seconds of time added or removed from Coordinated Universal Time to account for the Earth’s irregular orbit. That can cause problems with computer programs that use Unix time, a simple measurement of the seconds that have […]

Host Hank Green explores the various suspected reasons for why people go bald in a recent episode of the SciShow series Quick Questions. As it turns out, there’s no simple answer for this one.

Wedding photographer Chase Richards of followell fotography demonstrated his absolute professionalism when he refused to let go of his camera, even as he slipped and fell into a puddle during the rainy wedding day of Will and Kristina Moore at McClain Lodge in Jackson, Mississippi. The resulting photo is a true testament to the concern […]

Mondo Media has created a funny animated short that imagines what classic movies from the 1980s might be like if they were made today. Elliott is caught harboring an illegal alien in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, John Rambo helps out the wrong side in Rambo II, and more. Face it we all love the sappy movies […]

Multiple Amy Schumers travel through time to save the future and give present-day Amy conflicting advice in a recent sketch from her Comedy Central series Inside Amy Schumer.

Barcroft TV brought their cameras to the 2015 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, which took place at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair in Petaluma, California and focused on getting to know several of the 27 canine contestants including the winner, Quasi Modo of Loxahatchee, Florida.

Makeup artist and blogger Laura Jenkinson, whose artwork we’ve previously written about, is back with a brand new series of popular cartoon characters that she artistically recreated on your mouth. Her mouth art depicts Donkey from Shrek, Squidward Tentacles from SpongeBob SquarePants, Carl Fredricksen from UP, and more. The entire collection of Jenkinson’s character designs […]

I Am Chris Farley is an upcoming documentary about the late comedian and Saturday Night Live star Chris Farley. The film features interviews with Farley’s friends and fellow comedians like David Spade, Christina Applegate, Dan Aykroyd, and Lorne Michaels as they reflect on Farley’s tragically short life. The film is scheduled to release on VOD and DVD […]

Elsewhere Belgian artist Stefaan De Croock, who also goes by the name Strook, crafts absolutely striking portraits that he creates with recycled wood and other found objects, using only the color of the objects to create shading within his pieces. Strook’s most recent project Elsewhere can be found on the side of an old furniture […]

Austin, Texas-based filmmakers Anna Schatte and Calvin Millar have created “Jurassic Weenie,” a great parody of the Jurassic World trailer where all dinosaurs are replaced with Schatte’s adorable dachshunds Helicopter and Bazooka. The original trailer for comparison: via Someecards, Nerd Approved, Geeks Are Sexy

The very playful Maymo the Lemon Beagle was given a whopper of surprise when his human decided to celebrate Maymo’s birthday with a homemade ball pit filled with over a thousand rainbow-colored balls. And Maymo really loves his ball pits. Time to celebrate Maymo’s birthday! Since Maymo loved getting 100 balls last year, we decided […]

The Walking Cube is an air-powered robot built by 1024 Architecture that comes to life and becomes a dynamic “animal” that twitches and jumps with wild erratic movements. The device uses 12 pistons to move individual pieces of the cube and distort its shape as it jerks around. photos via 1024 Architecture via The Creators Project

Superfit Hero is a line of high performance active leggings that are made for women of all sizes and shapes. Founder Micki Krimmel used her own experience playing for Angel City Girls, a competitive roller derby team, to determine what was needed and what was missing in the activewear market for women. We believe in […]

Game developer Aryoksini has created an amusing demonstration of Mario running around an oddly realistic environment in Unreal Engine 4. The actual animations and sounds are strongly reminiscent of those found in the classic video game Super Mario 64. Here is Mario running in Unreal Engine 4, all the environment assets were taken from the […]

In a recent video for Wired, Senior Writer David Pierce explains new self-balancing electric scooter boards while riding one around the Wired offices. The boards use a gyroscope to balance the rider on two wheels, similarly to how a Segway operates, but without the handlebars. Pierce believes that with some more innovation, the boards could quickly improve […]

