CNET's Jesse Orrall decided to see if he could get away with "attending" Zoom meetings using only prerecorded clips. The first meeting was easy, with dozens of attendees and no… Read the rest of the article: Video editor used prerecorded clips in Zoom meetings for a week and no one noticed

Lycopodium spores repel water so strongly that you can dip your spore-covered hand into water and it will stay completely dry. The hydrophobic spores are highly flammable, too, so they… Read the rest of the article: Scientist demonstrates just how water-repellent lycopodium spores are

YouTuber CGMatter loves this origami illusion of a T Rex that can be printed and folded, but he wanted a digital version. That turned out to be a significant challenge… Read the rest of the article: Watch this guy fold a digital version of an optical illusion origami

The Action Lab looks deeper into why strange-shaped objects like this octohedron can roll. A lot of it is about friction, or lack of slipping. Part of the issue is… Read the rest of the article: This square shape can roll, but why?

Chrome paint takes a little bit of skill to do well. Australian YouTuber custompaintmods tries applying it with paintbrush, airbrush, and with various primers and topcoats, and the end results… Read the rest of the article: Auto painter demonstrates how to apply chrome paint to all kinds of objects

Turkeys were a key herd animal of many indigenous peoples in the western hemisphere, and one of the main products was the soft feathers that could be woven into blankets.… Read the rest of the article: Archaeologist demonstrates how to weave a turkey feather blanket

Teslas have UV coating on the roof, and when condensation or other moisture builds up, it turns an iridescent orange tint. Here's a closeup of how pretty it is: Image:… Read the rest of the article: The coating on a Tesla's roof looks cool when wet

Oecophylla weaver ants create nests from up to 300 leaves, then expand their colony with far-reaching outposts on the borders. To hold their homes together, they affix the leaves with… Read the rest of the article: Weaver ants use their larvae as tiny silk-spewing glue guns

In this video, Mike Augustine demonstrates a fun effect: get a pair of refractive glasses and look at fireworks. His had a heart shape in the refraction, which caused an… Read the rest of the article: Refractive glasses turn each firework into an explosion of hearts

Dichroic and trichroic prisms have interesting qualities that make them useful in certain kinds of image capture systems. They are also cool to play around with in the dark. Here's… Read the rest of the article: Watch what happens when light hits a bunch of trichroic cubes

While many birds have iridescence that is visible to humans, many also have colorful markings visible under ultraviolet light. Via Atlas Obscura: Studies have shown that seeing in UV helps birds… Read the rest of the article: Even pigeon wings are astonishingly beautiful under UV light

James Cook is reviving the arcane art of creating images with an analog typewriter, aka the original ASCII art: This is vol. 2 of the production of my typewriter art… Read the rest of the article: Artist creates gorgeous sketches using an analog typewriter

During quarantine, amateur Belgian luthier tchicks' local lumber store was closed, so as a challenge, he made his third guitar from a shelf: This is my third guitar build, handcrafted… Read the rest of the article: This maker turned a shelf in his house into a guitar

The Auckland Zoo posted adorable footage of Jamila and Zambezi's first calf having fun doing laps around her mum. The baby rhino was just born a few weeks ago and… Read the rest of the article: Rhino calf zoomies are a thing, too

The Los Angeles Zoo's 19-year-old lion Frasier had a busy 1972. Over an 18 month period, he sired 35 cubs, baffling zookeepers and earning him the sobriquets "The Sensuous Lion"… Read the rest of the article: Lovely profile of Frasier, LA's swingin' 70s lion that sired 35 cubs in 18 months

Elon Musk confirmed last week that a Tesla employee reported a credible ransomware plot. The employee had been offered $1 million dollars to install the ransomware at their Giga Nevada… Read the rest of the article: Details emerge after an honest Tesla employee thwarted a ransomware plot

Blending all the colors of a seaside vista, Jukebox Print shared this lovely footage of their letterpress being inked. This overprint instructable with neon Pantone shades is really cool, too!… Read the rest of the article: Watch this colorful and hypnotic inking of a letterpress

In 2019, climate scientists deliberately locked The Polarstern into an Arctic ice floe about 500 km from the North Pole, taking detailed and novel measurements. Scientist Gunnar Spreen of MOSAiC,… Read the rest of the article: Last year scientists locked a ship in Arctic ice. The summer melt shocked them.

Boyce Langston from Living Big in a Tiny House visits Keith and Jen, who created a yellow submarine in their backyard. It started with a small grain silo that Keith… Read the rest of the article: This couple turned reclaimed materials into a submarine-themed tiny house

Kraig Adams makes beautiful and soothing documentaries about his hiking alone on scenic trails, like this 70-mile hike on the Sawtooth Loop Trail in Idaho. With just a touch of… Read the rest of the article: Relaxing channel about hiking alone on gorgeous trails worldwide