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Star Trek Movie Trailer Recreated with Footage from the Film’s Blooper Reel
OneMinuteGalactica has created “Star Trek trailer: Derp edition”, a recreation of the 2009 Star Trek movie trailer made using footage from the film’s blooper reel…
The Science of Snowflakes by It’s Okay To Be Smart
Joe Hanson of the PBS video series It’s Okay to Be Smart explains how snowflakes form and examines the age-old adage that every snowflake is…
Hungary’s Award-Winning Rope Skipping Team Show Off Their Skills in the Streets
In this video produced by Inspri Productions, members of Hungary’s award-winning Kötélugró Klub rope skipping team show off their skills in the streets of Szombathely,…
Can Plants Think? by AsapScience
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explore the world of plant intelligence in their latest video, “Can Plants Think?” submitted via Laughing Squid Tips
Warby Parker’s Interactive 2013 Annual Report
Eyewear brand Warby Parker has posted an interactive 2013 annual report that runs through company milestones and numbers from the past year in a calendar…
We’ll Never Be Rested, “Royals” by Lorde Re-Written for Tired Parents of Small Children
Author Joshua Stearns and wife Erica Carlson wrote new lyrics to the Lorde megahit “Royals” to express the trials and tribulations of being tired parents…
Burning Man Announces 2014 Art Theme: Caravansary
Burning Man has announced the art theme for the 2014 festival: Caravansary. The theme refers to the ancient roadside inns, or caravansaries, that lined the…
Cat Battle Armor
SavagePunk Studio has made an exquisite leather suit of Cat Battle Armor designed to turn any feline into an “unstoppable force for slaughter” by “shielding…
World Maps Drawn Completely from Memory
In the summer of 2012, high school senior Zak Ziebell, also known as zaaakk, asked 29 students at the University of Michigan to draw a…
Browser Experiment Hides Your Face with Creepy Masks in Real Time
Audun Mathias Øygard has created a browser experiment that hides your face with creepy masks in a real-time webcam feed. Users can choose between masks…