The agile Atlas robot runs for its life as it tries to escape its makers at Boston Dynamics in an intense parody created by the Auralnauts. We wrote about Boston Dynamics' original video that shows Atlas going for a brisk | Continue reading
In a tentacled Ted Ed lesson written by scienctist Carly Anne York and animated by Reza Riahi and Jérémie Balais, narrator Addison Anderson explained the variety of methods these cephalopods use to evade predators. Attributes such as excellent eyesight, camouflaging skills, defen … | Continue reading
In an amusing sketch by Jack and Dean, a young couple who are being shown a house that was for sale, decided to make an offer. The real estate agent was very eager to accept the offer, when they all heard a noise coming from under the stairs. After a bit of protestation by the ag … | Continue reading
In 2015, An adorable English bulldog puppy named Aase made her way towards the lower level of her Herlev Municipality, Denmark house in a wonderfully modified stairlift designed to look just like a bright red London City bus. This clever contraption was built for Aase's human Pia … | Continue reading
A post shared by NatGeoMaps (@natgeomaps) on Nov 13, 2017 at 2:15pm PST National Geographic has compiled and digitally archived 6,000 of their iconic editorial maps from the time of their first issue in 1888 through present time. While the archive itself will not be available to … | Continue reading
Musician and YouTuber Sebastiaan Kulwanowski stared straight into the camera and quite skillfully recreated the sounds of nine different animals on his violin. Included this performance was a cow, a seagull, a mouse, donkey, a cricket, an "annoying fly", a sparrow, a blackbird an … | Continue reading
A post shared by Lisa Lloyd Paper (@lisa_lloydpaper) on Jun 29, 2017 at 4:02am PDT British artist Lisa Lloyd creates stunningly lifelike animals, jewelry, insects, flowers, foods and even beer completely out of paper. Using her background in animation and graphic design, Lloyd br … | Continue reading
The Kawah Ijen in Java, Indonesia is an incredible composite volcano that burns a beautiful bright blue. While it is a wonder to witness, it is a toxic mix of sulfuric gases and not lava that create the vivid color. Great Big Story explained how this brilliant combustion occurs a … | Continue reading
YouTuber Polyphonic, who creates incredibly informative video essays about music took a historical look at the classic mythological tale of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice, noting how that very same story has been interpreted very differently by artists throughout the ages. It's easy … | Continue reading
Alexandr Misko, the remarkably talented Russian guitarist about whom we've previously written, performed a highly percussive, upbeat fingerstyle cover of the iconic Michael Jackson song "Billie Jean". Throughout the song Misko was using his left hand to play the bassline while hi … | Continue reading
During the second annual Christie’s Critters Invitational on The Champion Course at PGA National, golfers were caught off guard when they saw a giant alligator cross the golf course. Even more amazing was the flock of angry geese engaging in a slow motion chase after the wayward … | Continue reading
In an oddly hopeful piece Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism once again turn their insightful eyes towards the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale, specifically noting the overt message of puritanical gender and class discrimination. They also point out the underlyin … | Continue reading
Allaray of Our Epic Life captured moments from a wild day with her adorable daughter Roo in "Being a Mom Isn't a Real Job," an amusing Mother's Day tribute to all of the hard working stay-at-home moms. Awesome moms, like Allaray, are the real MVPs. submitted via Laughing Squid | Continue reading
Champion freediver Stig Pryds quite impressively put his body into a seated lotus position, took a single breath and floated down 33 meters to the bottom of NEMO33, which held the title of the deepest swimming pool in the world between 2004 and 2014. The Danish diver has overcome … | Continue reading
The talented synthwave duo Litiowave performed an fantastic synthwave cover of John Williams' iconic "The Imperial March" theme song from Star Wars. A "Sithwave" story. via The | Continue reading
In a frenzied episode of SciShow, host Hank Green explains the very complicated, strange and frankly disconcerting history of the term "hysteria". The term originated from hysterika - the Greek word for uterus. Before modern science of the 20th century, many unexplained female ai … | Continue reading
Vlogger and supermodel Karlie Kloss shared the wonderfully creative process that went into making her gown for the 2018 Met Gala from a first person point-of-view. Filming mostly in designer Brandon Maxwell's studio, Kloss showed how a Met Gown is truly a team effort. So this is … | Continue reading
On May 9th, Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave an impressive live demonstration of the Google Duplex A.I. Assistant, in which a human-like voice called a salon to make an appointment for a haircut. Funny or Die had a bit of fun with this footage by substituting in a conversation betwe … | Continue reading
Hallmark is featuring a metal Star Wars Yoda bookend that makes it appear as if the legendary Jedi Master is holding up your collection of books with his force powers. It is available to purchase from the Hallmark website and their physical stores. Display a collection of sacred … | Continue reading
Boston Dynamics' agile Atlas robot goes on a brisk run and hops over a log while their four-legged SpotMini robot autonomously navigates along a specified path through an | Continue reading
You Can Choose Your Family star and comedian Jim Gaffigan met up with The New Yorker to unleash his humor and puns while coming up with clever captions for their cartoon caption | Continue reading
The likable and big personality star, Will Smith, sat down to share the fascinating story of how he became The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Smith explains how he ran into some trouble with Uncle Sam before getting roughed up on-screen by his uncle Phil (James | Continue reading
A clarifying animation by the insightful School of Life stresses the importance of understanding that a loved one will always have your best interests at heart even when they are asking you to change something about yourself. Rather than this being an insult, it is a compliment, … | Continue reading
In a rather meta video for the Atlantic/HBO series "Question Your Answers" (previously), actor Jeffery Wright, who brilliantly plays the dual roles of Arnold Weber and Bernard Lowe (in various iterations) on Westworld, attempts to calm different versions of himself on a bumpy air … | Continue reading
