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Gabrielle Schwarz at The Guardian has gathered 20 of the most iconic and meaningful photographs of the effects of the climat

Over the weekend, NASA's Artemis I mission returned from a 25-day trip to the Moon. The mission was a test-run of th

From Maastricht University in The Netherlands, this is a fantastic animation of the lifecycle of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as it inva

As you'll soon read in a comically long "what I did on my summer break" post I'm writing, almost everything I do on a da

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It feels weird to admit this, even to myself, but maybe I love movie poster design even more than I love book co

Marker's David Freedman has a great look at how Vermont's own King Arthur Flour has dealt with a massive increase in demand for

Trials rider and mountain biker Danny MacAskill is one of my long-running obsessions here -- I first posted about him all the wa

In 1812, Japanese woodblock print artist Katsushika Hokusai, who would later become famous for his iconic Great Wave off Kanagawa

For the past year, a group of teens in Nigeria called the Critics Company have been uploading short sci-fi films to their YouTube

Every year since she was 15, Billie Eilish has sat down for a video interview with Vanity Fair to take stock of where she's at i

In this video from Vox (produced by none other than Estelle Caswell, who does the excellent Earworm series), scholar and musicia

Public transit consultant Jarrett Walker: Elite projection is the belief, among relatively fortunate and influential people, that

Inspired by this short video I found on Twitter of people doing extreme stunts on pogo sticks, I found a few videos on YouTube tha

I have to admit: before watching this video, I was unaware that there were professional jump ropers. But of course there are, an

This drone fly-through of Tesla's new factory in Berlin is amazing. I've never seen anything quite like this -- the drone flies

One of the very few productivity tips I trust 100% (ok, probably the only one) is the recommendation for getting up and walking

You've probably seen instances of knolling without knowing there was a word for it. Knolling at the Apple Store: Knolling the c

Some people feel helpless & anxious. Some people are bored. Some people are self-quarantined alone and are lonely. Some peo

Ben Sack makes these amazingly detailed maps of cities, all drawn by hand. And just so you can get a sense of how large these drawings are: Here's a peek at his process: Reminiscent of Stephen Wiltshire's work.

Broadcasters are starting to experiment with using footage taken from cameras worn by in-game referees. Here's footage from a rugby ref's vantage point: And from a hockey ref: PRIDE Fighting Championships has been

Love this concept cover for Fahrenheit 451 by designer Elizabeth Perez...the 1 is a match and the spine is striking paper for lighting it. Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about a dystopian future where books are outlawed an