View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amazing Drone Shots (@drone__up) on Dec 30, 2018 at 10:17am PST The Bailong Elevator in Zhangjiajie, China, is a glass lift that climbs an amazing 1,070 feet up a sheer mountain cliff and spectacular views of the beautiful Wuling Mountain Range. The elevator was built in…
A Fascinating Cut Paper Animation Describing the Unexpected Discovery of a Living Fossil Fish in 1938
In December 1938, South African museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was curiously sifting through a fisherman’s haul for the day when she spotted one particular fish that appeared unusually prehistoric. As it turned out, this fish was a Coelacanth, an ancient species that was believed to have been extinct for over 70 million years. The Howard…
An Ingenious 3D Printed Device That Acts Like a Sponge to Soak Up Excess Chemotherapy Side Effects
Researchers at the Balsara School at the University of California, Berkeley and Dr. Steven Hetts of the University of California, San Francisco Radiology Department, have discovered an ingenious way to lessen the side effects of directed chemotherapy with a custom Carbon 3D printed device called Chemofilter. This device, is cylinder-shaped in order to easily snake…
A Stunning Timelapse of Earth’s Orbit Created Using 4K Footage Taken Aboard the International Space Station
In 2013, Philadelphia photographer Bruce W. Berry created a wondrous timelapse of the Earth as viewed by the International Space Station (ISS). In December 2018, Berry followed up with “The World Below”, a different but equally incredible timelapse using ultra HD footage taken by the astronauts aboard the ISS, which is available on the NASA…
Thanos Disappears ‘The Simpsons’ in a Couch Gag
After thinning out the Marvel Cinematic Universe herd a bit in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, a rather entitled Thanos made his way over to The Simpsons‘ Springfield home and parked himself on the sofa in order to greet the family when they arrived home. Unfortunately when they did, the family didn’t have enough time to…
Heart Wrenching Covers of ‘Comfortably Numb’ and ‘Hotel California’ Performed Live on Harp Guitar
Jamie Dupuis, the remarkably talented musician who performs absolutely gorgeous cover versions of classic rock songs with his acoustic harp guitar, performed truly heart wrenching covers of both “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd and “Hotel California” by The Eagles to a live audience. For each song, Dupuis simultaneously captured the vocal line, the bassline and…
Jonathan Mann Releases an Album of His 10 Best Song-A-Day Original Songs From the Past 10 Years
Jonathan Mann, the infamous “Song-a-Day Man”, has been writing a song everyday for ten years now and to celebrate, he’s releasing his first album. The album, entitled “I Used to Love My Body, is a compilation of what he considers to be his best songs over the past decade. It’s about adulthood, forgiveness and how…
A Short History of the Long Necked Theorbo Lute
Musician Elizabeth Kenny of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment played a beautiful Baroque era song on a theorbo, which she explained is a long double necked lute that was first invented by Alessandro Piccinini in the 17th century in order to address the growing need at the time for a fuller instrument sound….