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Monumental Net Sculptures by Janet Echelman
photo by Janus van den Eijnden Artist Janet Echelman creates intriguing large-scale sculptures out of netting. Echelman originally took her inspiration for the sculptures from…
SciShow Explains Why Some Planets in the Solar System Have Rings
Hank Green of SciShow explains the prevailing theory on why some planets, like Saturn, have rings and others do not. Hank fields one of the…
Blind Film Critic Tommy Edison Attempts to Create a Series of Sculptures With Play-Doh
Tommy Edison, known as The Blind Film Critic, tries to create a series of suggested sculptures out of Play-Doh in this video by Ben Churchill.…
Fixed, An App That Helps Challenge Parking Tickets
Fixed is an app from co-founders David Hegarty, David Sanghera, and DJ Burdick that helps users contest parking tickets. Users take a photo of their…
Clever Subway Ad in Sweden Features a Woman Whose Hair Blows in the Wind When a Train Passes
To promote a new line of hair products, Swedish pharmacy chain Apotek Hjärtat installed a clever video ad in a Swedish subway station that features…
Husky Enjoys A Really Good Head Rub With An Orgasmatron Wire Head Massager
Silver the Husky enjoys a really good head rub with an Orgasmatron wire head massager in this delightful video from May 2013. via reddit
Aerial Video of Reindeer Circling in Herds As They Are Split Up by Herders in Norway
Aerial photography enthusiast Jan Helmer Olsen recently used his hexacopter camera drone to shoot this remarkable aerial video of a reindeer herd being split up…
A Worthless Clock Featuring the Armless Black Knight From ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ Not Showing The Time
Phil Jones has created "The Most Worthless Clock," featuring the Black Knight from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with his arms chopped off.
A Rescued Pelican With A GoPro Camera Strapped to His Beak Documents First Successful Flight
Big Bird is a pelican who was separated from his flock during a storm and washed ashore on the banks of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.…
‘Particle Fever’, A Documentary That Follows Six Scientists During the Launch of the Large Hadron Collider
Particle Fever is a documentary film directed by physicist/filmmaker Mark Levinson and written by both Levinson and David Kaplan that follows six scientists during the…