The Action Lab's James Orgill writes, "In this video I show you how it is possible to contain the fire from a burning ball of propane in a wire mesh."… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Creating and containing a small explosion in a kitchen strainer
Archaeologists from the Israel Museum and colleagues found residue of cannabis containing THC on an altar in the ancient Israelite temple of Tel Arad. Apparently, the discovery in this 2,700-year-old… Read the rest of the article: Ancient Israelites got high in temple
Multinational mining operation Rio Tinto destroyed an Aboriginal cave north of Perth, Australia last week. Indigenous people lived in the cave as far back as 46,000 years ago. From Reuters/New… Read the rest of the article: Mining company destroys sacred Aboriginal cave in Western Australia. They're "sorry."
Just for kicks, Paul Rule, 66, participated in a study launched by the Cambridge Natural History Society that enlisted citizen scientists and nature-lovers to help deepen knowledge of the flora… Read the rest of the article: Citizen scientist records 500+ animal species in his small city garden
From an interview with Gil-Scott Heron: "The first change that takes place is in your mind. You have to change your mind before you change the way you live and… Read the rest of the article: Gil Scott-Heron explains "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
As Japanese musician Masami Akita (aka Merzbow) performs live in Taipei in 2013, one concertgoer demonstrates that enjoying noise music does not preclude you from practicing good dental hygiene. Full… Read the rest of the article: Fellow brushes his teeth during Japanese noise music concert by Merzbow
RIP Starship SN4 😭https://t.co/klPMtZHxjW pic.twitter.com/hrrElBXmSC — Chris B – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) May 29, 2020 SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype launch vehicle just exploded in a huge fireball during a static fire… Read the rest of the article: Watch: SpaceX prototype Starship rocket just exploded in a big fireball
The Hood Internet cut up bits of 50+ music videos from 1988 and mashed them into a four minute video. It would make the perfect soundtrack to a montage of… Read the rest of the article: Impressive four minute mash-up of 50 music videos from 1988
Miramar, Florida police arrested Matthew Crandall, 21, for allegedly breaking into Miramar High School and smashing up the place. He wore only a hat and headphones as he destroyed computers… Read the rest of the article: Florida man spent 24 hours vandalizing high school in the nude
Tony Hawk first learned to ride a skateboard in 1979 when he was 11 years old. The board was the 1975 Bahne pictured above. Now, that board is in the… Read the rest of the article: Tony Hawk's first skateboard is now in the Smithsonian
Seattle maker Brennen Johnston wanted his friends to play Animal Crossing with him but they couldn't get their hands on a Nintendo Switch, a scarce commodity amid COVID-19 lockdowns. Enraged… Read the rest of the article: Watch: How to build your own Nintendo Switch
Ford is testing new software for its Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles that heats the vehicle's interior to 133 degrees for 15 minutes to kill COVID-19. Ideally, this happens when nobody… Read the rest of the article: Ford police SUV heats its interior to 133 degrees to kill COVID-19
Today, Trump will announce his executive order against social media companies, the day after Twitter added a fact-checking note to two of Trump's misleading tweets. Surprising nobody, Trump's draft order… Read the rest of the article: Here's what's in Trump's executive order against social media companies
On Tuesday evening, the night before NASA astronaut Bob Behnken was set to launch into orbit about a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule, he launched his own… Read the rest of the article: NASA astronaut Bob Behnken launched his own rocket on the eve of his historic trip to space that was scrubbed yesterday
During Passover last month, I posted about The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 epic silent film version of the biblical Exodus story (plus a related modern story that I… Read the rest of the article: Members of Flaming Lips and Los Lobos score Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923)
In Chayanta, Bolivia, three brothers, ages 12, 10 and 8, came upon a black widow spider while herding goats. They poked at the spider until it bit each of them.… Read the rest of the article: Three young brothers made a black widow spider bite them, hoped to become Spider-Man
The Lego masters at The Brick Wall built this fantastic contraption to crank out tapas. Technical details: 19 Lego PF motors 5 BuWizz Bricks 4 weeks of hard work
UPDATE: Launch scrubbed due to weather just a few minutes before launch. See you Saturday for another try! Today, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule is scheduled… Read the rest of the article: SCRUBBED: How to watch the historic SpaceX/NASA launch today!
Pop-Up Magazine is the beloved "live magazine" of eclectic spoken word pieces, storytelling, comedy, and musical performances that exists only on the stage. Tonight though, Pop-Up Magazine takes its show… Read the rest of the article: Watch the first ever online Pop-Up Magazine, tonight (5/27) at 6pm PT
In 1981, Damaskas (Daniel E Hollomb) of The Dr. Demento Show recorded this wonderful parody of DEVO's "Mongoloid" about the arcade game Asteroids. According to Dr_Deirdre_Airlines who posted it in… Read the rest of the article: Wonderful parody of DEVO's "Mongoloid" about the arcade game Asteroids (1981)
