It’s been commonly said that people often resemble their dogs, whether it be a good or a bad thing, but it’s pretty much guaranteed that no-one has ever likened someone to the fish that’s on their plate. Photographer Ted Sabarese decided to overturn this massive injustice by creating a selection of photographs of men and women, who look alarmingly similar to fish.
Irish magician Dave Cremin is performing the greatest card trick you’ll ever witness right in the heart of Times Square.
An illustrated tale from the Spanish author Sergio A. Sierra, Pincel de Zorro is a whimsical story set in Japan, full of tenderness, magic and sadness. The story is complemented by unique illustrations, all of which are hand drawn by Meritxell Ribas using a complex technique called grattage, in which paint is scraped off the canvas with a pointed tool.
Pincel de Zorro (English) from Hug Codinach on Vimeo.
A bizarre underwater ‘icicle of death’ has been filmed for the first time by cameramen Hugh Miller and Doug Anderson for the BBC One series Frozen Planet. With timelapse cameras, specialists recorded salt water being excluded from the sea ice and sinking.
The temperature of this sinking brine caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it. Where the so-called ‘brinicle’ met the sea bed, a web of ice formed that froze everything it touched, including sea urchins and starfish.
More information about the icicle of death at the BBC site.
Ever seen this before? This video was taken in Singapore. Look in the middle of the video at the gap where the light and the darker cloud connect. Then read this article for an explanation.
Ever wondered why flies are attracted to beer? Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have, and offer an explanation. They report that flies sense glycerol, a sweet-tasting compound that yeasts make during fermentation.
Insects use their taste system to glean important information about the quality and nutritive value of food sources, said Anupama Dahanukar, an assistant professor of entomology, whose lab conducted the research. Sugars signal high nutritive value to flies, but little is known about which chemical cues flies use for food sources that are low in sugar content – such as beer.
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A girl races a dromedary camel. Guess who wins.
Do you know how many times the phrase ‘The Force’ was said in all six Star Wars movies? This video shows every utterance of ‘The Force’ in chronological order of release.
David Rees used to be a political cartoonist. He gave that career up to pursue his dreams. David loves #2 pencils and pencil sharpeners, and considers it a privilege to sharpen pencils for friends and strangers. In New York’s Hudson River Valley, he still practices the age-old art of manual pencil sharpening.
“Is this a joke? If you start a pencil-sharpening business, you can expect to hear this question a lot. The short answer? No, this is not a joke. You pay David Rees money and he sharpens your pencils. If you think it’s a joke, why don’t you poke yourself with your newly sharpened pencil? Or better yet, don’t – because it’ll really hurt. In fact, every pencil David Rees sharpens is shipped with a signed and dated certificate authenticating that it is now a dangerous object.”
Iconic paintings by artists like Leonardo DaVinci, Sandro Botticelli and Georges Seurat have become an intrinsic part of our cultural landscape, even as we progress far beyond the time periods in which they were completed.
And, whether paying tribute or appropriating, making comments on the art itself or what we have become, today’s artists place these works in the modern context using photography, Photoshop, and other technology.
Nature Wants To Eat You is a tumblr blog by award-winning British science writer Ed Yong. It’s a celebration of the animal kingdom’s terrifying mouths, jaws, teeth, and tongues. The stuff to give you nightmares.
A bit of animated weirdness by Cyriak Harris, a freelance animator from Brighton, UK.