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How Life Could Form and Sustain Itself In Water Deep Below the Frozen Surface of a Rogue Planet
In their seemingly hopeful quest to find reasonable alternatives to Earth, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt explains in a nutshell how life could possibly form,…
Tetrachromatic Artist Describes How She Can See 100 Million Colors With an Extra Photoreceptor in Each Eye
In a kaleidoscopic episode of the New York Magazine series The Cut, a San Diego artist Concetta Antico talks about being a tetrachromat, a rare…
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, An Interactive Episode That Lets Viewers Decide How the Story Progresses
Netflix has released a very provocative trailer for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch featuring a young programmer named Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) who in 1984 begins to lose…
Creative Solutions to a Simple Problem
Sometimes cats can be creative problem solvers, other times… via Miss Cellania
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rap the Classic Beastie Boys Song ‘Get It Together’ in Clever Mashup
In a rather befitting mashup, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rap the classic Beastie Boys song “Get It Together” with each character taking on a…
Two Male Creatures Fighting for the Affection of Female Compete to See Who Can Glow the Brightest in ‘Shine’
In the brilliant animation “Shine” by Johannes Flick and Alexander Dietrich, two very competitive males of an uncertain species compete for the affection of an…
Actress Amy Sedaris Gives a Tour of Her Wonderfully Quirky Greenwich Village NYC Apartment
Actress Amy Sedaris welcomed the cameras of the New York Magazine series The Cut into her quirky Greenwich Village, New York City apartment for a…
Delete My Browser History Medical Alert Bracelet
MyIdentityDoctor has created a handy “Delete My Browser History” medical alert bracelet to help make sure your questionable browsing habits are erased in case something…
A Cynical Marsupial in the Australian Outback Becomes a Fierce Protector of an Abandoned Baby Bird in ‘Bilby’
n the wonderful Dreamworks animated short "Bilby" a macrotis finds himself to be an unwitting guardian of a tiny abandoned baby bird.
How Costume Designers Embrace Characters In Order to Make Their Clothing a Natural Part of the Storyline
In a stylish video essay, Daniel Netzel of Film Radar takes a look behind the scenes at how costume designers work to make the clothing…