This is a 1000x magnification of tardigrades (aka waterbears) hatching. The mother tardigrade produces the eggs then sheds her skin with the eggs inside, which are protected until hatching. They’re also trapped and have to find their way out of the skin or die. The whole hatching process takes about

This is a video of a robotic spy octopus built by John Downer Productions for the BBC/PBS series Spy In The Wild capturing the daily activities of a coconut octopus. And what exciting daily activities they are! The coconut octopus is unique in that it’s one of only two species

This is a video of a man spinning himself into the Matrix on a piece of playground equipment. We didn’t have that particular apparatus on my school playground growing up. We had seesaws, swings, a jungle gym, a metal slide that squeaked the skin right off your legs as you

This is a video of cats experiencing thick water for the first time. What’s thick water? Water that’s had a thickening agent like xanthan gum or modified cornstarch added to make it more viscous for people with dysphagia (a medical condition that makes it difficult to swallow non-viscous liquids without

These are a couple videos (the second being dash-cam footage from pursuing officers) of a stolen Audi Q5 hopping the actively opening University Bridge in Seattle. It’s not cool like in the movies, it just sort of drops off to the other side. Did the driver know they weren’t going

This is a video of Neil Cheng Le and his pet Peruvian Giant Yellow-Leg Centipede (Scolopendra gigantea). Just look at that thing! I thought it was AI at first, but now I’m only wishing it was. Neil’s leggy (and venomous!) pet measures over 16″ long and eats wet cat food.

This is a video of a 33-year old spin class instructor in Guangdong, China demonstrating his insane skills on a stationary bike, hopping around and clapping like the bike is some sort of circus apparatus. Admittedly, the man is talented. Although, based on the number of people I can see

This is a video from Pittsburgh-based Skild AI demonstrating the AI brain they’ve developed (“Any robot. Any task. One brain.”), and how quickly it can adapt to a robot’s broken limbs or other decreased mobility. SPOILER: almost instantly. Me? I broke my pinky toe once and thought I was a