How Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland and Staff Writers Come Up With New Ideas for ‘Rick and Morty’ Episodes
Vlogger N.T. Jordan of the cinematic series Behind the Curtain takes a look at how the sublime animated series Rick and Morty is written. Jordan…
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A Stranded Astronaut Desperately Tries Board His Ship in the Amusing Animated Short “B Is For Ben”
In the amusing animated short “B is For Ben” by Rok Andic, an astronaut named Ben finds himself stranded on an unknown planet far from…
Gorgeous Kinetic Bird Sculptures Made Out of Paper
Artist Lucy Jean Green creates wonderfully realistic kinetic birds out of paper. These gorgeous sculptures have an incredible lightness of being – a desire to…
How to Build a DIY Bookshelf That Looks Like the Smiling Face of a Cartoon Character
Designer Alexi McCarthy and his son built a really amusing, very functional bookshelf that looks like the smiling face of a cartoon character. Finding that…
Ephemeral Watercolor Sink Art That Reinforces the Importance of Washing Hands and Staying Creative
While artist Marta Grossi was on assignment in Milan, Italy, she found herself having to stay there for an extended period of time due to…
Fascinating ROV Footage of a Deep Sea Bloody-Belly Comb Jelly Camouflaging a Bioluminescent Dinner
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute captured absolutely fascinating ROV footage of a bloody-belly comb jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer), a fascinating deep-sea creatures that…
How ‘The Simpsons’ May Have Changed Regional Variations of the Song ‘Jingle Bells, Batman Smells’
In an unseasonable but incredibly informative video essay, Tom Scott (previously) explains an interesting experiment that he conducted regarding the verbiage used in the children’s…
Photographer Places a Microphone Next to Baby Red Squirrel to Record Their Adorable Eating Sounds
Pro wildlife photographer Dani Connor cleverly placed a microphone next to a tiny baby red squirrel to capture their adorable eating sounds.
Visualizing the Lifecycles of Fruit
Blackberries have cool stages of life, no? pic.twitter.com/RL5xREoJCv — Re: Alfie (@AlfieDaye) June 16, 2020 It all started on Twitter when Alfie Day shared a…
Mesmerizing Animated Optical Illusions Showing How Images Are Not Exactly What They First Appear to Be
In the beautifully animated short film “A Mind Sang” by filmmaker Vier Nev visually explores the concept of Pareidolia, the common psychological phenomenon in which…