Richard Branson successfully goes to space and has a message for us
Richard Branson successfully took a Virgin Galactic test flight into space on Sunday and had a message for all us poor Earth-dwellers down here: To all you...
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This guy got punched by a mantis shrimp
If you're not familiar with mantis shrimp, they're weird little guys that can see through 12 channels of color (we can see three: red, green, and blue)...
Firework thrown into a convertible over July Fourth
This is infuriating footage of a July Fourth firework being thrown into a convertible in Nashville. Around 10:15 p.m. Sunday night, Colin Kirby was leaving the city...
Timelapse of spacewalk to install a solar array for the International Space Station
This is a timelapse of spacewalks made by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during his second mission to the International Space Station, "Alpha". On 16 June 2021 Thomas...
It takes an awful lot of robots to operate this grocery store
Tom Scott shows behind the scenes of a grocery warehouse and how many robots it takes to operate it. In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes...
LAPD accidentally blows up neighborhood during botched fireworks seizure
17 people were injured in South Los Angeles on Wednesday evening when an LAPD bomb squad attempted to safely detonate about 5,000 pounds of seized illegal fireworks...
That flying car made its first inter-city flight
On Monday, the Klein Vision AirCar completed its first ever inter-city flight. AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production this week, fulfilling a key development...
A group of Boston Dynamics Spot robots dancing to BTS's 'IONIQ'
To celebrate the purchase of Boston Dynamics by Hyundai, Boston Dynamics released this video of Spot robots dancing to BTS's IONIQ: I'm On It, which I guess...
Mesmerizing aerial timelapse views of sheep herding in Yokneam
This is mesmerizing aerial timelapse footage of sheep herding in Yokneam taken by photographer Lior Patel. Haifa-based photographer Lior Patel has spent the last seven months immersed...
A narcissist with sign caused a huge pile-up during the Tour de France
A "fan" holding a sign during the Tour de France clipped rider Tony Martin, causing him and pretty much everybody behind him to crash. With less than...
This guy made a hubless bicycle
The Q, who previously made a bike with "invisible" wheels, finally realized his dream of a truly hubless bicycle by, well, building it: What do you know...
Triangle-shaped UFO spotted over Shanghai
pic.twitter.com/nIfGvBchTg— 今日中国 (@Today__China) June 22, 2021 A triangle-shaped UFO was spotted over Shanghai on Tuesday. It's currently the 100th anniversary of the communist party in China and Shanghai...
Simulating burn-up on reentry using a plasma wind tunnel
This is a video simulating the burn-up of a Solar Array Drive Mechanism during atmospheric reentry using a plasma wind tunnel. This Solar Array Drive Mechanism (SADM)...
2,400 CG artists were challenged to render a base animation and these are the top 100
Clinton "Pwnisher" Jones challenged 2,400 CG artists to render a base animation and this is a montage of the top 100. Over the last month, I challenged...
Rare 16mm screen test footage of the 'Star Wars' droids
This is rare 16mm footage from the original Star Wars prop department showing Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Anthony Daniels (C-3P0) testing out the droid costumes. It's March...
These guys made a bike-powered car
These guys hooked up a tandem bicycle to a Honda Civic to make a bike-powered car. The main points are it works, they're having fun, and they...
This guy has the biggest mouth in the world
Guinness World Records recently awarded Isaac Johnson the title of biggest mouth in the world, although according to my girlfriend this record belongs to me. Oh, wait,...
Japanese guy's iPhone quick-draw system
Look, I know the title of this post kind of makes sense and when you read it you're thinking, "This is probably a Japanese guy who made...