Ever wonder how a metal object has a colorful patina that doesn't really look like paint? It's probably been anodized if it's aluminum or titanium. One interesting property of these… Read the rest of the article: Anodized titanium turns different colors based on voltage

Daniel Rosenfeldt specializes in a kind of juggling called orbiting, and his performance piece "Starcatcher" is beautifully executed and shot in Sweden. The juggling set he uses is by Davide… Read the rest of the article: Amazing orbit juggling performance in a castle

The folks at Laugh Over Life have obviously played a lot of Among Us and watched a lot of reality TV in this pitch-perfect mashup. Following the popularity of the… Read the rest of the article: 'Among Us' as a reality show

A kalliroscope is a rheoscopic fluid display that uses magnets and mica to create a vortex when spun. There are a few models that are dome shaped, and even some… Read the rest of the article: Kalliroscopes create galaxies and hurricanes at your fingertips

YouTuber Dollightful repurposes old toys into fun new ones. She was planning to turn an old doll into a dragon, but stopped mid-build to redo it as an amazing werewolf.… Read the rest of the article: Maker accidentally creates a doll-lightful werewolf

For the I am a Voter campaign, 48 artists created new "I Voted" stickers. New York magazine has special print editions with the cover as a sheet of 12 stickers… Read the rest of the article: "I Voted" stickers redesigned by 48 artists

Colored droplets in corn syrup can be mixed and then unmixed by reversing the mixing motion thanks to a phenomenon called Stokes flow or creeping flow, similar to how lava… Read the rest of the article: Liquids get mixed, then unmixed due to Stokes flow

Filip Sterckx of Skullmapping says, "We made one of Rubens angels escape his painting and fly around Brussels airport." Here's another fun one they recently did inspired by the Renaissance:… Read the rest of the article: Cupid breaks free from a Rubens painting in Belgian art installation

Hoyoon Shin creates art made of razor-thin metal, paper, and plastic. From the side, they look solid, but from the front they reveal their emptiness. In an artist's statement, he… Read the rest of the article: These sculptures almost disappear when viewed head-on

Quin from Coin Quest does relaxing and informative videos where he goes coin roll hunting. In this video he goes through a box of rolled pennies and immediately finds three… Read the rest of the article: Coin roll hunter finds some nice rare pennies

Vitrography is the formal name for laser engraving a figure below the surface of a piece of glass or plastic. But most people call them bubblegrams. The laser pulses as… Read the rest of the article: Bubblegrams: lasers that engrave below an object's surface

2020 Obel Award winner Anna Heringer (previously at BB) put her skills to use designing Anandaloy, which was then built from mud and bamboo by citizens of Rudrapur, Bangladesh. Some… Read the rest of the article: Award-winning architect designs a mud and bamboo building

North Carolina banjo artisan Marvin Walker shows off the first cigar box banjo he ever made "kind of as an experiment." He then demonstrates it by playing the only song… Read the rest of the article: Expert banjo maker shows off the first one he made

Few logos have pained me as much as the original Gmail logo. It was a Frankensteinian creation by committee with so many things wrong with it that it's hard to… Read the rest of the article: The new Gmail logo: an appreciation

Pete Souza took some of the most historically significant photos of both Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama while both served as president. He talks about what it takes to be… Read the rest of the article: Documentary on Obama White House photographer Pete Souza

Horace Zeng creates paintings using fire ants dropped onto ink and the result is quite lovely. Via his site: These paintings are done by letting a "ball" of aggregating fire… Read the rest of the article: Fire ants created this art

About one in three people will have a panic attack in their lifetimes, but there are ways to reduce the odds and the severity. They are essentially a feedback loop… Read the rest of the article: This explainer on panic attacks includes management tips

German bike ballet artist Viola went to a local castle and managed not to break the chandelier while doing some impressive moves. This beautiful castle was made for doing a… Read the rest of the article: Impressive display of bicycle ballet

To celebrate five years on YouTube, The Brick Wall created a complex four-station pizza assembly machine made of Lego. The sauce delivery device in particular is quite a contraption, even… Read the rest of the article: Impressive build: Lego pizza factory

Atkinson Hyperlegible was modified from Helvetica style san-serif fonts, but with a few tweaks to make similar letters appear different. For instance, the capital I has serifs to help readers… Read the rest of the article: Braille Institute's free Atkinson Hyperlegible font helps low-vision readers