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French Juggler Creates Optical Illusions Using Four Rings
French juggler Lindzee Poi manipulates a quartet of juggling rings so as to make them appear as if they’re rotating around one another in the…
‘We Will Live Again’, A Documentary About the Caretakers of 99 Cryogenically Frozen Bodies at the Cryonics Institute
Directed by New York-based filmmakers Myles Kane and Josh Koury, the 2013 documentary short We Will Live Again follows the lives of two men tasked…
The Byzantine Series, Historic Byzantine-Style Paintings of Modern-Day Pop Culture Characters
Link, Legend of Zelda Athens, Greece-based artist Fotis Varthis has created The Byzantine Series, a collection of historic Byzantine-style paintings of modern-day pop culture characters.…
Examining Whether Math Equations Can Be a Form of Art
DNews host Tara Long examines whether math equations can be a form of art. Specifically, Long discusses a recent scientific paper that explored whether mathematicians…
MinutePhysics Explains Why Relativity Isn’t Actually Relative
MinutePhysics host Henry Reich explains why relativity, as it relates to physics and most sciences, isn’t actually relative.
French Artist Abraham Poincheval Is Living Inside a Taxidermy Bear for 13 Days
French artist Abraham Poincheval is spending 13 days inside a taxidermy bear for his performance art piece “Dans La Peau de l’Ours” (“Inside the Skin…
What Does Sound Look Like? by NPR
NPR’s Skunk Bear, which is the name of their science Tumblr run by Adam Cole, explains what sound looks like using Schlieren flow visualization, a…
Super Power Beat Down, A Live-Action Web Series That Has Two Fictional Super Powered Legends Engaging in Battle
Captain America vs. Master Chief Bat in the Sun and Machinima have teamed up to create Super Power Beat Down, a live-action web series that…
Can We Genetically Improve Intelligence? by AsapSCIENCE
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explore whether we can genetically improve intelligence with a little help from Vsauce3. Following this line of thought,…
BatDad Is Back with His Seventh Compilation of Funny Vine Videos
“Do you even lift, bro?” The BatDad (Blake Wilson) is back again with a seventh compilation of funny Vine videos that he created, with help…