The Science Behind Effective Persuasion
In a seemingly prescient whiteboard animation from 2012, Dr. Robert Cialdini and Steve Martin explain the science of effective persuasion. In doing so, they illuminate…
Lucy’s on 6th, A Pop-Up Delicatessen by Lucy Sparrow at Rockefeller Center Featuring Felted Gourmet Foods
In 2014, artist Lucy Sparrow created The Cornershop, a pop-up store that stocked felt replicas of items that are typically found in an English grocery…
Why Planes Avoid Flying Over the Pacific Ocean
Bright Side takes a look at why airlines tend to avoid flying over the Pacific Ocean on trips from the west coast of the United…
Incredibly Realistic Miniature Animal Sculptures
Artist Kerri Pajutee creates incredibly beautiful, real-looking animal sculptures that are to 1:12 to actual size. Pajutee’s remarkable attention to detail imbues each of her…
What Life Looks Like to Baby Cephalopods
In a clip from the upcoming PBS documentary Octopus: Making Contact (previously), newly hatched octopuses, squid and cuttlefish explore their respective new worlds outside the…
How Director Sam Mendes Is Presenting His Epic World War I Film ‘1917’ As One Continuous Exterior Shot
In advance of the release of the highly anticipated World War I epic 1917, director Sam Mendes along with the talented cast and crew share…
A Bullied Man Who Likes to Tell ‘Dad Jokes’ Turns His Frown Upside Down in a Brilliant Parody of ‘Joker’
The Dad, who offers funny takes on modern parenting, has created an absolutely brilliant parody of the trailer for the upcoming psychological thriller Joker. Like…
Solving the Riddle of the Secret Sauce
In a mysterious TED-Ed lesson animated by Artrake Studios, riddler Alex Gendler invites viewers to take on the role as a highly trained spy learn…
Amazing Continuous Bent Wire Portraits Installed Around the World in Interesting Outdoor Places
Dutch artist Spenser Little creates amazing bent wire sculptural portraits that he installs outside windows, attached to utility poles, bridges, and other surprising places. Each…
Analyzing Three Different Parking Strategies to Determine Which Is Most Likely to Be Successful
Physicists Paul Krapivsky of Boston University and Sidney Redner of the Santa Fe Institute conducted an interesting experiment. They analyzed three different parking strategies –…