Destin, our friend over at Smarter Every Day, has expanded our brains once again. Did you know that dragonfly wings work differently than nearly every other insect, utilizing a direct flight mechanism? Did you know that they can operate each wing independently, enabling them to glide like a bird? Even if you did know…

There's a reason "lightning" is so often a modifier for fast; you can barely see it even if you're staring at the right place at the right time. But if you're looking at the right place at the right time with a camera that can capture 11,000 frames per second, you're going to see an incredible show.

Hollywood visual effects artists are still the masters of making entire planets explode in an awesome fashion, but that doesn't make this high-speed footage of a desk globe detonating any less fun to watch. As far as simulations go this doesn't accurately represent how our planet will probably meet its demise at the…

If you live in a fairly well-populated city you've probably been visited by one of those Shaolin Warrior traveling shows. But the next time they roll through your town you should save your money and instead queue up this fantastic high-speed footage of their incredible acrobatics as captured by BBC Earth Productions.

Those crazy Slow-Mo guys are destroying anything they can possibly get their hands on this week. Today, it's a house made from LEGO. And though explosions are almost always a delicious visual treat, especially in slow motion, blowing up LEGO should never make anyone happy. Thankfully, LEGO bricks can totally withstand …

Even though this bowl of breakfast cereal meets its demise at the hands of what looks to be a tiny firecracker, through the eye of a high-speed camera the resulting explosion makes it look like a small island being wiped out by an atomic bomb.

Given you rarely see owls in the day outside of a zoo or museum setting, you've probably never thought of them as stone cold killers. But when hunting at night they can be as terrifying as a hawk, particularly if you happen to see them swooping in from a mouse's point of view.

It's a general rule that everything is better in slow motion, but at 4,700 frames a second, wasps just go from "creepy" to "still creepy."

Blowing stuff up is a blast in more ways than one, but only occasionally can you venture to call it art. This is an edge case. Ever an explosive duo, the Slow Mo guys have moved from pans of gasoline to bottles of paint and firecrackers and made some pretty colorful explosions.

BBC Earth Productions is back with another mesmerizing bit of high-speed footage that captures hawks as they're swooping in to attack their prey. Seeing all of the bird's complex feather mechanics in action as it slows mid-air to snatch its target is utterly fascinating, and seeing it extend those terrifying claws…