In the 1960s in a small Southern town, high school student Clay Jennings Desmond and his friend were "out frogging at the sandpits" when Clay decided to scare his pal.… Read the rest of the article: The Creature from the Sandpits, a teenage prank that's endured for 60 years
Watch a chef toss fried rice (with physics) | ScienceWatch this video on YouTube Apparently a high percentage of chefs at Chinese restaurants suffer shoulder plane from wok tossing. They… Read the rest of the article: How to improve your fried rice using physics
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet IntroWatch this video on YouTube The Hollywood Hills home that was the TV and real life abode of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson is now on… Read the rest of the article: For sale: Ozzie and Harriet's haunted home
Danger Zone: X-Wing Tribute (Ep IV-IX & Rogue One)Watch this video on YouTube "Revvin' up your engine, listen to her howlin' roar. Metal under tension, beggin' you to touch and… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars meets Top Gun
Dogs Obey Commands Given by Social RobotsWatch this video on YouTube Will dogs obey commands from robots? In IEEE Spectrum, Evan Ackerman writes that "Yale University’s Social Robotics Lab led… Read the rest of the article: Dogs will obey commands from social robots
Today, Thursday (5/14), I'm honored to be moderating a free online conversation with two brilliant women whose work is a light in the darkness during these uncertain times. My friend… Read the rest of the article: Today (Thursday): Sasha Sagan and Ann Druyan in conversation with David Pescovitz
OMG pic.twitter.com/S3Y2mpnDYd — Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) May 12, 2020 As a wise man once said, it's funny cause it's true. See below for the full clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live!… Read the rest of the article: Watch this incredible (and disturbing) baby Trump deepfake
Jalopnik's Jason Torchinsky bought his first new car on Alibaba. He paid $930 for the electric Changli NEMECA, batteries not included. The batteries, likely lead-acid, were an additional $350. Then… Read the rest of the article: "I bought the cheapest new car in the world" for $930 on Alibaba
heart shaped boxWatch this video on YouTube Island in the Zoom is Weezer singer/guitarist Rivers Cuomo's online hangout during the COVID-19 lockdown. Above is his Saturday piano performance of Nirvana's… Read the rest of the article: Watch Weezer's Rivers Cuomo piano cover of Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped box"
Extraction | Official Trailer | Screenplay by JOE RUSSO Directed by SAM HARGRAVE | NetflixWatch this video on YouTube A decade ago, many movies had a blue tint added to… Read the rest of the article: Why some movies and TV shows now have a strange "yellow tint"
On The Edge – How To Build A House Of Cards That Does Fall Apart Two Minutes LaterWatch this video on YouTube Magic experience designer Ferdinando Buscema and High Weirdness… Read the rest of the article: Watch this wondrous "house of cards" illusion about COVID-19 and our tenuous realities
Shasta Soda commercial 1983 feat: Al Jourgensen of MINISTRY (With Sympathy era) 'I Wanna Pop' jingleWatch this video on YouTube In the early 1980s, Ministry's Al Jourgensen made ends meet… Read the rest of the article: That time Ministry's Al Jourgensen recorded a Shasta soda jingle
I'm honored that in the latest issue of The Burning Shore, Erik Davis, scholar of West Coast counterculture, reviewed The Family Acid: California, Roger Steffens's far-out photo album I published… Read the rest of the article: Two far-out books about California counterculture reviewed by Erik Davis
An original 1985 pair of Air Jordan 1s, custom made for Michael Jordan, worn in a game, and signed, are now up for auction at Christie's. The sneakers were estimated… Read the rest of the article: Original 1985 Air Jordans worn in a game by Michael Jordan and signed, up for auction
Skateboarding prodigy Gui Khury makes history with first 1080 on vertical rampWatch this video on YouTube Twenty years after Tony Hawk set a skateboarding world record by landing a 900… Read the rest of the article: 11-year-old skateboarder lands first 1080 on a vertical ramp
Watch this video on YouTube Jerry Stiller, who most famously played Frank Costanza on Seinfeld, has died. He was 92. Along with his role as George Costanza's dad, he also… Read the rest of the article: Jerry Stiller, "Frank Costanza" on Seinfeld, RIP
Daytime space fireball makes massive sonic boom in Seattle!Watch this video on YouTube A massive boom heard Wednesday night over Puget Sound on the northwestern coast of Washington was most… Read the rest of the article: Last night's massive boom over Puget Sound was likely exploding meteor
[1092] Opened With a Red Bull Can: Yale Key Lockbox (Model Y500)Watch this video on YouTube The LockPickingLawyer easily opens this Yale Y500 Combination Key Access padlock with just a… Read the rest of the article: This combination lockbox is no match for a piece of aluminum can
An array of scientific evidence suggest that in some cases, the bacteria in your gut–your microbiome–could be tied to neurological and psychological disorders and differences, from anxiety and autism to… Read the rest of the article: The "psychobiome" is bacteria in your gut that affects how you think and act
Watch this video on YouTube This Sunday, Weezer will cameo on The Simpsons and as a teaser, the band released their cover of "The Simpsons Theme" by Danny Elfman. From… Read the rest of the article: Weezer rocks The Simpsons theme song ahead of their appearance on the show
