‘Le Gouffre’, A Beautiful Painterly Animated Short Film About a Pair of Travelers Building a Bridge Across a Chasm
“Le Gouffre” (The Chasm) is a delightful animated short film about a pair of travelers who embark on a project to build a rickety bridge…
Fantastically Creepy ‘Stilt Spirit’ Costume Allows the Wearer to Walk on Four Legs
For Halloween in 2010, artist Melissa Irwin and her husband Garen built four-legged “Stilt Spirit” costumes that move with a wonderfully unsettling, thoroughly inhuman gait.…
The Maze Tower Skyscraper in Dubai Features the World’s Largest Vertical Maze
photo via Guinness World Records The 57-story Maze Tower in Dubai features a striking maze design covering nearly the entirety of its front and rear…
‘A Flock of Sabbath’, Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ Remixed With ‘I Ran (So Far Away)’ by A Flock of Seagulls
Andy Rehfeldt seamlessly remixed the classic Black Sabbath song "Paranoid" with the 1980s new wave anthem "I Ran (So Far Away)".
Joe Hanson and His Cartoon Counterpart Explain the Phenomenon of Déjà Vu on an Episode of ‘It’s Okay To Be Smart’
Joe Hanson and his cartoon counterpart explain the phenomenon of déjà vu in a recent episode of the PBS Digital Studios series It’s Okay To Be…
Photographer Turns Photos of Fruit and Vegetable Cross Sections Into a Clever Stop-Motion Animation
In his clever short film “The Cut”, photographer Carl Pendle cross-sectioned fruits and vegetables and created a stop-motion animation from the photos. According to Pendle,…
An Explanation of How Much Sleep People Should Get and Why They Are Not
Aaron Carroll of Healthcare Triage discusses many of the confusing theories about how much sleep a person needs, what studies have been done, how much…
AsapSCIENCE Explores What Life on Earth Might Be Like If Humans Suddenly Disappeared
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explore what life on Earth might be like if humans suddenly disappeared in a recent episode. They look at…
‘FIRST KISS: One Year Later’, A Parody of the Viral Video That Showed Strangers Kissing for the First Time
“FIRST KISS: One Year Later” is a parody by BarelyPolitical of the 2014 viral video “FIRST KISS” that showed complete strangers kissing for the first…
The New York Times Rounds Up Some of the Best 2015 Short Animation Oscar Nominees
A. O. Scott, the film critic for the New York Times, rounds up and discusses the distinct styles and storytelling methods of some of the…