When proud Tesla Model 3 owner Andre Mercier returned to his car at the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite National Park, he immediately noticed the presence of a gorgeous pileated woodpecker, who appeared to be very interested in something about the car (perhaps the faux wood da … | Continue reading
Michael Rice of Elite Reef in Denver, Colorado, has created a number of really beautiful timelapse videos that captures the lush growth of handmade coral reefs of original designs. One such video features a rather gorgeous variety of corals springing to life Coral time lapses cap … | Continue reading
On Monday's episode of Ellen, host Ellen DeGeneres made some of the biggest summer movies from 2018 even better by adding a whole lot of dancing. She featured movie characters grooving in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War, and Jurassic World: Fallen | Continue reading
For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a great deal on the Fondoodler, a unique product that we first wrote about back in November 2016. The Fondoodler is a super simple, food-safe reloadable hot gun that melts most types of string, shredded, block or sheet-sty … | Continue reading
The Heart of Sky is a short animated sci-fi film, brought to life in 2016 by the creative visual storytellers at Mirari & Co., about how life might have been created on earth. They drew their inspiration for the film from ancient Mayan mythology and references from the cultural n … | Continue reading
Comedian Brian David Gilbert, about whom we've previously written, wrote and performed a clever little jingle about the most unusual of subjects - the cause, treatment and the absurd side effects of a painful case of shingles. ♪ Hi my name is Brian I have shingles I'm told that t … | Continue reading
Ben Uyeda of HomeMade Modern demonstrated how to make a concrete fire pit using silicone molds of 3D printed blocks. Uyeda's small, medium, and large 3D files are available to download from Autodesk. A post shared by Ben Uyeda (@benjaminuyeda) on Apr 22, 2018 at 7:43pm PDT via Th … | Continue reading
A post shared by Nacho Diaz Arjona (@naolito) on May 8, 2018 at 5:15am PDT Barcelona artist Nacho Diaz (Naolito) has created a relatable collection of illustrations featuring super cute characters in hilarious before and after situations. Prints of Diaz's drawings are available t … | Continue reading
The Science Channel went behind the scenes at Chapman's factory in Canada to find out exactly how they go about making their delicious looking ice cream sandwiches and ice cream cones. via The | Continue reading
On the latest episode of School of Dad by The Dad, a young man got excited about a new actor finally stepping in to play Han Solo in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story film. His baffled father interrupted to teach his son about the importance of legendary actor Harrison Ford's … | Continue reading
Ears never blink, we're always listening. New York City sound designer Matt McCorkle, co-founder of cdza and a member of New Museum incubator NEW INC, has created Sound Voyage. Like his other projects, Sound Voyage is an immersive audio experience, but this one gives the user acc … | Continue reading
A colorful video by the PBS series Reactions explains how chameleons uniquely change color with the use of nano crystals called iridophores, which produce iridescent light. This extra light means the chameleon has extra colors to use as means of communication with others and in o … | Continue reading
A sanguine animation by the insightful School of Life addresses the problem with over-achievement, specifically the depression that hits once a goal is reached. For the over-achiever, it's the action of getting things done rather than the result and upon completion, a sense of un … | Continue reading
Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon has created "Commodity City", a documentary that takes a revealing look at the infamous five district, 4 million square meter Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. Known as the largest market in the world, Kingdon showcases the human si … | Continue reading
Alexandr Misko, the incredibly talented guitarist who performs beautiful fingerstyle covers of modern songs, nervously addressed a Mannheim, Germany TEDx audience to discuss and demonstrate how he makes his guitar, a single instrument, sound like an entire band. When I write musi … | Continue reading
A post shared by Vivera (@vivavivera) on May 15, 2018 at 8:01am PDT In 2016, we wrote about the Impossible Burger (and more so since then), specifically how the company was able to recreate not only the taste and smell of a beef burger, but also the juicy texture and the unique m … | Continue reading
The Japanese toy maker Bandai announced on April 1st that they were manfacturing Neko Busou (Armed Cats in English), a line of cute feline figurines that armed to the teeth with deadly weapons. Bandai's figures started off as an April Fools joke, but due to the popularity of thei … | Continue reading
Jason Beale, Director of Live Animal Care at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center in Petersburg, Pennsylvania demonstrated an example of species specific enrichment with a wonderfully responsive, eager and very friendly black vulture named Mathilda. In order to keep her skills sha … | Continue reading
Talented musician Davide Biale (Davie504) has a little fun while performing 30 music memes on his signature Retrovibe EVO bass guitar in 2 minutes. The Thomas & Friends theme song, "Hotline Bling" by Drake, and "All Star" by Smash Mouth are among a few of the songs | Continue reading
A post shared by travishetman (@travishetman) on Aug 4, 2015 at 12:59pm PDT Denver artist Travis Hetman has created a wonderful Tuesday tradition during which he releases a new detailed graphite sketch of Tom Waits in a unique iterations and/or form. Calling the series "Tom Waits … | Continue reading
In a sympathetic and somewhat self-deprecating episode of his travel series Amazing Places, host Tom Scott explained why the town of Asbestos, Quebec wants to keep their name, despite the negative connotations associated with the mineral that kept the town running for many years. … | Continue reading
While traveling on a small road outside of the Avery Lake near Atlanta, Ontarians Nicole Lewis and Ed Trist encountered the rather rare sight of two angry lynx facing off by the side of the road. They came to a stop and watched through the front windshield as the two big cats lou … | Continue reading
In celebration of the brand's 50th anniversary, Donut Media and Race Service released a great video that takes us on a high-speed journey through the evolution of Hot Wheels cars. via | Continue reading
