Olympic Bobsledder Aja Evans Explains What it Feels Like Rocketing Down a Slick Racetrack at 90 MPH
Great Big Story visited with American bobsledder Aja Evans, who is competing at the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018, to find out what it feels…
Flying Around in a Giant Inflatable Hamster Ball Equipped With Powerful Water Jets in Slow Motion
For a high flying episode of their The Super Slow Show, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys captured 4k slow motion…
Slow Motion Video of a Teenager Jumping Onto an Ice-Covered Trampoline Shattering the Surface
Ozark, Missouri mother Michelle Blackmann McNew captured slow motion footage of her teenage son, Dylan McNew, jumping onto his friend’s ice-covered trampoline. The ice instantly…
Skiing Robots Hilariously Fall Down and Crash During a Downhill Ski Challenge in South Korea
The Welli Hilli Park Ski Resort in South Korea hosted a Edge of Robot: Ski Robot Challenge on February 12th, which was about an hour…
The Mother Eve of Booze, A Fascinating Talk on the World’s Oldest Known Container of Spirits
In 2014, Adam Rogers, an editor at Wired and author of the book Proof:The Science of Booze, gave a fascinating talk entitled “The Mother Eve…
Way to Artist, Intelligent Robots and a Human Artist Sketch the Same Image Alongside Each Other
In the very thought-inspiring short film “Way to Artist” by TeamVOID, an artificially intelligent robotic arm and a human artist sit alongside one another to…
A Lovely Black Beauty Stick Insect Whose Species Could Become Extinct Without Captive Breeding
Great Big Story profiled the very rare, recently discovered black beauty stick insect. Despite having specific defenses, their numbers are dwindling due to the very…
A Flirty Cockatiel Whistles the ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Theme Song to Impress His Human’s Wife
Whenever his human’s wife walks in the room, a flirty little cockatiel named Doppler shows off his wings, dog whistles and then lovingly serenades her…
Paul Alexander Opens Up About What He’s Achieved While Living In an Iron Lung for Most of His Life
71-year old Paul Alexander is one of the last people to live inside an iron lung. In 1952, Alexander had contracted a polio when he…
World’s Oldest Seismic Lab in Germany Creates Tiny, Artificial Earthquakes by Dropping a 4 Ton Steel Ball
In an earthshaking episode of “Built for Science“, host Tom Scott traveled to Göttingen, Germany to visit the oldest working seismic lab, where they create…