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Olek Covers a Homeless Shelter in New Delhi With Crocheted Yarn to Highlight the Issue of Poverty
To help raise the profile of a homeless shelter in New Delhi, artist Olek (previously) and a team of local volunteers recently covered the structure…
How the Common Belief of Being Right- or Left-Brained Oversimplifies Brain Function Research
On a recent episode of SciShow, host Hank Green looks into the history of brain function lateralization, how it led to the common belief of…
A Thoroughly Entertaining Stop-Motion Animation of a Table Saw Magically Assembling Itself
Once again woodworker and filmmaker Frank Howarth has turned a rather dry-sounding subject–in this case, table saw maintenance–into a thoroughly entertaining animation. After disassembling his…
A Lion Undergoes Computed Tomography Because Even Big Cats Need a CAT Scan Every Once in a While
image via BZ Berlin Even big cats need a CAT scan every once in a while as evidenced by a lion who needed a bit…
Japanese Artist Creates Playfully Bizarre Hand-Cranked Wooden Automata
Dancing radishes and doors that paint themselves are among the many playfully bizarre wooden automata created by Japanese artist Kazuaki Harada. Some of Harada’s hand-cranked…
Incredible Slow-Motion Video of a CD Shattering at 170,000 Frames Per Second
Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys recently captured video of a CD shattering at 170,000 frames per second. The feat–which is…
Öölom Face Blankets, An Adorable Line of Colorful Animal-Shaped Soft Felt Sleeping Masks From Estonia
Estonia-based Öölom has created an adorable line of colorful, animal-shaped “face blankets” (sleeping masks) that block out light and keep a person’s eyes and cheekbones…
A Hilarious Video Imagining What It Might Be Like If People Left Parties Like They Left Facebook
A hilarious video by CollegeHumor imagines what it might be like if people left parties in the same blustery, vainglorious manner with which they left…
Jaguar Enlists a Stuntman to Drive a Jaguar XF Over Canary Wharf in London on a Pair of High Wires
To announce the 2017 Jaguar XF, Jaguar recently had stuntman Jim Dowdall drive the car over Canary Wharf in London along a pair of high…
The Chemistry of Poison Ivy and How It Irritates the Skin
A recent episode of the American Chemical Society series Reactions explains the chemistry of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) and how it irritates the skin. The offending compound…