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PES Grills Muscular Mussels & Makes Iced Tea for a Lipton Summertime Potluck in a Stop-Motion Animated Short
The talented PES (previously) has created “Mussel Beach,” a stop-motion animated short for Lipton Tea that shows him grilling a bunch of muscular mussels and…
Alaska Resident Captures Adorable Footage of a Moose and Her Two Calves Playing in the Sprinkler
Alaska resident Candice Helm captured adorable footage of a moose and her two calves playing in a sprinkler in Helm’s front yard.
The Haori Cup, An Elegant Porcelain and Wood Japanese Cup
The Haori Cup by designer Tomoya Nasuda is a beautiful two-piece cup that blends two traditional Japanese crafts: hasami yaki, or work in high-quality porcelain,…
The Origin of Vitamins and How They Got Their Names
On a recent episode of SciShow, host Hank Green explains the history of vitamins, the difference between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins and how they got…
The Flike, An Electric Tricopter for Personal Human Flight
The Flike is an electric tricopter for personal human flight currently being developed by a team at Bay Zoltán in Hungary. Videos recently posted by Balazs…
Illegal Graffiti on an Abandoned Airstrip in the Mojave Desert That Measures a Half-Mile Wide
image via Google Earth The underground group Indecline recently took over an abandoned airstrip near Cuddeback Lake in the Mojave desert to put up what…
Mixfader, A Device That Connects to a Smartphone or Tablet to Help DJs Scratch and Mix
Mixfader is a device by the folks behind the edjing application that connects to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth to help DJs scratch and…
An Animated Explanation of Possible Solutions to the Fermi Paradox
In a follow-up to their video about the Fermi paradox, design studio Kurzgesagt offers a few possible solutions to the problem of why, if the Universe is…
Beautiful Mirrored Art Installations in the Desert by Iranian Artist Shirin Abedinirad
Iranian artist Shirin Abedinirad built Evocation and Narcissus, two mirrored art installations in the desert of Iran. Evocation, the artist writes, represents the relationships between…
Thomas Middleditch Talks About the Highly Inappropriate Hijinks That Take Place on the Set of ‘Silicon Valley’
On a recent episode of Conan, a very lively Thomas Middleditch, who plays Richard Hendricks the beleaguered and awkward founder of Pied Piper on Silicon…