Tiny Hands by Vat19 are a creepy and hilarious set of small plastic human hands. The prankster in possession of the Tiny Hands can mess with friends by “popping on a long sleeve shirt and gripping the ball handles” for plenty of laughs. They are available to purchase online. There isn’t anything particularly funny about […]

“feel like leisure suit larry” is an animated music video by Doctor Octoroc for the song of the same name by nerdcore rapper ytcracker that takes obvious inspiration (both in the name and the video) from the classic video game series Leisure Suit Larry. The song is off ytcracker’s recent album introducing neals. via Jason […]

Sierra Nevada Brewery announced yesterday that they will be partnering with a different German brewery every year to create their seasonal

Barnes & Noble and The New York Times recently announced that Bantam Books will be publishing George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones Coloring Book, an actual adult coloring book authored by George R. R. Martin that will feature over 45 illustrations based on his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels and HBO’s […]

LiquiGlide is a new surface coating system developed at MIT that lets food and other products slide easily out of their containers, eliminating waste. The team that developed the system was led by Kripa Varanasi and David Smith who are working to bring the system to market. A particularly interesting aspect of LiquiGlide is that […]

“Colors” is a vivid short film that celebrates the many shades, hues, and tones of different colors that exist in everyday life. The film was made by by Mill Valley, California-based production duo The Mercadantes, who also created the short film “Breath” earlier this year. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

The Dino Pet is a toy dinosaur that comes to life with bioluminescent dinoflagellates. When the microorganisms are agitated, they glow brightly and swirl around inside the polycarbonate Apatosaurus shell. images via Vat19 via Geeks are Sexy

An unusual-looking, short-spined dog named Quasi Modo from Loxahatchee, Florida was named the 2015 World’s Ugliest Dog at the Sonoma – Marin County Fair in Northern California this past weekend due to his remarkable resemblance to a hyena. In a contest of 26 other dogs, Quasi Modo stood out amongst his peers After much deliberation, […]

Inventor Ivan Owen and his daughter built air-powered “musical stairs” using pressure plates and antique organ pipes. After their build was complete, the pair ordered a pizza to see how the delivery man would react to the sound. Owen has created a number of interesting inventions in the past like a steak knife weed-whacker, a […]

The five Denmark-based members of The Bottle Boys recently performed a fast-paced cover of the famous “Hungarian Dace No. 5” dance tune, created in the mid 1800s by German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms, using beer bottles as instruments. For this video we decided that we wanted to challenge ourselves musically. We wanted to play […]

Marvel has released a new television spot for their upcoming superhero film, Ant-Man. The spot shows Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) donning his new Ant-Man suit, shrinking down to a miniature size for the first time, and then facing a fierce trial by water. Ant-Man is scheduled to release in theaters on July 17, 2015. The […]

Paul Feig, the director of Sony‘s upcoming Ghostbusters reboot film, recently shared an image of the new uniforms that will be worn by the fresh team of female ghost wranglers (Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones). The film is currently scheduled to release in theaters on July 22, 2016. #whatyougonnawear pic.twitter.com/o5oyHeIaSx — […]

In “Coda“, a beautiful animated film by and maps and plans, Death pursues the evasive soul of a drunken man and shows him as much as he wants to see of the man’s life before they disappear into the darkness. via Vimeo Staff Picks

While on location in the Aegean Islands, photographer Mitsuaki Iwago became the object of curiosity, interest, and affection for a tiny orange kitten who bravely wandered away from his mom. Mitsuaki had been filming a segment for an NHK television special about cats of the world. Wildlife photographer Mitsuaki Iwago photographs charming cats he meets […]

The Wave is a beautifully fluid cabinet created by Sebastian Errazuriz Studio that opens with a series of 100 hinged slices. The connected slices move in a wonderful cascade as the cabinet opens, creating a piece of functional art. via The Kid Should See This

Indonesian artist Romo Jack literally gets his hands dirty with the whimsical #whatmyhandsdoing, a project in which he photographs his own hands performing a variety of tasks under varying circumstances. Romo Jack talked about his creative concept in an interview with the Instagram Blog. Just like how my eyes are always seeing from the time […]

Creative engineer Collin Cunningham gives a detailed look at how an oscilloscope works and when to use one in a recent video by Adafruit Industries. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Scientists from University of Southampton and Tel-Aviv University have filmed beautiful fluorescent coral deep in the Red Sea at a depth of 50 meters, deeper than similar coral have previously been found. The coral glow under ultraviolet light due to a protein that the scientists hope could be used to improve medical imaging technology.

