A backyard cookout rendered in felt, in a video short by Andrea Love.
A backyard cookout rendered in felt, in a video short by Andrea Love.
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A short documentary about life in the treetops
In 2008, a group of activists climbed into the canopy of a Humboldt County redwood forest and didn't come down for four years—after the owner of the land announced a deal to transfer more than 1,000 acres to a public trust, including the occupied trees. A
A musician-inventor combined a Leslie rotating speaker and a guitar.
A musician-inventor combined a Leslie rotating speaker and a guitar and kept all his fingers. via Laughing Squid
Recent footage of the exceptionally rare glass octopus
Recent footage of the exceptionally rare glass octopus, spotted in the remote Phoenix Islands Archipelago, north of Samoa. During the expedition, scientists made two rare sightings of a glass octopus, a nearly transparent species whose only visible features are its optic nerve, eyeballs and digestive tract. Before this expedition, there
How to become a world-class archer while shooting with your feet
From FiveThirtyEight, "How An Armless Archer Trains His Brain To Win Olympic Medals." Paralympian Matt Stutzman, born without arms, has become a world-class archer by shooting with his feet. He trains in remote Iowa, where his only competition is in his mind. So he imagines matches in
How green tomatoes are sorted from the red tomatoes
Who knew? Green tomatoes are sorted from the red tomatoes by fast-moving, pinball-like flippers.
A short documentary about Charles Bello
A short documentary about Charles Bello, an architect who trained under Richard Neutra in Los Angeles, then moved with his wife Vanna Rae Bello into the remote Mendocino redwoods in 1968, and has lived there ever since.
A supercut of gymnasts gracefully recovering from mistakes.
A supercut of gymnasts gracefully recovering from mistakes.
A nature film hand-crafted in miniature by Clemens Wirth.
A nature film, except it's entirely hand-crafted in miniature by Clemens Wirth.
To win against one of the "Big Four" in professional men's tennis.
What it's like to notch a win recently against one of the previously invincible "Big Four" (Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal) in professional men's tennis.