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Lash Clock, A Silent Timepiece With Soft Lashes That Gently Indicate Seconds, Minutes and Hours
French designer Bina Baitel has created the Lash Clock, a beautiful circular contemplative timepiece that employs soft fiber “lashes” to gently and silently indicate the…
The Pathfinder Comes Face-to-Face With the Arkcon in a New Mass Effect: Andromeda Trailer
The Pathfinder comes face-to-face with the Arkcon in a new trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda. The game is set 600 years after the original Mass…
How an Accident Showed a Veteran Marine Biologist How to Regrow Coral Faster Than Ever Before
Filmmaker David Friedman of AARP Studios profiled marine biologist Dr. David Vaughan, a dedicated veteran marine biologist at the Mote Marine Research Laboratory in Summerland…
Powerful Artwork Depicting Dystopian Scenes of Nature Covered in Graffiti and Trash
A photo posted by Josh Keyes (@joshkeyes.art) on Jan 13, 2017 at 1:01am PST Josh Keyes, a truly talented artist in Portland, Oregon, has created…
A Shrimp Sings About Its Dreams of Delivering Mail in the Surreal Short Film ‘MailShrimp’ by MailChimp
A shrimp sings about its dreams of delivering mail in “MailShrimp“, a surreal short film by MailChimp. MailShrimp is the heartwarming story of a young…
How the Snow in an Igloo Keeps People Warm
Joe Hanson explains how the snow used to build igloos keep the people inside warm in an episode of It’s Okay To Be Smart. Hanson…
A Tiny Yellow Parakeet Successfully Completes an Amazing Array of Tricks in a Short Amount of Time
In 2013, a very clever little yellow parakeet named Tacio performed a whole array of amazing tricks all in a row. The tricks included miniature…
Russian Carpenter Beautifully Crafts a Soccer Ball Out of Wood
Russian carpenter Vladimir Zhilenko has created a wonderful step by step video that shows how he beautifully crafts a soccer ball out of wood. It…
Star Wars Space Opera ‘Pop’n Step’ Toys That Dance to the Music Coming From Their Stands
The Japanese Takara Tomy A.R.T.S entertainment company has created an amusing collection of Star Wars Space Opera toys, from their “Pop’n Step” series, that dance…
San Jose, California Councilman Proudly Holds a Captain America Shield While Taking Oath of Office
On January 26, 2017, Lan Diep, a longtime comic book fan, proudly donned his beloved Captain America shield while taking the oath of office as…