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Ellen Sends Her Executive Producer and His Assistant Through a Haunted House for Halloween
Ellen Degeneres of The Ellen Show evidently likes to give her staff a good annual scare by sending them through the haunted house at Universal…
‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 3’, A Darkly Humorous Film That Warns Against Accepting Love From a Stranger
Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling of Blink Films have created the darkly humorous cautionary short film Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 3, a follow up…
The Astonishingly Sophisticated Techno-Pumpkins Created at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pumpkin Carving Contest
Former NASA engineer Mark Rober recently stopped by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California to observe the research and development center’s annual pumpkin carving…
Radio Host Ira Glass Dressed As a Dog Dressed As Ira Glass on Halloween
Left: A dog dressed as Ira Glass. Right: Ira Glass dressed as a dog dressed as Ira Glass. Photo via Ira Glass At the 16th…
Expert Mixologist Tony Conigliaro Demonstrates How to Create Halloween-Themed Cocktails
Expert mixologist Tony Conigliaro demonstrates how to craft gothic cocktails, such as the “Nosferatini” and “Silver Bullet” for Huang’s World on the Munchies channel. Perfect…
Rescued Baby Elephant Greets the New Day With a Hug for His Human and Baby Warthog Friends
A rescued baby elephant named Moyo adorably greets the new day at the Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery outside Harare, Zimbabwe, with a loving hug for her…
Determined Cat Dives Into a Very Small Space Behind a Speaker and Successfully Retrieves Her Favorite Toy
A very determined Burmese cat dives into a very small space behind a speaker in order to retrieve her favorite toy. While her recovery was…
Google X Is Developing a Disease Detection Device Similar to the ‘Star Trek’ Tricorder
Google X Life Sciences, led by Andrew Conrad, is working on a disease-detection device similar to the Star Trek tricorder. The device would work by deploying specially…
Moff, A Toy Wristband That Makes Sounds in Different Themes as the Wearer Moves
The Moff band is a wristband that makes sounds in different themes as the wearer moves, encouraging kids and adults alike to move in imaginative…
The Deconstruction, A Competition That Asks Participants To Make Something New From Existing Objects and Ideas
The Deconstruction, a 48-hour competition organized by Jason Naumoff that challenges teams to create something new from existing objects, genres and ideas, takes place November…