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This video shows how Japan is a mystical world set in modern times

This video, shot and made by Scott Gold, plays like a dream. It depicts Scott and his wife’s trip to Japan in January but to me, it shows how Japan is maintaining its illustrious history and mystical culture amidst the fast paced, beep beep, every person cross the intersection right now modern world. You’ll see…

The Flowers of Fantastico is a sexy, meta cult web series

Anyone who delights in the world of grindhouse flicks will love this tale of a bunch of cult movie nerds who find the most obscure movie ever. Also, did I mention the bisexual love and demons? The Flowers of Fantastico is triumphantly weird new web series about a cult movie that turns out to be…

These glowing sea sapphire animals are like the fireflies of the ocean

Beautiful. You see them glow blue one second and then they turn invisible the next. You’re never sure if these Sapphirina copepods are real until you see them light up like a stunning firefly but for the ocean. And then they disappear just quick enough to make you question what you just saw. The Sapphirina…

What if we’ve completely misunderstood our place in the universe?

That’s a very real possibility raised by a Harvard astronomer who believes we may have missed something basic about how the universe was formed. Image via ESO Over at Slate, I’ve got an article about astronomer Avi Loeb’s latest theory, which is that life may have evolved when the universe was only about 15 million…

I want to be as happy as this dog getting his head massaged

What are you doing to me? Let me sniff it. What is this giant metal spider? Let me sniff it again. Is that a squirrel over there? Wait… I trust you because I love you but I’m not sure what this… ohhh myyy goddd that feels so good. Keep it there. Keep it going. Everything…

This coming Saturday March 1 is Future Day. And if a devoted group of futurists have their way, it’ll eventually become an official holiday. It’s described as “a way of focusing and celebrating the energy that more and more people around the world are directing toward creating a radically better future.” You can participate here.…

This infographic shows you the insane scale of our solar system

You may have seen graphics comparing the objects in our solar system by size, but this visualization offers a slightly different spin on the theme, by comparing objects by their total mass. Plus, it also features 460 tiny versions of former planet Pluto bouncing off of Earth like a game of interstellar marbles. The visualization…

Godzilla battles a true monster — Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg

Bryan Cranston is, of course, starring in the new Godzilla movie, and based on the trailer he doesn’t seem to be handling the appearance of a giant bipedal lizard well. Which would explain why he’s handed off Godzilla-fighting duties to Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg in this amazing mash-up trailer. https://gizmodo.com/new-trailer-showcases-godzilla-vs-a-very-pissed-off-br-1530711756 Who will be the true king…

Here are the flaws photographers see when they take a picture of you

A professional photographer’s job doesn’t end after they snap their photograph, hell, in some ways that’s when their job starts. In this image, The Today Show reveals what a photographer sees in his photo and what he needs to fix. And boy there is a lot that needs fixin’. A seemingly normal photograph of the…

Concept Art Writing Prompt: Tales of the Black Skull Recon Squad

Out of the chaos of battle, the soldiers emerge. But the face of the enemy isn’t quite human and it isn’t alien; it’s a skull. What story can you dream up about these possibly undead warriors? The digital painting above and the title “Black Skull Recon Squad” both come from artist Darek Zabrocki. As always,…

This Pickle Chandelier Has Enough Juice To Power Two Electric Chairs

Yes, this is a super-charged chandelier constructed with 60 plain old, garden-variety pickles as bulbs. It crackles. It spits. It smells like burnt vinegar—and it uses enough power to illuminate a city block. The experiment is the latest by Bompas & Parr, the gastronomic geniuses who made fireworks you could taste, vaporized gin, and a…

A Strong Contender for Weirdest and Most Subversive 80s Movie

It’s the 25th anniversary of Split, a 1989 movie written and directed by a professional mathematician named Chris Shaw who was best known for writing textbooks. And by all accounts, it’s a transcendently weird joyride through the heart of nonconformity. Over at Daily Grindhouse, there’s a great post about the wonderful strangeness of Split, which…

Spot-on Muppets ad replaces everyone in New York with Animal

If you leave aside the fact that The Muppets are shilling for the world’s crappiest brand of tea, this TV commercial in which everyone in New York gets replaced by Animal from the Muppets is absolutely brilliant. Because the truth is, my friends, that everyone eventually turns into Animal in this city. “Out of my…

These Are the First X-Rays of a Living Cell

To get a super-detailed X-ray view inside a cell—right down to the individual molecules—scientists dunk the cell they’re looking at in preservative chemicals. That not only kills the cell, it changes its internal structure ever so slightly, meaning researchers aren’t getting an exact look at the cell’s natural state. Now, scientists at Germany’s DESY Research…

“It’s basically a dolphin trying very hard to be a walrus”

Meet the walrus-whale, the extinct species of ancient whale, that looked a little like a cross between a dolphin and a walrus, and once roamed the oceans. Oh, for a time-traveling, whale-watching expedition! Today, we hosted a Q&A with marine paleontologist Nick Pyenson who joined us to tell us more about the behind the scenes…

Even PayPal Tries to Get Away With Not Paying for Stock Photos

Thousands of people have probably glossed over the decorative little clock on PayPal’s Political Campaigns page without a second thought. But if you look closely, you’ll see the watermark that proves this e-commerce giant really isn’t so different from you and me—because apparently, PayPal hates paying for stock photos, too. From what we’ve been able…

The Space Age Never Looked Brighter Than It Did in the Mid-1960s

At the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, everything was Space Age. From the designs and architecture to the machines and rides, it seemed to everybody that the future was in outer space. Here are some incredible pictures that capture the way we imagined tomorrow — in space. The Unisphere, a 12-story (140 ft or 43…

Amazing slow motion video of kingfisher birds hunting underwater

Kingfishers are prolific anglers. These birds have to be because they eat their body weight in fish every day. Watch as they dive into water at breakneck speeds in search of their next meal. These fantastic scenes were shot by wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson at the River Shannon in Ireland. The clip was part of…

A Look Inside The Observatory Where All Our Time Is Ticking

Do you know where time comes from? Well, for all intents and purposes, it comes from one of the wings of the U.S. Naval Observatory, where the nation’s primary atomic clock (and Joe Biden) live. Joe Biden is not the time master, however. The time master is actually Dr. Demetrios Matsakis, Chief Scientist for USNO’s…

Wait. Did anything in the latest Tomorrow People make sense? At all?

Just when we were starting to get our hopes up for The Tomorrow People, the CW’s show about mutant teens serves up the biggest batch of WTF yet. Is it just me, or did absolutely nothing in last night’s episode even make the slightest bit of sense? Spoilers ahead… Not to sound like a broken…