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A Bow Tie-Tying Race Between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Glen Tickle at SXSW
Back in March 2014, before Glen Tickle became a Contributing Writer at Laughing Squid, he attended the SXSW festival on behalf of Geekosystem. While he…
Adults Act Out the Audio of Children Pretending to Have a Job Interview
In a recent episode of Kid Snippets (see previously) by Bored Shorts, adults perform a job interview scene by lip syncing to the audio of two children pretending to…
Clever Food Infographics on the Theme of ‘There Are Two Kinds of People in This World’
Restaurant discovery service Zomato has created a clever series of food-themed infographics all based on the saying: “there are two kinds of people in this…
Keymoji, An Emoji Autocomplete Keyboard App
Keymoji is a keyboard app that lets users autocomplete what they are typing with emoji instead of words. Which emojis show up as suggestions are…
A Helpful Chart That Explains the Chemicals That Give Autumn Leaves Their Color
A helpful chart by Compound Interest explains the chemicals that give leaves their color both when they are green and when they change color in…
Checky, An App That Tracks Where and How Many Times a Phone Gets Checked
Checky is an app by Calm.com that tracks where and how many times a phone gets checked. Checky is currently available on iOS and Android.…
J.J. Abrams Reveals Footage of a Battle-Worn ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Millennium Falcon With a Batman Easter Egg
J.J. Abrams, director of the 2015 film Star Wars Episode VII, has released awesome footage on Twitter that gives an extremely close-up tour of the…
A Gigapixel Panorama of Burning Man 2014 at Sunrise
This beautiful gigapixel panorama of the 2014 Burning Man festival was captured near the center of the event at sunrise by photographer Michael Holden. photo…
The Maksimatic, A Clever Self-Leveling Cup Holder for Vehicles
The Maksimatic is a vehicle cup holder with a clever self-leveling design that prevents drinks from spilling. The cup holders pivot freely as the vehicle…
Animal Behavior Specialist Talks About the Elaborate Mating Dance of the Peacock Spider
The web series Science Friday spoke with Madeline Girard, an animal behavior specialist at University of California at Berkeley, who talked about the elaborate mating…