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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Explains How Smell Changes in Space
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield explains why the sense of smell dulls in space and describes one of the few scents astronauts aboard the International Space…
Jimmy Fallon Reads Viewer’s Top Weird, Funny, or Embarrassing #MomQuotes Tweets
For their ongoing Late Night Hashtags segment, Late Night host Jimmy Fallon asked his viewers to use the hashtag #MomQuotes on Twitter to tweet…
How to Recreate The Matrix’s Slow Motion Bullet Time Effects With a Ceiling Fan & GoPro Camera
NASA engineer Mark Rober has released a video that shows you how to create the famed slow motion bullet time effects from The Matrix films…
How ‘Oblivion’ Should Have Ended
In this animated episode of How It Should Have Ended (HISHE), an alternate ending is provided for the 2013 post-apocalyptic science fiction film, Oblivion.
Illustrated Series of TV & Movie Characters On Their Days Off by Kiersten Essenpreis
“Alien Takes Jonesy to the Vet” (Alien) Chicago-based artist Kiersten Essenpreis has created a terrific series of pop culture illustrations showing famous TV show and…
A Visualization of Gamer Stereotypes
Dorkly has created a humorous comic that visualizes various “Gamer Stereotypes.” The visualizations get really wild when they get to the individuals who are lovers…
Popular Movie Posters Recreated With Their Working Titles
The Avengers, code name Group Hug Redditor daidalos5 has redesigned the posters for popular films like Star Trek, The Avengers, Star Wars Episode VI: Return…
Kid President Shares Ten Things Every Mom Needs to Know
“Put down your phone.” In “An Open Letter To Moms from Kid President,” the young but very wise Kid President shares ten things every Mom…
Fartscroll.js, A Script by The Onion That Makes Web Pages Fart as You Scroll
The Onion has created fartscroll.js, a script that makes web pages fart as you scroll. It’s available to download from Github. image via The Onion…