In a measured episode of Half As Interesting, the frenzied narrator Sam from Wendover explains why a single stretch of Highway 19 moving south across the Arizona desert is marked in kilometers rather than miles. As a means of providing context, Sam recounted the history of the me … | Continue reading
With the always uncertain future of PBS funding, it's important to remember that day, 49 years ago, when a young children's television show creator, puppeteer and ordained minster named Fred Rogers sat before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications to challenge significant cuts … | Continue reading
In 2016 we wrote about the plan to create Vessel, a beautiful climbable honeycomb centerpiece made of stairways created by Thomas Heatherwick, for the new Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens, which is scheduled to open in 2019. Scott recently took an amazing photo of this beau … | Continue reading
There's a reason why hugs are so important. They establish a sense of comfort, safety and trust, while increasing oxytocin levels in the blood to help calm anxiety. While nothing can replicate this experience exactly, studies have shown that weighted blankets and wearables help t … | Continue reading
Fascinated by the sudden booming business of celebrity holograms, Wired UK spoke with two rival companies, Pulse Evolution and Hologram USA, about their respective philosophies around the virtual reincarnation of dead celebrities. While the priorities differ vastly between the tw … | Continue reading
20th Century Fox released the first trailer for The Predator, the upcoming sci-fi action horror film directed by Shane Black and fourth installment in the Predator film series. The trailer features genetically upgraded aliens returning to Earth, after a young boy accidentally tri … | Continue reading
Simone Giertz, who calls herself the "Queen of Shitty Robots", gave a really amusing, inspiring and honest TED talk about the importance of making useless things. A born perfectionist, Giertz found that by giving herself permission to purposely fail, she was able to release herse … | Continue reading
Deadpool digs deep and heads to the home of David Beckham to formerly apologize for making fun of his voice in the first Deadpool film. Another hilarious promo from 20th Century Fox for the upcoming Deadpool 2 film, which is set to pop into theaters on May 18th, 2018. After survi … | Continue reading
redditor citrusvanilla posted to the Data is Beautiful community an absolutely fascinating 3D histogram that measured the population of New York City on a hourly basis for every day of the week. Amongst the prevalent trends were the midday highs, evening lows, a good amount of ac … | Continue reading
Vlogger and former NASA engineer Mark Rober arranged a rather wonderful experiment in which he and a number of co-conspirators casually dropped 200 identical wallets around towns and cities across the United States to see if people would return it or not. Each of the wallets cont … | Continue reading
Nexus Studios dropped an amusing video for HotStepper, their character based augmented reality wayfinding app for iOS devices. It features a fun character who dances around in the real world, while guiding you to your destination. HotStepper is available to download from iTunes. … | Continue reading
ThinkGeek has released a snazzy collection of Star Wars blazers that are subtly based on Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Boba | Continue reading
Mini Gear demonstrates how to make a Hot Wheels launcher at home out of cardboard, rubber bands, bamboo sticks, and popsicle sticks. They then gave a tutorial on how to to build a motorized | Continue reading
"Some" by Ryan Rumbolt of the Halifax animation house Wonderlust is a really beautiful animation that invokes the minimalist spirit of designer Ettore Sottsass while capturing the very essence of an unnamed poem that addresses the wide range of human emotions that are felt on a d … | Continue reading
A post shared by Daniel Kordan (@danielkordan) on Apr 15, 2018 at 6:04am PDT Russian photographer and world traveler Daniel Kordan has created an absolutely gorgeous photo series that captures stunning swirling star trails of his own making that appear to engulf the nighttime des … | Continue reading
Alexandr Misko, the remarkably talented Russian guitarist about whom we've previously written, performed a wonderfully rich and dramatic fingerstyle rendition of the classic Survivor song "Eye of the Tiger", which also served as the theme song from the film Rocky III and one of M … | Continue reading
Actor Zachary Quinto and his partner, model Miles McMillan, opened up their beautiful NoHo loft to the cameras of Architectural Digest. During the tour, Quinto and McMillan showcased their wonderful design aesthetic, their large crystal collection, unique taste in art from all ov … | Continue reading
An absolutely adorable rescued, domesticated raccoon was lazing on the sofa with his beloved human, enjoying a really yummy back rub. Whenever his human stopped petting him however, the little Procyon reached out his front paw and dragged his human's hand back to the same spot wh … | Continue reading
While appearing on The Late Show, reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian shared with host Stephen Colbert the rather random way in which he met his future wife, tennis star Serena Williams just by missing breakfast one day while at a conference in Rome. I happened to be at a conference … | Continue reading
Atomic Heart is an upcoming adventure first-person shooter video game, being developed by the Moscow design studio Mundfish, that takes place in an alternative universe "during the high noon of the Soviet Union." The game is set to release sometime in 2018 for PC, PlayStation 4, … | Continue reading
Christopher Judge, the voice actor behind Kratos in the God of War video game, sat down with Polygon and tried to hold back the laughter while telling hilariously bad dad jokes. What’s holding God of War back from being a perfect game? In our opinion, it’s that series mainstay an … | Continue reading
In the first season of the highly controversial but truly heartfelt Netflix series 13 Reasons Why told the story of a despondent student named Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) who explained the sequence of events that led her to commit suicide through a series of 13 tapes given … | Continue reading
During the Google I/0 conference, CEO Sundar Pichai announced thenew Google Assistant and gave a live demonstration of one of the features - The Google Duplex. The Duplex is a highly interactive chatbot able to engage in specific conversations when attending to user assigned task … | Continue reading
In the past we've written about various designs of the cleverly designed KeySmart, a sleek device that replaces bulky key rings by lining the keys up in an orderly, retractable manner. We're happy to announce that, for a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a fanta … | Continue reading