A post shared by David Jodye (@davidjodye) on May 9, 2018 at 9:13pm PDT In May 2018, the waves along 18 miles of the San Diego coast began breaking upon the shore with a beautiful vivid blue color that seemed to come out of nowhere. As it turns out, this neon color is created by … | Continue reading
In late April 2018, a pair of dogs named Smokey and Remus, were playing around in their Mesa, Arizona backyard, right next to the pool. Though not pictured, it appears that Smokey fell in and was unable to get himself out. A very concerned Remus nervously paced back and forth, tr … | Continue reading
Nemo Gould, the rather prolific found object artist has created a sculpture he calls "Anatomy of a Conflict". This kinetic piece features two lengthwise halves of a recycled assault rifle that were separated, painted to look like they had their own anatomy, like medical models, a … | Continue reading
I took every shot from behind-the-scenes featurettes where Dr. Strange is in front of a greenscreen, and edited him into a waterpark. pic.twitter.com/kiD8JTZLgH— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) May 15, 2018 Internet humorist Jesse McLaren used green screen footage of Benedict Cumberbatc … | Continue reading
In a symphonious report for Vox, producer Dean Peterson posits the very valid question as to why Stradivarius violins are worth millions. He proceeds to get his question answered through a series of interviews with musicians, luthiers and historians. What he found was that the St … | Continue reading
An African grey parrot who was perched right next to an Amazon Echo (and a Google Home), very nicely told virtual assistant Alexa to turn off all the lights. Alexa did as told. When the chatty parrot called out to Alexa again, Alexa responded but was unable to understand the bird … | Continue reading
Hong Kong LEGO builder Alan Cheung (a.k.a "Alanboar") used his skills to create his favorite terrifying fictional monster from the world of Dungeons & Dragons, the beholder. He also built an Elf, the humanoid character type that Cheung often plays during his D&D adventures. via T … | Continue reading
Look at Me Only is a short stop-motion animated graduation film that Tomoki Misato made at the Musashino Art University in Japan. Having forgotten exciting feelings of the early days of the relationship, the man drifts along petting his guinea pig. One day he meets a beauty of fl … | Continue reading
As previewed in September 2017, the trailer for the highly anticipated biopic Bohemian Rhapsody features actor Rami Malek who fully captures and embodies the vital, remarkable and creative spirit of Freddie Mercury whose voice in concert with the incredible talent of the other me … | Continue reading
The Piggyback Rider is a clever standing child carrier system created by Full Sail International. It features a harness worn by the adult and a harness, with an aluminum foot bar and safety handles, for the young one to wear. It is available to purchase from Amazon. A post shared … | Continue reading
An absolutely stunning Afghan Hound named AJ Nirvana Battle lives in Beijing, China with his doting human Kevin Chan, who spend thousands of dollars a year on professional bathing products and a great deal of his spare time to keep Battle's flowing locks in perfectly coiffed cond … | Continue reading
On a powerful episode of the Vanity Fair series Notes on a Scene, Black Panther's costume designer Ruth E. Carter broke down a scene from the amazing film where T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) made his entrance into | Continue reading
In January 2017, we wrote about Fret Zealot (formerly Fret Zeppelin), a unique guitar learning system that used LED Lights to guide a player's fingers to the right place and its helpful accompanying app. This fundraising effort was extremely successful and the Fret Zealot is avai … | Continue reading
The flight enthusiasts at Flight Test returned with a new project where Stefan was challenged with turning an IKEA chair into a flying machine in less than six hours. He was able to crush the challenge by turning the chair into a remote control plane. His entire build process is … | Continue reading
In a dulcet episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi who voices the animated Blocko explained how and why playing a musical instrument can be very beneficial to health. Essentially, playing an instrument of any kind helps to improve coordination, memory, problem solving, imm … | Continue reading
Anthony Powell, a talented wildlife photographer who works out of Scott Base, Antarctica, captured absolutely hilarious footage of a variety of penguins repeatedly attempting to dislodge, destroy and/or steal several of the many GoPro cameras that he scattered around the colony t … | Continue reading
Legendary pro skater Tony Hawk celebrated his 50th birthday by pulling off 50 of his awesome original tricks while the RIDE Channel documented the entire awesome performance. I never imagined being able to skate into my adult life, or that anyone would still care if I did. To cel … | Continue reading
Filmmaker Ryan Higa teamed up with Epic Games and a group of his friends to create a funny fake movie trailer for the popular video game, Fortnite Battle Royale. Higa stars as a gung-ho gamer who drives his fellow teammates bonkers by constantly being AFK, talking a lot of game a … | Continue reading
While hanging out in his backyard with his beloved dog Maple in October 2017, the very talented multi-instrumentalist AcousticTrench played a beautifully lilting cover of the classic Elvis Presley song "Can't Help Falling in Love" on a 17-key kalimba (also known as a mbira or thu … | Continue reading
As part of their ongoing analysis of the well-defined characters of Mad Men, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism took a look at the very beautiful but desperately unhappy Betty Draper of Mad Men, to whom looks were everything. Yet, while Betty was concerned with o … | Continue reading
Kevin Richardson of the Lion Whisperer posted a really wonderful video compilation that showed how an affectionate group of lions, many of whom he's known for over 20 years, greeted him upon his arrival at the sanctuary where they live. Richardson noted that sometimes these big c … | Continue reading
Cardiff voice actor and writer Scheiffer Bates performs spot on impressions of characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Deadpool, Iron Man, and Groot were only a few of the many hilarious character impressions requested by Bates' | Continue reading
While snorkeling out in the open ocean, renowned marine biologist Nan Hauser was caught by surprise when a giant humpback whale moved in closely towards her and tucked her safely underneath his pectoral fin in order to protect her from an incoming tiger shark who more than likely … | Continue reading
In a highly informative but slightly ominous animated essay, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt explains the rampant existence of profoundly deadly bacteriophage (phage) and why these creatures are so beneficial to protecting life on earth. Phages are very very specia … | Continue reading
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