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A Fascinating Map That Plots the Formation of New Cities Over the Course of the Last 6,000 Years
Max Galka of Metrocosm has created a fascinating interactive map that plots the astounding number cities that have been formed over the past 6,000 years,…
Performer Andrew Bowser Asks His Fans to Decide Who His Next Offbeat Character Should Be
Comedian and performance artist Andrew Bowser, known for his really offbeat, unusual and outspoken characters, has taken to his YouTube audience to democratically decide what…
Pokémon Game of Thrones House Sigils
Targaryen Salt Lake City, Utah artist Kaleb Raleigh (a.k.a. “Sketch-BGI“) has created A Song of Blue and Red, a series of illustrations imagining Game of…
A Stop Motion Film of Dancing Light Made From Hundreds of Long-Exposure Photos Taken at Night
Filmmaker Daniel Barreto used hundreds of long-exposure photos to create the short, stop-motion experimental film Ignite that focused on the subject of dancing light. Because…
Man at Arms: Reforged Builds a Real-Life Version of Voltron Blazing Sword
On a recent episode of Man at Arms: Reforged, the talented team of blacksmiths and craftsmen at Baltimore Knife and Sword built a real-life version…
The City of Parma, Ohio Goes Above and Beyond To Protect the Bird Who Built a Nest on a Police Car
In April, police officers in Parma, Ohio noticed that a mourning dove had made her nest in the warm, dry area at the base of…
The Surprising Commonalities Between the Human Brain and the Brains of Fish
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explain through whiteboard animation, the commonalities between fish brains and human brains and offer at least one example…
Photographer Benjamin Von Wong Offers Handy Tips for Shooting Highly Creative Photos
In a video from Cooperative of Photography, the incredibly creative photographer Benjamin Von Wong offers a number of tips and tricks to help photographers expand…
A Simply and Beautifully Designed Ring-Shaped Soap That Conveniently Hangs on a Peg to Dry
A photo posted by Sebastian Bergne (@sebastianbergne) on Jun 7, 2016 at 12:46am PDT British designer Sebastian Bergne has relaunched his classic but clever glycerine…
Sleepy Steve, A Stop Motion Animated Short About a Bearded Man’s Robotic Morning Routine
“Sleepy Steve” is a wacky stop motion animated short film, written and directed by filmmaker and animator Meghann Artes, about a bearded man named Steve…