Laughing Squid
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Energy Healer Performs a Ritual Dance With Over 10,000 Honey Bees Covering Her Body
National Geographic recently profiled Sara Mapelli, an energy healer and Bee Queen (see previously), who performed and explained the origins and process of her unique…
How Martin Scorsese Juxtaposes the Simplicity of Neorealism With the Complexity of Postmodernism
In a recent episode of “Frame by Frame” by the Film Theorists, host Kyle takes a look at the iconic style of director Martin Scorsese…
Cry Translator, An App That Attempts to Translate the Cries of a Newborn Baby
Cry Translator is an app created by Biloop that attempts to translate the cries of a newborn baby to tell parents what the baby needs. The…
Filmmaker Captures the Sheer Beauty of Thousands of Bats Taking Flight Into the Texas Evening Sky
Filmmaker Cristian Dimitrius and Fran Hutchins, the Director of the Bracken Cave Preserve for Bat Conservation International, captured absolutely magnificent GoPro footage of the moment…
British Astronaut Tim Peak Explains How Astronauts Pee and Poop on the International Space Station
British astronaut Tim Peak explains “How to use the loo” on the International Space Station in a video released by the European Space Agency. Because people…
Minnesota Man Entertains His Neighbors With Oddly Anthropomorphically Posed Frozen Jeans
Tom Grotting, prankster and member of the “Polar Vortex user group”, likes to entertain his Minneapolis, Minnesota neighbors with a group of strangely anthropomorphic pants…
A NASA Scientist Discusses Whether Planets From Star Wars, Star Trek & Babylon 5 Are Realistic
NASA visualization scientist Robert Hurt discusses how realistic science fiction planets from the worlds of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Babylon 5 are in a…
Brutally Honest Movie Posters for 2016 Oscar Nominated Films
The Martian Ali Gray, Matt Looker, and Ed Williamson of The Shiznit have created a collection of brutally honest movie posters for 2016 Oscar-nominated films.…
A Highly Cultured Experiment Resulting in Oddly Engrossing Bacteria Portraits of NYC Subway Riders
In response to the adage that “using the handrails on the subway is like shaking hands with 100 people”, typographer, illustrator and artist Craig Ward,…
Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele Embark on a Dangerous Mission to Rescue a Kitten in Their First Feature Film ‘Keanu’
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele embark on a dangerous mission to rescue a kitten named Keanu in their first feature film Keanu. The comedy was directed…