Laughing Squid
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Delightfully Intricate Miniatures of Ancient Architecture Carved into Blocks of Stone
Artist Matthew Simmonds creates delightfully intricate miniatures of ancient stone architecture in blocks of marble and other stones. Simmonds has had a lifelong fascination with…
A Wonderfully Legible Redesign of a Parking Sign
New York City-based designer Nikki Sylianteng has come up with a simple redesign of quite possibly the most confusing type of street sign: The parking…
Using Fluorescent Dye To Show How Sponges Filter Feed
In this fascinating demonstration of how sponges filter feed by produced by Shape of Life, researchers introduce harmless fluorescent dye in the water near the…
OK Go Imagines an Epic Fourth of July Video in Response to Hypothetical Request From President Obama
Los Angeles-based band OK Go imagined an epic Fourth of July video in response to a hypothetical request from President Obama. In this request, Obama…
Man Launches Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign for Potato Salad
Zack Danger Brown has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to fund the making of potato salad. Brown has already blown past his goal of $10,…
‘Rude Goldberg Machine’, An Animated Video Featuring a Particularly Cheeky Rube Goldberg Machine
“Rude Goldberg Machine” is an animated video by Yotam Perel featuring a particularly cheeky Rube Goldberg machine. Perel has more of his work posted on…
‘This American Life’ Launching Spin-Off Storytelling Podcast ‘Serial’ in Fall 2014
Beloved public radio fixture This American Life will be launching its first spin-off podcast, the weekly Serial, featuring ongoing stories that take multiple weeks to…
PangramTweets, A Collection of Tweets That Use Every Letter of the Alphabet
PangramTweets is a Twitter account created by American Dialect Society president Jesse Sheidlower that utilizes a bot to locate and automatically retweet tweets that use…
SciShow Explains Why Loud Noises Make Our Ears Ring
In the latest Quick Questions by SciShow, Michael Aranda explains the science behind tinnitus, a ringing in the ears caused by hearing loss, which affects…
Vsauce3 Explores Whether the Technology Hacking in the Video Game ‘Watch Dogs’ Is Possible in Real Life
Vsauce3 host Jake Roper explores whether the insane levels of technology hacking seen in the video game Watch Dogs is possible in real life. In…