Two Bit Circus recently demonstrated the Flambé, a dunk tank that uses fire instead of water, at the Kansas City Maker Faire. The device aims 15 propane burners at its victim, who for obvious safety reasons wears a protective fireproof suit as people throw softballs at the machine’s target trigger. photos via Make

Set designer Adriana Napolitano has created a wonderful series of themed photo portraits that are heavily complemented by colorfully detailed props made out of paper. Napolitano wrote that she really hopes “some of them will make you smile.” I’m a set designer and I use paper and stuff to create very stupid self-portraits and beautiful […]

(larger) “A Pop Culture Primer On Parts Of Speech” is a new art print by Pop Chart Lab that uses famous figures from movies, television shows, music, and books to illustrate the different parts of speech. Signed and numbered prints are available to purchase online. A pop-cultural grammar cheat sheet, this chart brings together famous […]

Actor, producer and writer Wil Wheaton recently opened up to Project UROK to talk about his daily struggle with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Chronic Depression in order to help others, particularly teenagers, understand their own mental health issues and assure them that they’re not alone. And I want to say it was a week and […]

Clocky is a motorized alarm clock by Nanda Home that runs away so the user can’t snooze. When the alarm goes off Clocky’s wheels go into action and the device rolls and jumps down from a nightstand, forcing the user into a chase that gets them out of bed and on their feet. For a […]

In an Op-Ed in the Dayton Daily News, an employee of the paper named Carrie Landers shared the wonderful news of her engagement, explaining why she and her fiancée Phillip Lee decided to wait nearly 13 years to tie the knot and how Friday’s Supreme Court ruling changed their minds about getting married. Over the […]

Chicago-based web developer and artist Nicholas Rougeux of C82 has created “Colors of World Flags,” an art print “organizing 272 different world flag by color combinations.” A breakdown of how Rougeux created his wonderful art print is available to view on his blog. Prints are available to purchase online from Zazzle. Flags are arranged by […]

In the eighth episode of their 100 Years of Hair and Makeup series, Cut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of Russian beauty as demonstrated by a model named Anya Zaytseva whose hair, accessories and makeup are styled in correlation with that of each decade.

Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund and his little brother Oakley recently played an amusing game of fetch while they were both dressed in yellow Minions costumes. Ryan Beauchesne, writer and creator of celebritydachshund.com, has a new book out titled Adventures of the Wiener Dog Extraordinaire. The book, which follows the many adventures of Crusoe, is available […]

A tiny hamster celebrated the start of summer by throwing a a fabulous tiny backyard barbecue pool party with some of his best friends including a sun-bathing guinea pig in sunglasses, a floating ball of hedgehog, and a fuzzy bunny bedecked in an “Uncle Sam” top hat, all of whom enjoyed a sumptuous meal of […]

Golf Digest recently took a saw to 10 different kinds of golf balls to provide an up-close look at what the inside of each one looks like. The majority of modern balls follow a similar composition, though each has its own variation on the theme. via Boing Boing

Shia LaBeouf delivers his motivational speech to anime characters from series like Kill la Kill, Naruto: Shippuden, Attack on Titan, and more in a Toonami edition of the video made by Adult Swim.

Japanese engineer HYde JII has converted an iRobot Roomba cleaning robot into an abstract painter he calls Mr. Head. The robot is equipped with four paint bottles, and it doles out beautiful abstract designs as it moves across the canvas. photos via Tails of Head via Spoon & Tamago