A short by Steve Smith in which mutant gastropods fish for credits near an inundated New York City in 2026.
What?
It could happen.
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A short by Ace Norton in which guests at a cocktail party pressure an initially reticent man to take coke, whereupon the full scale of his snuff gannetry becomes apparent..
A rather charming animated music video for a song of the same name by Sébastien Delage, directed by Julien Hazebroucq.
Behold: a truly bizarre recent discovery by a team of scientists in Bulgaria, Poland, the UK and China.
It seems – when ordinary oil droplets floating in soapy water are cooled to around 2-8°C – they change shape, grow tentacles and propel themselves around like sentient marine life. To wit:
Some of the particles’ facets grow while other shrink, producing a variety of geometrical forms such as kites, isosceles triangles and spiked tetrahedra. Then, from some of the sharp corners emerge tentacle-like strands, as if being extruded from a nozzle. As they grow, the strands bend into undulating shapes — and the droplets start to swim, propelled through the fluid by the tentacles’ extension.
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A 2021 Audubon award-winning clip of a video taken by Bill Bryant of a hunting red-tailed hawk, floating on the wind, self-stabilising as it searches for small prey with its head held perfectly still.
https://twitter.com/HiIreland/status/1416699265909346304
A very lovely percussive instrumental version of Toto’s ‘Africa’ by virtuoso Russian guitarist Alexandr Misko.
More of his plucky oeuvre here.
A 2019 Sundance Best Animation winning short by Renee Zhan in which:
Three Renees go on a quest to find God, who is also Renee. As they traverse the mountains and valleys of Renee, they discover all the great joys, sorrows, and mysteries of being Renee.
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A very pleasing miniature marble machine created from scratch by Dutch artist Daniel de Bruin out of 0.6mm wire for a 5mm ball bearing.
Mars? Pfft. Who wants to live on that boring red kip?
Come the time when extraterrestrial colonisation becomes unavoidable, why not relocate to Earth’s ‘sister planet’?
A 96% carbon dioxide atmosphere.
Mean daytime temperatures of 737 K (464 °C).
Skies filled with clouds of sulphuric acid.
What’s not to like?
German educational design studio Kurzgesagt breaks it down for your delectation.
Previously: The Day The Dinosaurs Died