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Lighting Expert Creates a Spooky Skull Wall Sconce From Recycled ‘Crystal Head Vodka’ Bottles
Rob Lewbel, the Los Angeles-based movie lighting expert who created the glowing briefcase for the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, has found an ingenious way to…
VolcanoBot, A Volcano-Exploring Robot Built by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Go Places Humans Cannot
The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory robot VolcanoBot is being used to explore volcanoes and could help explain eruptions and other aspects of a volcano’s geology.…
A Marvelous A Capella Cover of the Theme Song for ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’ by The Warp Zone
The Warp Zone performed a marvelous A Cappella cover of the theme song for X-Men: The Animated Series.
‘It’s Okay To Be Smart’ Sniffs Out the Science of Scent and How Many Smells the Human Nose Can Smell
In a recent episode of It’s Okay To Be Smart, host Joe Hanson sniffs out the science of scent and how many smells the human nose can…
A Woman Pranks People With Her Convincing Impression of a Barking Dog
A woman demonstrates her uncanny impression of a barking dog, much to the alarm of people on the street, in this series of video clips…
Filipino Artist Commissions 83 Interpretations of the Iconic Painting ‘Mona Lisa’ as a Gift for His Wife Mona
image via Cultural Center of the Philippines Filipino visual artist Soler Santos, founder of the West Gallery in Manila, commissioned a collection of interpretations of…
An Honest Trailer for ‘The Sims’ Life Simulation Video Game Series by Screen Junkies and Smosh
Voice actor Jon Bailey of Screen Junkies and Smosh recently worked together to create an honest trailer (previously) for The Sims, a popular life simulation…
3D Illusion Anamorphic Street Murals That Appear to Pop Out of the Walls
Portuguese artist Sergio Odeith creates remarkable anamorphic murals that appear to pop out of the walls on which they are painted. Odeith began making graffiti…
‘Shadowrun: Hong Kong’, A Role-Playing Video Game Set in the Magically Awakened Hong Kong of 2056
Shadowrun: Hong Kong is a new tactical computer role-playing video game by developer Harebrained Schemes that’s the latest in their line of Shadowrun-based games that…
A Look Inside an Abandoned Subterranean Trolley Station Under Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.
In the latest installment of the web series Unusual Spaces, PBS Digital Studios visits a vast, abandoned trolley station that lies underneath Dupont Circle in…