Loup Barrow plays the haunting Hans Zimmer composition on a cristal baschet, a rare instrument made of glass and metal. The instrument was created in 1952 by brothers Bernard and François… Read the rest of the article: The 'Interstellar' theme played on an otherworldly cristal baschet

As the name suggests, Kookslams is a curated collection of watersport noobs (aka kooks) getting slammed by waves, other kooks, immovable objects, and what-not. It may be the most apt… Read the rest of the article: Kookslams, the maritime metaphor for 2020

Eddy Burback makes the compelling case that late night talk shows have actually improved during the pandemic. There's also a compelling case to be made that they could not have… Read the rest of the article: The pandemic probably changed late night talk forever, but for the better?

Data artist Nicholas Rougeux created a gorgeous collage of over 2,000 early 19th-century illustrations by James Sowerby. The public domain images were organized from over 700 color plates by color… Read the rest of the article: Vintage UK illustrations of rocks and minerals repurposed as a cool poster and interactive site

After relentlessly roasting her for her rice cooking technique, Uncle Roger gives Hersha Patel a chance to redeem herself when he visits her kitchen. She promptly freaks Uncle Roger out… Read the rest of the article: Update: Uncle Roger visits BBC's fried rice chef Hersha Patel

Artist Yulia Brodskaya has achieved a striking effect by affixing brightly-colored folded and curled paper to dark canvasses. Her Instagram has more details on her intricate work: Image: YouTube /… Read the rest of the article: Watch how Yulia Brodskaya creates this amazing quilled paper portrait

Host Deane Hutton from Australia's vintage children's program The Curiosity Show demonstrates the optical illusion called an Ames window. The trapezoid is named after American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames Jr., who… Read the rest of the article: Watch this cool demonstration of an Ames window

Clapping in front of the Mayan Temple of Kukulcan in the ruins of Chichen Itza echoes back with a sound that mimics the colorful native quetzal bird. Kukulkan was a… Read the rest of the article: Clapping at this Mayan temple echoes back as a quetzal bird call

YouTuber bycloud demonstrates how a deep face dictionary network (DFDNet) can be applied to degraded and low-quality images to create better quality facial restorations: "In this video I combined and… Read the rest of the article: Watch how AI accessing a huge face database can create better restorations

This lovely Super Mario zoetrope slipmat is one of many trippy ways to have fun with your turntable, even if you're not spinning a record. This one cycles at 33… Read the rest of the article: Zoetrope slipmats

Cydnii Wilde Harris juxtaposes two iconic horror films with Black male heroes: Night of the Living Dead and the original ending of Get Out, with director Jordan Peele's commentary on… Read the rest of the article: Video essay on "The Last Acts of Black Horror Heroes"

"Fork" by Optical Arts starts off simple enough, but then forks, mugs, and stools quickly become fantastical shape-shifting forms. The filmmakers pose some inane rhetorical questions about the work on… Read the rest of the article: The short film "Fork" gets real trippy real fast

Melbourne's Yarra Plenty regional libraries may have closed to the public in March, but the staff continued their public outreach by reviewing their patron database for anyone over age 70… Read the rest of the article: Since the pandemic, an Australian library called 8,000 elderly patrons just to check in

Yello's "Out Of Sight" will give you Max Headroom flashbacks if you're of a certain age. Or maybe Right Said Fred, or maybe, if you are a total 80s kid,… Read the rest of the article: Glitchy fruits and people abound in Yello's "Out Of Sight" video

South Korea in general and Seoul in particular has attracted a wave of prominent architects, and photographer Ekaterina Busygina captured some of the incredible diversity: MVRDV's The Imprint, a dual… Read the rest of the article: Ekaterina Busygina took these amazing architectural photos in South Korea

American DJs Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight from Odesza teamed up with Australian DJ Golden Features (aka Thomas George Stell) to form Bronson, and they are coming out of the… Read the rest of the article: Bronson repurposes corporate stock footage in mind-blowing "Keep Moving" video

Instagrammer mimles does some impressive optical illusions on her own face, but this is impressive even by her high standards: she turned her own head upside down. Scroll through her… Read the rest of the article: Check out how this makeup artist created her own face upside down

Anamorphosis, or variable geometry, it the art of creating a work that must be viewed from specific vantage points to see an intended form. Georges Rousse is one of the… Read the rest of the article: Watch how artist Georges Rousse paints large-scale anamorphic works

Asteroid mining sounds fantastically futuristic, but it is almost feasible with existing technology. We have already landed spacecraft on asteroids and taken samples. Now all of that "simply" needs to… Read the rest of the article: Here's how asteroid mining will transform the world

"In Girls We Trust" is a Bic pen artwork by Helena Hauss. She depicts a $20 bill that replaces Andrew Jackson with feminist icon Princess Leia. Watch her complete the… Read the rest of the article: Watch this artist draw a $20 bill with Princess Leia on it