Astounding Sculptures That Cast Shadows of Three Different Objects When Rotated at a Specific Angle
Artist and scientist John V. Muntean creates incredible sculptures that cast defined shadows of three completely different objects when lit from above and rotated at…
Airlander 10, The World’s Biggest Airship Slowly Nosedives Into the Ground During Second Test Flight
Octobot, The First Autonomous Soft Robot Inspired by Real Octopuses
A team of researchers at Harvard have developed the Octobot, the first autonomous soft robot with no rigid components. The octopus-shaped robot is made of a silicone…
Actors Who Were Seriously Injured During Filming on the Sets of Their Movies
Screen Rant takes a look at ten actors who where seriously injured on the sets of their movies. On the whole, acting is one of…
How Certain English Words That Seem to Be Related Actually Came From Completely Separate Sources
In a fascinating episode of their incredibly informative whiteboard series for Mental Floss , linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain…
An Incredible Time Lapse of Pine Processionary Caterpillars Traveling as a Perfect Caravan
Western Australian filmmaker Dirk Nienaber of Stargazer Pictures has captured incredible time lapse footage of a caravan of pine processionary caterpillars as they travelled in…
The Fabulous Mermaid School at World of Swimming in Coney Island, Brooklyn
In the heat of the New York City summer, Gothamist associate editor Rebecca Fishbein and videographer Jessica Leibowitz spent a day in Coney Island, Brooklyn…
Cyan Launches Obduction, The Spiritual Successor to Myst and Riven
Cyan has launched Obduction, the spiritual successor to their earlier games Myst and Riven. Players begin the game in a stereotypical Kansas farmhouse that has…
A Brave Survivor of a Cell Phone Caused Crash Shares Her Story With Teens Who Text and Drive
In “No Good Reason“, a really powerful PSA sponsored by AT&T, the teenage cast of the online series “Summer Break” individually admitted to the camera…
Why the ‘Natural’ Labeling on Food Is More About Marketing Than Healthy Eating
Vox video contributor Liz Scheltens explained why the “natural” labeling on food is more about marketing than healthy eating. The problem stems largely from the…