This is a video of Fonzie from DipYourCar painting a car with a thermochromatic car pigment that turns from black to clear to reveal the color below when it gets hot (previously: painting a glow-in-the-dark car). Pretty cool, especially watching the color change in slow motion. I’m tempted to get

This is a short video of chemistry educator Phil Cook demonstrating both the hydrophobic and combustible properties of lycopodium spores. Lycopodium spores are the dried spores of clubmoss plants (aka ground pine), and have long been used for theatrical special effects (in the form of dust explosions) due to their

This is a breathtaking drone fly-through of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France. Stunning, isn’t it? It almost doesn’t even seem real, it feels like part of a video game or televised fantasy series. And maybe that’s really what it is. Oh — no, I’m being told that it actually is

This is a video of Steve Molans of Skeptik Innovations and Infinity Illuminations showing off his 1991 Nissan Skyline GTS-4’s custom infinity mirror tail lights (with color changing and movement light effects) and NES controller wireless key fob. Pretty sweet. For reference, I covered my broken tail light with red

In where’s double rainbow guy when you need him news, this is a video of a rainbow that appeared during a lightning storm when the whole sky was pink. So — what DOES it all mean? “The end of the world.” *hugging lightning rod* It’s the only answer. 

This is a video from the Noboribetsu Marine Park in Japan of a seal that has a circular ring to swim through that’s above the waterline, which works on the same principle (atmospheric pressure) as those floating pond bubbles that fish can swim up into. Per Youtube commenter agerven on

This is a slow motion video from the folks (and bugs) of Ant Lab, featuring a bunch of different insects (spanning 8 different taxonomic orders — that’s the one between class and family) spreading their wings and taking to the sky, shot at 3,200 frames/second. Beautiful, wasn’t it? “Gross I

This is a timelapse video of Youtuber OUROBOROS ARQ building a miniature bridge using the same techniques and miniature versions of the materials that would be used to build a full scale version. It was very satisfying to watch. Even more satisfying to watch? A timelapse video of a man