Professor Hubert Zitt, who is widely known for his fascinating lectures on Star Wars, Star Trek and other science fiction, saw the perfect opportunity to put his distinctive mark on the university where he works. Zitt, along with his father-in-law and several helpful students, transformed the perfectly shaped Zweibrücken Observatory of the Natural Science Association…
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Pink Cockatoo Sprouts a Pair of Dancing Human Arms
An adorable pink bellied galah (Australian cockatoo) named Bogie seemingly sprouted a pair of dancing human arms that appeared overnight. Or maybe it was all just a dream… I had the trippiest dream last night that I had arms……… Bogie was so amused by his arms that he decided to put a call out to…
How Ian McKellen Uses His Eyes to Convey Emotion
Video essayist and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter takes a deep look at the way legendary actor Ian McKellen employs his bright baby blues to communicated with particular nuance to his scenes. Puschak zeroes in McKellen’s role as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film series, noting that as the story’s moral…
Dogfish Head SuperEIGHT, A Super Gose Beer With the Perfect pH Level to Develop Kodak Super 8 Film
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery partnered up with Kodak to develop SuperEight, a puckery super Gose that has the perfect pH level to, in combination with other natural ingredients, process Kodak’s Super 8 film. This sessionable super Gose is brewed with eight heroic ingredients: prickly pear, mango, boysenberry, blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, kiwi juices, toasted quinoa and…
Google Creates Its First Interactive AI Powered Google Doodle in Celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach
Google has created its very first artificially intelligent powered Google Doodle in celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach‘s birthday on this day in 1685. This wonderfully interactive experience allows users to draw notes on a music staff that automatically become harmonized with just a click. The AI draws from 306 Bach compositions to determine how to…
Fabulous Photographs of Cats Taken From Underneath a Glass Table With Brilliant Background Colors
Lithuanian photographer Andrius Burba, who captured a different side of cats, dogs, and horses by photographing them from underneath a glass table, has added a twist to this very clever series. Instead of the dramatic black backgrounds he previously used, Burba added a little color to the mix. As you might have noticed, the original…
How Gregor Clegane aka ‘The Mountain’ Embodies All That Is Brutally Violent in ‘Game of Thrones’
With the final season of Game of Thrones swiftly approaching, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take the opportunity to inscribe another chapter of their ongoing analysis regarding the flawed characters of the ongoing series. They take a look at Gregor Clegane aka “The Mountain” and his complete embodiment all that is brutally…
A Curious Cat Figures Out How to Play With the Swinging Spheres of a Newton’s Cradle
An adorable rescued tabby cat named Pickle began playing with the Newton’s Cradle that was sitting upon his human’s desk. The curious kitty grabbed the sphere that was closest to him and then let go. Pickle noticed how the momentum of the sphere shifted the entire structure, stopped it and then tried it again. He…