Bon Appétit goes noodling.
Maybe you're familiar with Bon Appétit's test kitchen videos. Maybe you're aware of "noodling" (it doesn't involve pasta). But do you know that catching catfish with your feet is so painful? Skip ahead to around 14:00.
A microtonal guitar with a fretboard made of Lego.
A microtonal guitar with a fretboard made of Lego.
A size comparison of fictional buildings.
A size comparison of fictional buildings—e.g., the Krusty Krab, Hogwarts, the Tyrell Corporation Headquarters.
Simon Weckert used 99 smartphones to create a "virtual traffic jam" on Google Maps.
Simon Weckert used a wagon loaded with 99 smartphones to trick Google Maps into showing a nonexistent traffic jam.
Amateur sky watchers in Finland have been credited with discovering a new type of aurora borealis.
Amateur sky watchers in Finland have been credited with discovering a new kind of aurora borealis: A few of the citizens' photos showed a form of aurora that didn't fit into any of the known categories. It had green, horizontal waves running in parallel. Its undulations reminding
Water special effects manufactured in Malta.
In case you were wondering how special effects are made for movie or TV scenes involving boats, pirates, water, etc.: using "tip tanks," fans, and previously damaged boats in Malta.
Astronomers have captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the Sun.
Astronomers at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii have captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the Sun. To put this into scale, the "cells" you see in the video are each about the size of Texas. That didn't help put it into
Your vote matters, the music video.
Flip side to the link we posted the other day saying your vote doesn't count, YelloPain provides the counterargument. So every time you sit out an election, every time you don’t show up because you think it doesn’t matter, someone else is happy that you didn’
Mountains and mesas imagined as rocky, infinite skyscrapers.
Mountains and mesas imagined as rocky, infinite skyscrapers.
A short film for your lunch break this week: The Driver Is Red.
A short film for your lunch break this week: The Driver Is Red, by Randall Christopher. Poignant considering that many adults lack basic knowledge of the Holocaust, "and this lack of knowledge is more pronounced among millennials."