How Two-Way Mirrors Work
In the latest episode of the Mental Floss series Big Questions, host Craig Benzine explains some facts about two-way mirrors that you may not have…
A Tribute to ‘The Sound of Music’ in the Style of a 1990s Video Game
Mashable has created a very silly “8-bit tribute” by transforming the 1965 film The Sound of Music into a series of clunky 1990s video game…
Dancer Appears to Levitate Through Everyday Life in Self-Portrait Photo Project
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mickael Jou (@mickael_jou) Photographer and dancer Mickael Jou photographs himself leaping and levitating through everyday life…
Fantastic Digitally Manipulated Surreal and Optical Illusion Photos by Erik Johansson
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Erik Johansson (@erik.joh) Swedish photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson delves into optical illusions and the surreal…
An Eerie Geiger Counter Chandelier That Flashes and Clicks When It Detects Nearby Radiation
A Chandelier for One of Many Possible Ends is a light sculpture that sporadically flickers and clicks in reaction to local ambient radioactivity. The effect…
‘OTTO’, A Dark Metaphorical Animation About Cycles
The fascinating short animation “OTTO” examines the concept of cycles through a dark metaphorical tale centered around a lively sheet of paper. The animation was…
Futuristic and Fanciful Design Proposals for a Planned Pedestrian Bridge in London
The Wandsworth Council in London is currently holding a design competition for a planned pedestrian and bicycle bridge that will span the Thames between Nine…
Google Unveils Plans for a New Campus With Moveable Structures Housed Under Giant Canopies
Google has unveiled plans to redevelop their Mountain View, California campus with an innovative complex of new buildings. The plan–conceived by architects Bjarke Ingels of…
Light-Painting Group Creates a Long-Exposure Photograph of 200 Glowing Orbs in a Field
A team of light painters from East Coast Light Painting created a long-exposure photograph of 200 glowing orbs in a field in Virginia. To create…
Wonderful Miniature Sculptures Carved in Pencil Graphite
Salavat Fidai carves incredibly tiny sculptures in the graphite (which is not lead) of pencils and his work can be viewed on his Instagram account.