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We know that hundreds of millions of years ago that fish left the water and eventually evolved into land animals. But what if we could see it happen right now? We sort of can. Scientists are raising fish to survive outside of water and to walk on land and they’re changing right before our eyes.…
Gavin Heffernan sent us a compilation of his time-lapse city traffic videos, all of which except one are shot in the City of Angels. A nice way to shut down for the day. Go have a cocktail, Angelenos. This is part of a series in which we are featuring beautiful time-lapses of cities and remarkable…
Aw look, it’s a rainbow. Maybe that means the rain is going to stop. Maybe that means the dark clouds are going away. Maybe it means we should go outdoors soon… NOPE. Maybe not. As these people were filming a rainbow, Mother Nature decided to blast out a lightning bolt right in their face. Sometimes…
Apparently there’s a crazy dude going around in Japan in full Batman uniform driving a batcycle. And that’s perfectly fine by me, quite honestly. Go Batman go! SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Today, NASA has officially committed to build the new Space Launch System, the world’s most powerful rocket ever, which hopefully will take us to Mars by 2030. The program is now set for development—the ‘first time that an exploration class vehicle has gotten this status since the space shuttle.’ According to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden:…
Check out famous race and aerobatic pilot Bruce Bohannon taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge inside his plane. He placed the ice water in a little bucket between his seat harness and his shirt, took off, and then did a loop. The only thing cooler than this would be if an astronaut did it in…
This beautiful purple jewel is an artist rendition of W0855—a Jupiter-sized brown dwarf 7.3 light years from Earth. If the scientists who just published a new paper on its composition are right, it’s the first object outside the solar system in which we have observed water clouds—an amazing discovery. Keep in mind that we have…
Watch Robert Consani and copilot Maxime Vilmot escaping a sudden fire quickly spreading inside their car at the 2014 Geko Ypres Rally, in Belgium. Thanks to their quick reaction and the help of the race marshals and other drivers they managed to survive unscathed. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on…
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I daydream that I have the power to move stuff or make wonderful things with my mind alone—because I can’t be bothered to move from my sofa, really. Superlazyass-Man. That would be my superhero name. Or Mary Poppins. And my superpower will look just like this video. SPLOID…
The deadly magnetic metal spheres known as Buckyballs may be officially banned, but they keep living in the homes and offices of rebels who keep making cool stuff with them. Like this massive cube assembled with 10,000 magnetic spheres—without a doubt the most satisfying video so far this month. SPLOID is a new blog about…
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day has an amazing picture by Dave Lane today, a 16-photo panorama of the Milky Way arching over Silex Spring, Yellowstone National Park. The amazing pool colors—caused by bacteria thriving in the magma-heated waters—make this look like a picture from an alien world. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…
Colossal got its eye on the newest hypnotizing mathematical GIFs by Dave Whyte. Here are my favorites. Pop an Ambien and zoom in. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Ghostbusters is celebrating its 30 anniversary, so the guys at Screen Junkies have decided to dissect it in a new hilarious honest trailer that brought me back many happy childhood memories. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Littering is lazy and selfish and just plain dumb. And it seems like the only people who don’t think that are the people who litter. That’s why LiveGreen Toronto cooked up these clever ads that combine trash to literally spell out what litterbugs are doing. Maybe they’ll realize now. The ad campaign uses popular items…
It’s an ad, so bear with the never ending attempts to sneak in Toaster Strudels but here’s master swordsman and multiple Guinness World Records holder Isao Machii slicing up fruit with a real sword better than any wannabe ninja can on his phone. On one side, it’s fun and ridiculous and hilarious that people can…
Here’s Israel’s Iron Dome chasing down 15 rockets in the air at one time and well, it’s crazy. Recent footage of the Iron Dome shows the defense system working and it’s like a firework show mixed with an air chase sequence that eerily resembles smokey tentacles reaching out to the sky. The future is scary.…
This GoPro video shows Christian Yellott zipping through the incredible narrow canyons of Lake Powell but if I squint a little bit, I can convince myself that I’m watching kid Anakin podracing in Tatooine. Either way, it’s pretty awesome. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
John Malkovich is a great actor, no doubt about it. That’s why it’s not surprising to see him nail the role of a vampire in this cinematic–and quite funny—TV commercial for a French video streaming service. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Maybe one day—when we get an X-Men vs Avengers movie crossover—we will see Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) morphing into the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). Until then we will have this fan morph, which looks surprisingly beautiful. Usually, these kind of morphs end being pretty terrible. Do you have any other favorite of actors or actresses? Post…
I can watch this time-lapse video of the Panama Canal’s ship traffic forever. Up, down, up, down—so mesmerizing. Here is a first person angle: SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
