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The Hadean and Eoarchean epochs were the real hell on Earth. For millions of years, our planet was heavily bombarded by millions of asteroids with “existing oceans repeatedly boiled away into steam atmospheres”until its crust finally solidified. These two new visualizations will help you comprehend this violence. The following is a reconstruction “that illustrates land…
Paul Chadeisson is a French concept designer who creates exquisite futuristic urban environments. You probably know his work from games like Remember Me but there’s much more in his portfolio. Here are some of his fantastic cities I would like to visit. Paul Chadeisson is a French concept artist who has worked in games like…
Bagels are delicious literally no matter which way you slice them—but are they more delicious when cut into a “mathematically perfect” shape? Stony Brook University’s engineering professor George W. Hart thinks he has found the magic formula. Hart created a way to cut bagels into interlocking chains. He thinks it’s the most mathematically correct way…
Mario Wienerroither is back with another hilarious videoclip without music. This time Turn Down for What is transformed into a grotesque orgy of bodies twisting and turning with no apparent reason. Which makes it even creepier—yes that’s possible—and funnier than the original. NSFW! Here’s the original so you can compare: SPLOID is a new blog…
Guy Trefler is a synthetic human being made from the DNA of Terry Gilliam and Andy Warhol but without any of their originality. And that’s ok, because he says nothing is original in this seizure-inducing video mashup. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Flóra Borsi is fascinated by the beauty of coffee. And so she made this stunning series of pictures where New York City skies are dyed with coffee and the clouds are made of cappuccino foam. It’s like the whole city is submerged in a gigantic cup of latte—and some how it is, considering New Yorkers’…
These freakish heads, little more than disembodied mouths, were created for a poster for a festival—but then designers Dvein decided to breath life into their creations, animating and adding sounds from the event. Is this really how artists envisage their audiences and critics? Here are the original posters and some images from the event. Dvein…
This guy’s name is Adam Delorme, although I will just go ahead and call him Darth Delorme. Or His Wizardness Lord Delorme of Snow. He can go by either name. Like the rest of the skiers in the documentary Less, his skiing seems more like an act of magic than actual skiing. At one point…
This goliath grouper sure isn’t happy about sharing the waters with us humans. It grumpily swims over to the man spearfishing, intimidates him with a little head butt and then steals the fish he caught. Even worse, he took the guy’s gun for a little joy ride. It’s like stealing someone’s date right in front…
When I saw its thumbnail I thought this was an aerial photo of someone descending into one of those bloody Siberian holes at sunset. Then I zoomed in and saw it was a monster appearing throught the ice, created by concept designer Pierre-Etienne Travers. Which is cool because the rest of his artwork is phenomenal.…
Michael Stevens explains why darkness moves faster than light in this new episode of Vsauce. I usually find these explainers interesting because they delve not only into multiple science disciplines but often they touch philosophical questions too. This one really blew my mind. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Scientists have found the secrets of the old ship unearthed in 2010 under the ruins of the Twin Towers. First, the large vessel—buried under 22 feet (6.7 meters) of soil and wreckage—was built around the same time the Declaration of Independence was signed. There’s more—but there’s also one big mystery left unsolved. By comparing the…
If you forget about its psychopath leader and oligarchs, its complete disregard for human rights, the gay hate from a majority of its population, and its people’s suicidal tendencies documented in countless videos, Russia actually seems pretty cool. Or so says David Duchovny in this fun beer ad. Or maybe not. SPLOID is a new…
Cool selfie of an Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighter pilot looking all badass and futuristic, like snapshot from some future Halo game cutscene. I wish I had the high resolution to print this out on a large fine metal paper. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
You would think that chocolate is universal. Something that is everywhere, that everyone can enjoy. It’s not. There are people who have never tried it, even the farmers who break their backs to harvest cocoa beans for a few cents in the Ivory Coast. Watch their faces light up when they eat it for the…
A cool photo of a crash crane lifting a damaged Harrier jet off the deck of the US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge. The crash and salvage team regularly practice this kind of operations in case of an airplane crash. That crane is surprisingly huge—just look at the guy in the cabin and the…
Martin Scorsese already wanted to become a movie director at the age of 11. He even planned to do an epic roman film called The Eternal City starring Marlon Brando, Virginia Mayo, Alec Guinness and Richard Burton. This is the storyboard he did for the movie. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join…
These skydivers—after a series of crazy spins—land on a lake sliding with their feet all the way to the shore. I’ve seen skydivers land in crazy ways before but I’ve never seen them touch down in such an acrobatic way. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
A group of kayakers take a wrong turn and end up trapped in a cave. Luckily they are prepared and know exactly what to do. I am not sure I would have stayed nearly so calm. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Laurie Lipton is an artist based in London with an exquisite pencil technique and great attention to detail. In this series of photorealistic pencil drawings she projects a world that is halfway between the past and a dystopian future. When traveling around Europe as a student, she began developing her very own peculiar drawing technique…
