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ROV Hercules Captures First Live Sighting of an Asperoteuthis Mangoldae Squid in the Remote Pacific
While out near the Jarvis Seamount in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, the ROV Hercules on the 2019 Kingman Reef Expedition captured the…
Aquanaut, An Autonomous Electric Submarine That Can Transform Itself Into a Wireless Underwater Robot
Texas robotics company Houston Mechatronics has created the Aquanaut, an amazing autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV or submarine) that literally transforms itself into a humanoid-style robot.…
A Pair of Naughty French Bulldogs Accidentally Turn Themselves Green While Raiding an Open Cupboard
While their human Yada Ornsomjit was sleeping, a pair of curious French bulldogs in Lamphun, northern Thailand, raided an open cupboard that contained, amongst other…
How The Who’s Pete Townshend Channeled His Newly Sober Disdain for Rock Star Life With ‘Eminence Front’
Music vlogger Noah LeFevre of Polyphonic takes a look at “Eminence Front”, an often overlooked song from The Who‘s late-career album It’s Hard, specifically noting…
How Nirvana’s ‘Polly’ Takes Listeners Inside a Rapist’s Mind In Order to Show the Depravity of Sexual Assault
In an incredibly elucidating essay, vlogger Evan Puschak, aka The Nerdwriter, examines the 1991 Nirvana song “Polly” from their breakout album Nevermind. The song, despite…
Illustrator Cleverly Reimagines the ‘Great Wave Off Kanagawa’ by Hokusai With Cats Wearing Glasses
Illustrator Roberto Maki has quite cleverly reimagined the famous woodblock print “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by ukiyo-e artist Hokusai with bespectacled cats forming the…
‘Stranger Things’ Creators Ross and Matt Duffer Talk About the Many 1980s Films Referenced in the Series
In an amusingly informative interview with Wired, twin brothers Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer talk at wonderful length about the incredible number of films from…
How the Subjective Perspectives in ‘Chernobyl’ Served to Engage the Audience on a More Personal Level
In his fascinating video series around the HBO show Chernobyl, video essayist Thomas Flight examines how the use of changing subjective perspectives serves to engage…
Captain Native America at San Diego Comic-Con
Cosplayer Hot Glue Burns, who is of Osage Nation and Oglala Lakota heritage, made a very prescient and personal statement with his native interpretation of…
An Angry Mother Takes Extreme Culinary Steps When Her Teenager Wakes Her Up in the Middle of the Night
In an alternative culinary stop-motion animated short by filmmaker Omozoc, an angry mother who is woken up in the middle of the night by her…