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Elena Rogova’s Appearance and Reality is a clever short story that tackles something we can all relate to: the difference between the feelings we show to the world and our hidden true feelings. It’s like as we grow up, we put on a mask to suppress our feelings to look cool or appear strong or…
I really enjoyed this video from Shiva Kumar and Siddharth Manugula about tracking the life of ants. It turns them into a video game of sorts, with battery life meters and Wi-Fi signaling and objectives and goals. It’s also fun to see ‘human’ things get digitally imposed into their world like street lamps and mini…
Archeologists have discovered an ancient tomb modeled afterthe mythical Tomb of Osiris as described by Egyptian lore in thenecropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the West Bank at Thebes. The complex includes a shaft that connects to multiple chambers, including one with demons holding knives. The tomb—which was built following the descriptions of the Tomb…
If Carl Sagan taught us anything about our universe in Cosmos, he taught us how small we are in the grand scheme of things. The universe deals in magnitudes far beyond our comprehension: billions of galaxies, trillions of stars, quadrillions of particles. So many, that one crazy fan compiled all those ‘illions into one trippy…
Photographer Beth Moon spent 14 years traveling around the world taking pictures of the most ancient trees on Earth. The resulting photos—printed in platinum for a wider tonal range and stunning luminosity—are compiled in her book Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time. Picture above: Desert Rose. Bufflesdrift Baobab. The Bowthorpe Oak. Many of the trees I…
Austrian filmmaker Andreas Sulzer claims to have found Hitler’s ‘largest secret weapons research facility’ following information contained in US intelligence reports describing a massive underground tunnel system excavated in granite near the Mathausen-Gusen concentration camp. Sulzer has been trying to uncover this Nazi secret weapons nest for years. Using data gathered from countless documents found…
To celebrate the New Year, the national North Korean television network has broadcasted this footage of the supreme leader flying a plane. According to local media, the almighty Kim Jong-un piloted and landed the aircraft by himself—with the help of his two assistants. All hail Kim! SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook…
Artist Michael Grab has been making amazing balanced rock sculptures for years. His secret: Steady hands, slow breathing, a big dose of patience, and lots of practice. The following video is a compilation of the work he made in 2014. You can support Michael’s work by buying his2015 calendar here. SPLOID is delicious brain candy.…
Our friend Mario Wienerroither is starting a new video series in 2015: Famous TV intros without the music. It’s even more ridiculous than his musicless music videos. The first one: MacGyver. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
The New Year is here. A unit of time that doesn’t mean anything to the Universe—stars, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, quasars, dark matter, and the other living beings that for sure populate the cosmos don’t care about the arbitrary dates that we little humans have created. And yet, we celebrate. We celebrate this time despite…
Good riddance, 2014. And to celebrate turning a new calendar year, Evan Puschak, the Nerdwriter, put together this nifty look at how movies, TV shows and music videos used slow motion in 2014. It’s interesting to see all these different types of films and shows use the same effect and question if they are even…
I’m not going to give my aluminum cans to recycling centers anymore. Instead, I’m going to melt them down to liquid metal and create awesome metal objects with them. All I need is a hair dryer and some charcoal to create this awesome mini metal foundry. It turns about 40 cans into a pound of…
Holy crap. I’m pretty sure the fence separating the tigers from the humans does absolutely nothing because these tigers can easily out jump it. Look at them gracefully fly in the air and snatch the meat like a wide receiver catching a touchdown pass. These beasts are basically basically comic book superhero versions of regular…
I’m really loving all the ships from the fantastic Star Citizen. This is a small fighter for lone wolves by Gurmukh Bhasin: The Mustang Gamma. This would be my pick. Or the Delta variant. Or the Beta. Any of them will work. Gurmukh Bhasin is a Los Angeles-based architectural designer who has been working since…
My favorite part of Return of the Jedi was the final Death Star battle, a perfect choreography of models filmed with computer-controlled cameras. It was truly amazing—except for the Ewok clowns interrupting the flow with their unrealistic fight.* So I always wanted to see this: The entire battle in high definition. * How can a…
A pencil and a paper is all you need to draw these magical anamorphic black holes that will make your brain think that there is a whole different dimension under your table. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
A collection of cutaways of AK-47, Colt .45, tanks, Russian nuclear submarines, rocket launchers, grenades… a fascinating look into the guts of 12 iconic weapons. Yankee 667M Andromeda: Russian submarine equipped with nuclear missiles. 9k113 Konkurse: Russian anti-tank missile. RPG-18: Russian short-range, disposable light anti-tank rocket launcher. Rheinmetall 35mm Oerlikon AHEAD airburst ammunition. British WWI…
Adrien Servadio made this beautiful video showing Fanny Sage dancing around while surrounded by fire. The special effects flames that encompass her makes it look like she’s regenerating like a burning phoenix. The video is NSFW but it’s absolutely mesmerizing. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Like the rest of us, Machinima Happy Hour wondered what would happen after the crossguard lightsaber scene in the new Star Wars trailer. Unlike the rest of us, they created this hilarious animation imagination of how ridiculous that fight would be because adding light sabers to just anything is just crazy. We’re talking about a…
Nothing rings in the new years like explosions and fireworks and countdowns and mind sacrificing hangovers earned during silly festivities. This supercut video by Screen Junkies has most of that from movies like Star Wars and Tropic Thunder and more. You can save the hangover for tomorrow. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on…
