How Cartographer Marie Tharp Helped Scientists Understand Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
An animated video from The Royal Institution explains how cartographer Marie Tharp helped scientists better understand continental drift and plate tectonics. The theories were not…
A Dialect Coach Breaks Down Movie Accents
Dialect coach Erik Singer breaks down some of the best and worst movie accents for Wired. Singer pays particular attention to the work on Brad…
Adam Savage Visits Director Peter Jackson’s Collection of Iconic Movie Props
Adam Savage visits director Peter Jackson‘s collection of iconic movie props to get a close hands-on look at the eye of HAL 9000 used in…
The Slow Mo Guys Pay Tribute to the Hydraulic Press Channel by Crushing Cards in Slow Motion
The Slow Mo Guys, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy, paid tribute to the Hydraulic Press Channel by crushing a deck of cards and filming the explosion in…
How Trey Parker and Matt Stone Create Comedy Through Music
Films&Stuff explores how Trey Parker and Matt Stone create comedy through music in their work like South Park, The Book of Mormon, and Team America:…
The Cast and Crew of Sesame Street Do the Mannequin Challenge Standing Perfectly Still on Set
The cast and crew of Sesame Street do Mannequin Challenge, standing
Kristen Wiig Does the Mannequin Challenge With the Cast of Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig does the Mannequin Challenge with the cast of Saturday Night Live in a promo for the November 19, 2016 episode she is hosting.
The Interesting Origin of Popular Inflatable Tube Men
Great Big Story shares the interesting origin of the popular inflatable tube men. The floppy inflatables are commonly used for advertising, but they originated as…
An Impressive LEGO Scrolling Pixel Display Board
LEGO bricks were used to create an impressive scrolling pixel display board. Builder AncientJames gave some details about the build in a post on the…
Ways a Person Could Die Trying to Get to Mars
Vox science reporter Brian Resnick shares a list of several ways a person could die trying to get to Mars. NASA and private space companies…