YouTuber SG Yap got some great footage of the new Apple Marina Bay Sands location in Singapore. The landmark Apple Store is the first floating store in the world. Via… Read the rest of the article: Apple just built a floating retail store in Singapore

Australian gemcutter Cliff shows how to make a Cleopatra's Eye, a challenging task for even a highly experienced artisan. They can be made with any color gem, but this yellow… Read the rest of the article: Gemcutter demonstrates how to facet a Cleopatra's Eye

If you ever want to feel like you're having bubble tea in a-ha's "Take on Me" video, head over to the 2D Café in Malaysia. YouTuber Wander Cazzy has the… Read the rest of the article: Malaysian café designed to look like a comic book page

"A man arrives at an unknown home with an unknown agenda." As seemingly inconsequential moments keep adding up, this suspenseful piece written and directed by Robert Broadhurst feels all too… Read the rest of the article: The short film "An Occurrence at Arverne" will fill you with dread

The Wonder Woman 1984 trailer gives us tantalizing glimpses at some of the villains, including Kristen Wiig as Cheetah and Pedro Pascal as Maxwell Lord, a "desperate, self-obsessed, fraudulent entrepreneur… Read the rest of the article: 'Wonder Woman 1984' trailer features villains Cheetah and an evil man in the White House

Daily Show correspondent Desi Lydic watched Fox News for 64 hours straight to understand more about Kamala Harris. Her report is very eye-opening. The whole Foxsplaining series is a hoot.… Read the rest of the article: Kamala Harris, Foxplained

A 9-year test in Norway found that painting just one wind turbine blade black can decrease birds deaths by about 72%. Via Ars Technica: At the Smøla wind farm, regular… Read the rest of the article: Painting one wind turbine blade black reduced bird deaths by over 70%

Raconteur animator sWooZie shared a cute story about a blind date that has lots of twists and turns. It's a long driveway to a small house, but it's well-told and… Read the rest of the article: Cute rambling story about a blind date in the influencer age

As the animal rights movement continues to push for more legal protections for pets, Germany is leading the way on prohibitions for leaving dogs at home alone all day and… Read the rest of the article: Proposed German pets rights law would require two walks a day for dogs

DARPA AlphaDogfight Trials is a competition between AI programs in a fighter jet simulator. The final event pits the winning program "Heron" against Air Force F-16 pilot "Banger," and the… Read the rest of the article: Watch a champion fighter jet AI destroy a human pilot in a flight simulator

The DC FanDome got a preview of next year's The Batman, and it is definitely in keeping with the dark and brooding aesthetic of recent iterations. Via IGN: Director Matt… Read the rest of the article: 'The Batman' trailer reveals Robert Pattinson as the eponymous crimefighter

The Somali sengi, a type of elephant shrew with an elongated nose, had not been observed since the 1960s. It was recently rediscovered by scientists who lured them out from… Read the rest of the article: After 50 years, scientists confirm that adorable elephant shrew species still exists

Slow TV YouTuber CruisingTheCut shared a relaxing cruise through part of the Macclesfield canal, a 26-mile historic waterway in Cheshire. The canal includes locks, historic buildings, and even roving bridges… Read the rest of the article: Slow TV: take a 2.5 hour narrowboat cruise down an English canal

To pull more customers, street vendors who serve teh tarik have developed difficult maneuvers for mixing and serving their product. It's so popular that there is a teh tarik championship.… Read the rest of the article: Watch this champion serve teh tarik (pulled tea) with acrobatic flair

Action Park was the stuff of legend even before it shut down for its unbelievably dangerous attractions and laissez-faire attitudes about things like regulations, safety protocols, and keeping patrons alive… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for HBO's 'Class Action Park,' about the most dangerous amusement park in history

One of the more unexpected racial reckonings in the wake of George Floyd's killing is the collapse of Bon Appétit magazine's YouTube channel. As Jack Saint says in his terrific… Read the rest of the article: The best analysis of the racist YouTube channel implosion at 'Bon Appétit'

In the visible light spectrum, standard glass is almost completely transparent, and the metalloid germanium is almost completely opaque. But in infrared light, the opposite is true. Here's another demo:… Read the rest of the article: Here's why the metalloid germanium is used for infrared camera lenses

Derek Muller from Veritasium uses some Google-fu to look into the common claim that dust is mostly dead skin. While a significant amount is, about half of typical household dust… Read the rest of the article: How much dust is really dead skin? An investigation

The drama channels have been all over the developing war in LA between influencer jagbags and city officials over massive house parties in the middle of a pandemic. The worst… Read the rest of the article: Los Angeles mayor orders utilities cut at cringey TikTok bro's mansion after massive COVID parties

Real Engineering takes a look at the feasibility of space elevators, and the short answer is, yes it is possible. It is primarily a materials challenge; namely, a tensile strength… Read the rest of the article: Could we actually build a space elevator?