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Scientists Use Lasers to Create Super-Hydrophobic Material That Causes Water to Bounce Off Its Surface
Researchers at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York have created super-hydrophobic materials that repels water with extreme efficiency, using laser-cut micro- and nanoscale…
Man Holds a Flag Pose for 17.5 Seconds With Woman Balanced on His Torso in a RecordSetter World Record
Tanabat Chua of Bangkok, Thailand snagged himself a RecordSetter world record by holding a flag pose for 17.5 seconds with an 88-pound woman standing on…
Mental Floss Furnishes a File of Fascinating Facts About the Founding Fathers
In a recent episode of the Mental Floss series List Show, host John Green furnishes a file of fascinating facts about the Founding Fathers of the United…
A Demonstration of Bottles of Water Turning Into Ice Almost Instantly Outdoors in Raleigh, North Carolina
Vimeo user jmarco6969 has some cool video of a couple of bottles of water transforming into ice in a manner of seconds as soon as…
Climbers Conquer 3,000-Foot-Tall Face of Yosemite’s El Capitan Rock Formation With 19-Day Free Ascent
On January 14, 2015, climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed a 19-day free ascent of the the 3,000-foot-tall Dawn Wall face of the El…
Bill Gates and Jimmy Fallon Face Off in a Poop Water Taste Test on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’
On a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, host Jimmy Fallon was challenged to a poop water taste test by philanthropist Bill Gates. In a…
Boston Dynamics Upgrades the ATLAS Humanoid Robot With a Battery for Untethered Wireless Operation
Boston Dynamics has overhauled its ATLAS humanoid robot (previously) ahead of the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge finals, rebuilding around 75% of the ‘bot’, including, most…
Digital Art Collective eBoy Is Making a Hyper-Detailed ‘Pixorama’ Pixel Art Illustration of San Francisco
Digital art collective eBoy (previously) specializes in pixel art ranging from solitary characters to hyper-detailed posters. Some of their most elaborate works are their “pixoramas,”…
Dancers Perform a Breathtaking Aerial Dance on a Cliff Face on the Northern California Coast
Dancers Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber perform a gravity-defying dance on a cliff face on the Northern California coast in this breathtaking video produced by…
A Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock Mashup by Pomplamoose
In their latest video, musical duo Pomplamoose performs a mashup of “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder and two Herbie Hancock songs: “Watermelon Man” and “Chameleon.” Fans…