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Life-Size Star Wars K-2SO Puppet Cosplay
While at WonderCon 2018 in Anaheim, Tested editor Norman Chan caught up with replica prop builder Darren Moser (a.k.a. “Dr. Sci-Fi“) to chat with him…
Soft Huggable Brightly Colored Shark Plushies
A post shared by Lorien Stern (@lorienstern) on Mar 3, 2018 at 10:44am PST California designer Lorien Stern who’s known for her whimsical style in…
Persistent Man Learns the Basics of Robotics to Build a Cake Baking Robot
Stephen Robinson of 52 Skillz spent over a year and a half (300 hours) learning the basics of robotics and then used his newly gained…
Fascinating Footage of an Elephant Who Appears to Be Smoking After Consuming Wood Charcoal
While attending to his duties within the Nagarahole National Park in Karnataka, WCS India Assistant Director Vinay Kumar captured fascinating footage of a beautiful female…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Offers Helpful Advice For Filtering Out Conspiracy Theories on Social Media
If you wrestle with a pig, the best you can be is a pig wrestler. Commander Chris Hadfield, the guitar playing, song writing Canadian astronaut…
A Brave Naturalist Follows a Fierce Teeth Baring Honey Badger As She Forages for Food
In a clip from the BBC show Deadly 60, naturalist Steve Backshall had the challenging opportunity to follow a honey badger named Buster as she…
Colin Furze and James Bruton Build a Fire Blaster That Can Be Voice Activated Using Alexa
British inventor Colin Furze teamed up with electronics genius James Bruton to build a fire blaster, made out of a shiny fire extinguisher housing, that…
Unemployed ‘Love’ Actress Claudia O’Doherty Does a Hilarious Impression of Sex and the City’s Samantha
Australian actress Claudia O’Doherty, who played the lovably annoying Bertie Bauer on the canceled Netflix series Love, appeared on CONAN to let Hollywood know that…
Obi-Wan Kenobi Ends Star Wars in One Minute by Dropping His Lightsaber Through the Death Star
Dorkly demonstrates how Obi-Wan Kenobi could have easily ended Star Wars: New Hope in one-minute, during his face off with Darth Vader, by simply dropping…
Legendary Ancient Ruins Visually Reconstructed to Their Former Magnificent Glory
The team at Neomam partnered with This Is Render to create an imaginative series for Expedia that visually reconstructed seven iconic ancient ruins to their…