Previously seen letting mushrooms play a keyboard, Youtuber BionicandtheWires is back with another video, this time allowing a colony of oyster mushrooms to paint a picture. The mushrooms’ natural fluctuations in electrical activity is transformed into brush movement via attached solenoids. That painting, wow — way better than anything my

This is an Architectural Digest tour of Casa Organica, the home built by architect Javier Senosiain of Aquitectura Organica for himself in 1984. And what a home it is! Calling it a hobbit house doesn’t really do it justice because it’s so much more, I was just trying to be

This is some footage of a rarely seen sun candle (aka subsun), an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight is reflected off flat ice crystals in the atmosphere and appear as a beam resembling a giant candle flame. Are we sure that’s what it is though? Because I really think

These are several videos of the work of João Paulo Gonçalves, who uses carefully placed wooden blocks illuminated by a mirrored bulb in the center to produce precisely shaped shadows. How about that! Me and my shadow? We’re not talking. We got into a huge fight after he said he’s

Because I was just thinking the real world should be more like the music video for A-ha’s ‘Take On Me’, these are a handful of videos from California artist Joshua Vides, who wraps vehicles and paints them to look like they’re pen and ink drawings reminiscent of pop-art comics. The

Because miniatures make everything better, this is a video of Nerdforge’s Martina and Hansi constructing a coffee table with a miniature library inside, complete with bookshelves, a desk, and little lights. The finished project is stunning — way nicer than my coffee table. “That looks like a keg with a

These are a couple videos from Hormuz Island off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf, where heavy rainfall causes the iron ochre-rich soil and sand (the result of ancient volcanic activity) to ‘bleed’ into the sea. Mother Nature, am I right? “What about her?” Totally nuts. Now —

Seven years in the making, this is a video of BuildsByBaz’s lifesize (28-foot) replica of a Colonial Viper Mark II spaceship from Battlestar Galactica. It’s glorious. Could you imagine sitting in the cockpit of that thing making pew-pew noises to yourself? That’s what my dreams are made of. Just kidding,