A post shared by Karoline Hinz/Prop Shop Berlin (@karolinehinz) on May 17, 2018 at 10:19am PDT Berlin freelance prop maker, costume designer, and sculptor Karoline Hinz has built an incredibly realistic looking three-toed sloth costume. Hinz's full collection of costume photos ar … | Continue reading
Leigh Lahav created a new animated short for How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) that humorously illustrates the five stages of watching a Star Wars | Continue reading
Warner Bros. released the first official trailer for Mowgli, an upcoming live-action adventure fantasy film directed by Andy Serkis and darker take on The Jungle Book stories by Rudyard Kipling. The trailer follows Mowgli (Rohan Chand) as he faces dangers lurking in the jungle an … | Continue reading
Filmmaker Neil Cicierega of Guaranteed Video created a fascinating video in which he absurdly posits the official nightmares for all 50 states within United States, unofficially attaching these bizarre dreams to hilarious state maps, as if they were the a bird, flower, song or fl … | Continue reading
New York developer Patrick Weaver has created "Record Player" a really amazing interface that can read photos of album covers using the Google Cloud Vision API, which will then search Spotify to find the appropriate match and give the user and option to play the album. After logg … | Continue reading
We Spoke Out is a brilliant and powerful compilation of classic superhero comic books from a range of popular publishers that specifically address the atrocities of the Holocaust. This moving book is a collaboration between legendary illustrator Neal Adams, Wyman Institute direct … | Continue reading
Deland, Florida skydiving instructor and base jumper Carlos Pedro Briceño went all in back in 2015 as he fearlessly leaped from the Angel Falls in Venezuela, the world's highest | Continue reading
Artistic 14-year-old pool player, Jaden Dupree, has been practicing and fine turning his trick shot skills for the past two years. He demonstrates his skills by curving a difficult jump shot and making insane bank shots. Dupree has an impressive collection of how to videos availa … | Continue reading
Writer, performer, and video maker Dylan Marron stood before a Vancouver TED audience to talk about some of his socially-themed YouTube projects, his inspiration for these projects and the hateful comments that inevitably followed. While Marron is quite able to take this kind of … | Continue reading
A daredevil from Sweden, who goes by the name "Freesolo," climbed a 460-foot mast in Karlskrona and captured breathtaking POV footage of both his ascension and the surrounding area | Continue reading
A daredevil from Sweden, who goes by the name "Freesolo," climbed a 460-foot mast in Karlskrona and captured breathtaking POV footage of both his ascension and the surrounding area | Continue reading
A mother duck who found herself on a busy city street at Lancaster University in Lancashire, England, very sensibly led her tiny ducklings across the zebra striped crosswalk in order to safely get to the other side. Perhaps she was also trying to teach her brood a very important … | Continue reading
Lake Forest, California violinist Danielle Robbins performed an absolutely beautiful cover of John Williams' "The Force Theme" from Star Wars in a tunnel. The footage was captured by Fallon Ferguson. A post shared by Danielle (@daniavocato) on May 18, 2018 at 11:39am PDT via | Continue reading
Mary Sedgwick, a former physician in Asheville, North Carolina who is legally blind, was remarkably able to see her beloved guide dog Lucy for the very first time since Lucy arrived in her life in 2010. Sedgwick had been diagnosed with bilateral optic neuritis, a "demyelinating i … | Continue reading
Primitive Technology demonstrates how to make a blower and some charcoal from clay and poor quality wood. He built the blower, which features an impeller made from palm leaves, to help create higher temperatures and advance his material technology. I took Fan palm leaves and fash … | Continue reading
A post shared by peeta_ead (@peeta_ead) on Apr 24, 2018 at 9:52am PDT Italian artist Peeta aka Manuel Di Rita, creates absolutely gorgeous, colorful anamorphic oil paintings and giant building murals with such depth that each piece looks like it's reaching out from its respective … | Continue reading
Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey imagines what Amazon would have been like in the 1980s in a new animated episode of his Wonders of the World Wide Web | Continue reading
Lucas the Spider, the animated arachnid by Joshua Slice who's led quite an full and interesting life thus far, finally found out what it's like to be the biggest being in the room when he came upon a tiny village of tiny wooden people with a tiny wooden windmill. In an effort to … | Continue reading
The really amiable and talented Steve Onotera aka SamuraiGuitarist demonstrated some of the more unusual guitar techniques and devices to a soundtrack of a minor blues jam. These techniques ranged from relatively inoffensive (playing the lick) to forgivable (beer bottle slide) to … | Continue reading
Canadian musician and songwriter James Hill, who has been called a ukulele virtuoso, channeled Jimi Hendrix in a incredible live cover of "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)". Hill impressively shredded the lead without a single mistake and skillfully employed clever strumming techniqu … | Continue reading
The YouTube channel Magnetic Games has posted a wonderfully mesmerizing slow motion video that shows how small magnets completely engulf a larger magnet when the two are placed near each other. One such interaction even has a particular resemblance to a beloved character from the … | Continue reading
No Sesame. All Street. In the highly irreverent trailer for the rather raunchy Brian Henson directed movie "The Happytime Murders", a straight-laced detective (Melissa McCarthy) is forced to partner with a puppet in order to solve a string of muppet killings. Maya Rudolph, Joel M … | Continue reading
YouTuber Polyphonic, who creates incredibly informative video essays about music took a look at the endearingly eccentric Canadian prog-rock band Rush. Specifically, he notes how the band held onto their distinctive philosophy of individualism, as reflected in their songs, despit … | Continue reading
Eclectic Method has created a superpowered remix of Black Panther that features vocals and sound effects from the epic Marvel | Continue reading
With the release of Deadpool 2 upon us,Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism took a look at the first film of the series Deadpool. In doing so, they make a number of astute observations about the film and the romantic element embedded within, deeming it to be, in it … | Continue reading