This is a video of doctor of evolutionary biology ChuckDarwin (I guess he was cryogenically frozen?) discussing the extra ocelli (Latin: little eyes) some insects have, and their purpose. According to research, the simple eyes only gather information about light and dark, and help flying insects maintain their orientation to

Because you’ve got to have a shtick to bring in the crowds, hot pot restaurant owner Ms. Qin acts like a humanoid robot while serving patrons at her Chongqing, China dining establishment. She’s good too. If I didn’t know better (and I don’t based on how often I’m just scared

Sold by the Anvy Luna Store on Amazon (affiliate link), this wine bottle aerator looks like a skull puking blood as you pour. Available in silver and gold finishes, if skulls aren’t your thing (they should be everybody’s thing is the thing), they also have deer and lion head models

This is an video of a gymnastics floor routine allegedly created by Sora, OpenAI’s video generation model. It did a pretty good job. I mean it’s not perfect, but *raising ‘9’ scorecard over head* its faults were barely noticable. here's a Sora generated video of gymnastics [image or embed] —

Presumably obligated to make it look like something out of a horror film, this is a video of Clone Robotics’ Torso 2 robot, a humanoid torso with 910 simulated muscles that are pneumatically actuated to contract and relax. It can be programmed to use all its muscle groups in different

An unmanned submersible launched by the research vessel EV Nautilus near Papau (southeast of the Philippines) captured some footage of the boat’s namesake on its last underwater exploration of 2024. If there was ever proof that aliens exist, the nautilus makes a pretty solid argument. Just look at that thing!

This is a video of Slow Mo Guys Gavin and Dan teaming up with Scott from Kentucky Ballistics to fire golf balls and other projectiles from a massive punt gun (originally mounted to small boats back in the day for commercial duck hunting). The footage of the golf balls vs

This is a short Instagram video of a recently hatched Peruvian dragon mantis swaying on a person’s thumb. When full grown, a female dragon mantis can reach lengths up to 5-inches, and males up to 3-inches. Some dragons! It’s hard to believe these things are real, isn’t it? Mother Nature