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Dad With Quick Reflexes Catches His Daughter With One Hand Just as She’s About to Fall Off of a Bridge
During an October 2016 family trip to Yosemite National Park, a mother attempted to take a cute photo of her husband and their daughter on…
An Entirely New Star Wars Trilogy Is Being Created by ‘The Last Jedi’ Director Rian Johnson
A post shared by Star Wars (@starwars) on Nov 9, 2017 at 1:58pm PST Disney and Lucasfilm have announced that Star Wars: The Last Jedi…
Modern Embroidered Portraits Expertly Stitched From Original Illustrations
A post shared by sol kesseler (@bugambilo) on Nov 3, 2016 at 8:30am PDT Argentinian textile artist Sol Kessler creates really beautiful embroidered pieces that…
A Breakdown of the Powerful Visual Effects Work in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Sony Pictures Imageworks released three videos where they go behind the scenes of their powerful visual effects work in Spider-Man: Homecoming. They explain how they…
Artist Imagines a Beautiful World Where Giant Animals Coexist With Tiny Humans
A post shared by ebenism (@ebenism) on Mar 17, 2017 at 2:37pm PDT Australian digital artist Eben (a.k.a. “ebenism“) used his digital manipulation skills to…
A Fascinating Animation Explaining the Muscular Mechanics Behind All Movement of the Human Body
In a fascinating physiological Ted Ed Lesson animated by Vivian Leezer and narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, educator Emma Bryce explains the amazing muscular mechanics behind…
A Stunning Look at the Massive ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Miniatures Built by Weta Workshop
Weta Workshop posted a video featuring a stunning behind the scenes look at how their incredible team built all of the massive miniatures for director…
Meat Mysteries, An Animated Series About a Meaty Detective Solving Mysteries With His Sidekick
London animator Ross Plaskow released the pilot for Meat Mysteries, an animated series about a detective made of meat who haphazardly solves crimes alongside his…
Hypnotizing ‘Soniverse’ Domino Run Appears to Fall Over Both Forward and Backwards at Once
Domino artist Lily Hevesh (a.k.a. “Hevesh5“), with help from Sprice Machines and Dynamic Domino, created a hypnotizing domino run using her technique called “soniverse.” Her…
UC Berkeley Students Build a Cool Chrome Extension to Identify Political Propaganda Twitter Bots
Concerned about the proliferation of manipulated data and propaganda found on twitter, Ash Bhat and Rohan Phadte, a pair of 20 year old UC Berkeley…