A comparison of average tree heights, from a keshitsubo to a sequoia.
A comparison of average tree heights, from a keshitsubo (0.08 meters) to a sequoia (116 meters).
The Advertising Standards Authority bans its first two TV ads.
The Advertising Standards Authority bans its first two TV ads for “perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes.” One for Philadelphia cream cheese suggests men are bad parents, and one for Volkswagen got knocked for showing men being adventurous while women tend to babies.
A musicologist pokes holes in the expert testimony that decided the Katy Perry/Flame lawsuit.
A musicologist offers multiple songs that fit the same musical pattern that decided the Katy Perry/Flame lawsuit.
A deepfake replacing Bill Hader's face with Tom Cruise's, while Hader performs a Cruise impression.
A deepfake replacing Bill Hader's face with Tom Cruise's, while Hader performs an impression of Cruise.
"Green Book was a good movie" and more ASMR for white liberals.
"Green Book was a good movie" and more ASMR for white liberals.
NEC unveils a wobbly flying car outside Tokyo.
NEC unveiled its wobbly flying car in Abiko, outside Tokyo. It was able to hover for about a minute using four propellers. See also: a brief history of the catchphrase, "Where's my flying car?"
An excellent mini-doc on the reissue of Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks.
This excellent mini-doc on the reissue of Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks includes interviews with Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, and Roger Eno about how they created the original album, as well as the new tracks that seamlessly match its 1983 forebear.
Filmmaker DA Pennebaker, who shot Dylan, Bowie, and Depeche Mode, dies at 94.
Filmmaker DA Pennebaker, whose lengthy credits include shooting the first conceptual rock video (Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues"), David Bowie's final concert as Ziggy Stardust, and Depeche Mode's 101, has died at 94.
An unmanned bicycle equipped with a neuromorphic chip.
Researchers in China are thinking about autonomous transportation in terms of a tricked-out bicycle—one that gets around with help "from what is called a neuromorphic chip, modeled after the human brain." In the video, the bicycle is not learning; it is merely executing software that had
Mizzurna Falls, a 1998 video game highly influenced by Twin Peaks, has now been translated.
Mizzurna Falls, a 1998 video game highly influenced by Twin Peaks, was released only for PlayStation in Japan. It took Lynch fans years to compile a translated version of the game—but it's finally here, and playable.