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A Self-Contained and Autonomous Soft Robotic Fish
Andrew Marchese, a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), built a soft robotic fish that is both self-contained and autonomous. Typically, soft robotics…
How to Make a Glowing Mud-Like Substance Out of Potatoes
Grant Thompson, also known as The King of Random, creates glowing oobleck, a non-Newtonian fluid that’s a suspension of starch in water, out of potatoes…
Some of the Best Fourth Wall Breaks in Movies
WatchMojo counts down the top 10 best fourth wall breaks — where characters explicitly or implicitly acknowledge the existence of the audience — in films…
Guinness World Record Holder Ray Cox Becomes First Person to Reach One Million Gamerscore on Xbox Live
Tennessee-based gamer Ray “Stallion83” Cox has reached the video gaming milestone of 1,000,000 Gamerscore on Xbox Live. Gamerscore is the sum of all points accrued…
A Short Film About a Man Starting Imaginary Walking Competitions With People on the Street
“I don’t know why, but when we walk at the same speed I get uncomfortable.” “Walking Contest” is an interesting short film by Daniel Koren…
Bizarre Interview With Developer John McAfee About the Tools He Uses Focuses Mostly on Guns
John McAfee, the founder of the company that originally created McAfee Antivirus, provided some strange answers to interview questions from The Setup, a website that…
SciShow Explains the Teenage Brain
SciShow host Hank Green explains the teenage brain in their most recent episode. Specifically, Green discusses the ways in which the human brain grows, expands,…
‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ 30th Anniversary Edition Video Game Now Available to Play Online
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy interactive fiction video game, programmed by Steve Meretzky of developer Infocom and written by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the…
When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? by PBS Idea Channel
PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta attempts to explain why people start hating Internet memes, even if they previously liked them, and how seeing them…
An Explanation of Why Humans Yawn by AsapSCIENCE
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explain the various theories on why humans yawn, including contagious yawning, and the role that mirror neurons play…