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Leonard Nimoy as Spock Sings a Reggae Version of the Song ‘Maiden Wine’ From ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’
Los Angeles-based musician and composer Andy Rehfeldt (previously) has created “Bitter Dreads,” a great new video remix of Spock (Leonard Nimoy) singing a reggae version…
A Drone Mounted With a Nerf Disc Gun Dogfights Inside of an Empty Warehouse
Motherboard has reconvened with a team of New York City quadcopter racers, this time meeting up in an empty warehouse in Brooklyn where they’ve begun…
‘Space Invaders’-Inspired Mosaic by Street Artist Invader Orbits Earth Aboard the International Space Station
A Space Invaders-inspired tile mosaic by street artist Invader has been taken, rather appropriately, to space. The piece, entitled Space2, has been repeatedly photographed aboard…
A Dreamlike Short Film About the Work of Brazilian Art Duo Os Gemeos
The surreal short film “OSGEMEOS” (“The Twins”) explores the work of twin brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo of Brazilian art duo Os Gemeos (previously). The…
‘Dear Me’, Female YouTube Celebrities Share What They Would Tell Their Younger Selves if They Could Go Back in Time
In recognition of International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8, 2015, a number of female YouTube celebrities such as Hannah Hart, Laci Green, Felicia Day,…
An Animated Explanation of What the Pancreas Does in the Human Body
A recent TED-Ed lesson by Emma Bryce (previously) explains what the pancreas does in the human body. The organ is responsible for producing a number of…
What If Wes Anderson Directed an X-Men Movie
Patrick Willems created a parody trailer showing what an X-Men movie might look like if it were directed by Wes Anderson. The trailer features many of…
Artist Creates a Chalk Mural on Mount Tamalpais That Depicts the California Mountain’s Destroyed West Peak
In the meditative short film “Mountains Made of Chalk, Fall into the Sea, Eventually,” filmmaker Gary Yost documents as artist Genna Panzarella creates a temporary…
Affectionate Panda Requires a Big Hug From Her Caretaker Before She Will Come Down From a Tree
In footage from CCTV News China, a very affectionate panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan, China silently demands a…
A Math Professor Demonstrates the Complicated Procedure of Drawing a 17-Sided Figure With a Compass and Ruler
In a recent video by Numberphile, University of California, Berkeley math professor David Eisenbud demonstrates the complicated procedure needed to draw a heptadecagon–a 17-sided figure–using just…