The Man Who Famously Skied San Francisco During the 1976 Snowstorm
San Francisco Chronicle freelance photographer William E. Reister captured photos of Chuck Cihak skiing San Francisco in 1976.
Paging Dr. MacGyver, The Latest in the World of DIY Medical Devices
Journalist Julian Smith explores the world of DIY medical devices in the article “Paging Dr. MacGyver” from The Magazine. Among the devices he describes—Robohand, the…
12-Year-Old Peyton Robertson Develops Ingenious Polymer Sandbag for Flood Defense
Peyton Robertson became the youngest person to win the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge with his ingenious polymer sandbag.
Google’s Interactive Music Timeline Traces the Popularity of Music Over the Past 60 Years
Yesterday Google released Music Timeline, a fascinating interactive visualization that traces the popularity of music over the past 60 years. The visualization can show a…
Astonishingly Realistic Wood Sculptures of Paper Objects
Artist Randall Rosenthal carves and paints solid blocks of wood into astonishingly realistic sculptures of newspapers, cash, and other paper objects. His sculptures can be…
The Infinite Hotel Paradox, A TED-Ed Animated Lecture
Educator Jeff Dekofsky explains Hilbert’s paradox of the Grand Hotel, a thought experiment that illustrates some curious properties of infinite sets, in this TED-Ed animated…
Denham Psycho, A British Hipster Parody of ‘American Psycho’
British hipsters discuss the finer points of Japanese denim and Indonesian civet coffee in “Denham Psycho,” a spoof of the 2000 crime drama American Psycho.…
Dropping Two Pounds of Dry Ice in a Sink Full of Water
In the latest video by CrazyRussianHacker, host Taras Kulakov places two pounds of dry ice into a sink full of water, unleashing a waterfall of…
Beauty, A Video Montage of Subtly Animated Classic Paintings
Dozens of classic paintings are subtly animated in the short video “Beauty” by Italian animator Rino Stefano Tagliafierro. You can see the full list of…
Pittsburgh Street Doctor Cares for Homeless People Where They Live
Dr. Jim Withers, one of the pioneers of street medicine, treats homeless people on the streets of Pittsburgh in this heartwarming video by NationSwell. Withers…