Laughing Squid

For the music series "Why This Song?", the brilliant Thomas Dolby explained how he wrote his 1982 hit "She Blinded Me With Science".

"Today I Found Out" looked back at how SOS, three dots, three dashes, and three dots, became the universal signal for distress.

JER of the Ska Tune Network performed a bouncy ska cover of the classic Ghostbusters theme song.

Brick Technology built a series of LEGO vehicles that could "safely" traverse increasingly larger gaps in the "road".

A beautifully gentle Doberman named Diesel, who found a litter of kittens in the backyard shed, adopted them as new family members.

Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge learned that going to a coffee shop isn't the same social experience that it once was.

Dr. Emily Zarka of Monstrum explores how mythological monsters were used to define the boundaries between good and evil or reflect fear.

The Vintage Vault shared a number of fascinating facts about the timeless Peanuts animation "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".

Luke Pickman of InstrumentManiac played the C Major scale on 123 different instruments in just 123 seconds.

A very clever pig named Merlin likes to throw temper tantrums just like a toddler when he doesn't get his way.