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A New Study Says Humans Smell Their Hands After Shaking Hands With Someone, Possibly Sending Chemical Messages
A new study done by a team of researchers led by professor Noam Sobel at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel points to…
An Unboxing Video of a Man Unpacking His Pet Tortoise After Four Months of Hibernation in His Refrigerator
An unboxing video created by artist Neil Slorance shows him unpacking his pet tortoise Herman after four months of hibernation in a refrigerator. In the…
Weapon of Mass Instruction, A Mobile Library in the Form of a Tank That Distributes Books Around Argentina
Buenos Aires artist Raul Lemesoff built the Arma de Instruccion Masiva (Weapon of Mass Instruction), a tank-library hybrid mobile sculpture that is used to distribute…
RaspBMO, A Handheld Raspberry Pi Video Game Emulator Shaped Like BMO From ‘Adventure Time’
Thingiverse user 3Derp has created RaspBMO, a handheld Raspberry Pi video game emulator shaped like BMO from the popular animated television series Adventure Time. The…
15-Year-Old Guitar Virtuoso Perfectly Shreds the Famously Difficult Song ‘Through the Fire and Flames’ by DragonForce
15-year-old guitar virtuoso Tina S. (previously) perfectly shreds through the famously difficult DragonForce song “Through the Fire and Flames” in a recent video posted to her YouTube channel.…
‘Me & You’, A Short Film That Tells a Love Story Through a Single Location and Camera Angle
In the short film “Me & You,” the stages of a love story between a man and a woman are depicted through a single location…
A Brief History of Robots and Their Place in Human Society
Hank Green gives a brief history of robots and their place in human society in an episode of SciShow. Green talks about the first commercial…
An Honest Trailer for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ That Points Out Some of the Movie’s Flaws
“Prepare for a slow build up to a climax that won’t come until you pay for the next one. Kind of like the last one.”…
‘Einstein’s Telescope’, A Brief Explanation of Gravitational Lensing as Theorized by Albert Einstein
“Einstein’s Telescope” is the latest episode of the New York Times astronomy series Out There. The episode provides a brief explanation of gravitational lensing, which was first…
Art Prints Featuring the Unique Grill Designs of Major Automobile Manufacturers’ Iconic Vehicles Throughout History
Chicago-based architect and designer Jerome Daksiewicz of NOMO Design has created a collection of serigraph art prints featuring the unique grill designs of major automobile…