In a brilliant student animation by Amy J. Xu entitled “Melt Down“, an agoraphobic boy who lacks a body, is sent out to the store to buy more paint after he spills a whole can on the floor. Along the way, he encounters all sorts of people who are just as anxious or self-loathing as…
Body Modification Expert Lives a Key-Free Life With the NFC and RFID Chips Implanted in His Hands
Body modification expert and self-described cyborg Russ Foxx who has had an NFC (Near-field communication) implanted into his left wrist and an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip implanted into the index finger of his right hand, shows how these tiny pieces of body technology help make things more convenient for him. Foxx demonstrated how he locks…
How Aretha Franklin Fully Incorporated Her Gospel Roots Into a Distinctive Sound of Her Own
With the sad news of the great Aretha Franklin’s death on August 16, 2018 at the age of 76, Vox put together a beautiful tribute showing how her distinctively brilliant style was formed. Forever known to all as the “Queen of Soul“, Franklin incorporated her strong gospel roots into songs that weren’t necessarily originally written…
A Flock of Peacefully Feeding Flamingos Take Quick Flight to Avoid a Herd of Galloping Wild Stallions
An enormous flock of pink flamingos decided take a much needed rest after flying for so long and landed along the banks of a salty lagoon. While the birds were peacefully feeding, cleaning and perhaps mating, they were disturbed by the thunderous sound of a herd of stallions stampeding towards the shore. The thousands of…
Newborn Panda Twins Are Switched Out With Each Other to Make Their Mother Believe There’s Only One
When a panda gives birth to more than one cub in the wild, she will usually only attend to one and leave the remaining cubs to perish. So when a giant panda gave birth to twins at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, a vigilant team took extraordinary steps to make the new…
A Wonderful Compilation Animals in Slow Motion
BBC Earth Unplugged has put together a fascinatingly detailed slow motion compilation of mammal, birds, reptiles and insects going about their respective daily business in order to ensure their comfort, satiate their hunger, travel safely and accomplish whatever task is most important at that moment. Watch some of the most stunning slow motion footage of…
Ze Frank Hilariously Provides Interesting True Facts About the Unique Habits of Sand Striking Seaworms
In a Eunice episode from his hilarious land and sea-focused video series True Facts, narrator Ze Frank shares the unique habits of a wide variety of seaworms. Throughout his explanation, Frank elegantly compared these creepy polychaete specimens to human male anatomy. The likeness is particularly obvious in the way these sand strikers pop in and…
How to Build Super Mario Bros. Style Maze for a Rat
The Q shows how to build an awesome Super Mario Bros. style maze for a rat using cardboard and paint. He then tested it out with an adorable rat named Shelly who figures out how to make it through to the end.