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A Feather and a Bowling Ball Dropped at the Same Time Inside the World’s Largest Vacuum Chamber
Physicist Brian Cox of the BBC Two program Human Universe visited the world’s largest vacuum chamber at the NASA Space Power Facility outside of Sandusky,…
Jimmy Fallon Has a Spooky Encounter With His Desk Lamp in a Classic Sketch From ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’
Jimmy Fallon has a spooky encounter with his desk lamp in a classic sketch from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The scary situation escalates when…
How to Make a Spooky Levitating Pumpkin Using a Superconductor Magnet and Dry Ice
In honor of Halloween, The Royal Institution has created a spooky levitating mini-pumpkin by hollowing out the gourd’s innards and adding dry ice and a…
Clever Monster Puppet Built Into a Front Door to Hand Out Candy to Trick-or-Treaters
Online video production house White Lightning HQ created a clever and minimalist monster puppet to greet trick-or-treaters through two small windows in the center of…
Timelapse of Oysters Filtering Chesapeake Bay Water
Maryland conservation non-profit The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has created timelapse of oysters filtering the waters of the east coast estuary. The bivalves play an important…
‘Supermovies’, A Visual Timeline Revealing What the Next Six Years of Superhero Movies Currently Looks Like
(larger) Las Vegas-based graphic designer Dylan Todd of Comics Alliance has created Supermovies, a visual timeline “that reveals what the next six years of superhero…
‘The Insanely Great History of Apple 3.0’, A Chart Intricately Displaying Every Apple Product
“The Insanely Great History of Apple 3.0” is a newly updated chart by Pop Chart Lab that intricately displays every Apple computer, device, and operating…
Publisher Conde Nast Moves Their Headquarters to the Newly Opened One World Trade Center
Publishing empire Conde Nast, home to such magazines as GQ, Wired, and Vogue, has begun the process of moving their staff of 3,400 to the…
‘The Nightmare’, A Music Video by cdza About One Woman’s Spooky Dream Filled With Thrilling Music & Creepy Ghouls
“The Nightmare” is a music video by cdza about a woman who falls asleep and finds herself in a spooky dream filled with thrilling music…
Ohio State Marching Band Performs a Tribute to Outer Space and Popular Sci-Fi Films During Halftime Show
The Ohio State Marching Band (previously) recently performed a tribute to outer space and a few popular sci-fi films (Star Trek: Into Darkness, Independence Day,…