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March 08 2012
Reefer vs. Reefaux, Fjord-Pining Parrots, and Things Not to Do on a Motorbike [Video]
Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to "toastify." It's time for tonight's Stoner Channel. We've collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. More »


March 07 2012
How to Destroy Your Detractors, Purple Squirrels, Big Dogs, and Bigger Shrimp [Video]
Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to "toastify." It's time for tonight's Stoner Channel. We've collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. More »


March 06 2012
Bjork vs Bork, The Hide-A-Plant, Drum Solos, and BOOM! Headshots [Video]
Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to "toastify." It's time for tonight's Stoner Channel. We've collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. More »


February 16 2012
I Have Never Seen Anything Like These Tornadoes On the Surface of the Sun [Video]
I've seen many sun flares, but I've never seen anything like this video showing several dark plasma tornadoes on the surface of the Sun, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It's simply mesmerizing and bloody amazing. More »


February 11 2012
This Touchscreen Van Gogh's Starry Night Is So Stunningly Beautiful It Should Be Made Into an App [Video]
Petros Vrellis has turned Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night into an animation that changes when the user touches it. The effect is so beautiful and mesmerizing that I'm now craving an app that would let me do the same. More »


February 10 2012
This Chimp Has Better Memory Than Most Human Chumps [Video]
The BBC has a new program called Super Smart Animals. In their first episode they showed Ayumu, a chimpanzee that can memorize the location of a random sequence of numbers in less time than it takes a human to blink: sixty milliseconds. More »


This Looks Like the Most Difficult Landing In the World Indeed [Video]
Flight Global's Jon Ostrower posted videos of three different kinds of airplane approaches and landings. The first one is the most spectacular, as a Airbus A320 approaches Bhutan's airport zooming, close to 12,000-foot mountains. Fast forward to 5:39. More »


February 08 2012
Obama Firing Marshmallow Cannon: "WOW! OH-WOW!" [Video]
Screw the F-35 and the Navy's railguns. This air cannon, which can shoot marshmallows as far as 76 feet, is what the Pentagon needs. Oh, and Romney—beware. More »


January 28 2012
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Shoots Down Gingrich's Moon Base [Video]
Neil DeGrasse Tyson—one of my favorite space people—was interviewed by MSNBC's Martin Bashir about Newt Gingrich's moon base plan by 2020. The short version: Newt got it wrong. The long version: watch the video. More »


January 27 2012
The Seven Best Auroras From the Biggest Solar Storm In Seven Years [Video]
On January 22, an M8.7 class flare helped cause the biggest solar storm since 2005. Airplanes had to change routes, and the power grid and satellites were affected. It also caused some of the best auroras ever seen. More »


January 24 2012
Clever 1-Minute Video Shows How Airplane Wings Really Work [Video]
You probably think that a wing lifts an airplane because the airflow moving over the top has a longer distance to travel and "needs to go faster to have the same transit time as the air travelling along the lower, flat surface." Well, you are wrong. More »


January 22 2012
Evolution Is the Greatest Show On Earth—And This Video Is Pretty Cool Too [Video]
If you liked Carl Sagan's autotuned music videos celebrating the wonders of the cosmos, you will like this one celebrating the wonders of evolution too, featuring David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye. More »


January 20 2012
New Amazing Videos Show Birds Like You've Never Seen Them Before [Video]
Birds have always fascinated humans. Their flight has inspired writers, artists and engineers to create poems, legends, novels, airplanes and superheroes. The new BBC documentary Earthflight captures this fascination in a way that nobody has before. It's awesome. More »


UFO Hunters Find UFO, NASA Tells UFO Hunters To Stop Saying Words [Video]
Deja vu! Like on December 2011, UFO hunters claim they have found proof of a spaceship entering the solar system in NASA's own video footage. This time, the spaceship has a triangular shape, so it must be an Imperial Star Destroyer. More »


These Guys Put a Truck Into a Boot—Or Vice Versa, I Don't Know [Video]
Holy Batman's pants, check out this Bootmobile. These guys created a truck that is a boot that is a truck that is a boot. Pedal to the leather to the metal! I'm so excited I can go like this all day. More »


January 19 2012
This Is the First Sci-Fi Movie Actually Filmed In Space—Censored By NASA [Video]
British game developer Richard Garriott went to space on October 2008. He took a camera with him and filmed a little short called Apogee of Fear starring him, two American astronauts, one cosmonaut and his mom. More »


Why SOPA Is Going to Screw Us All: The Video [Video]
This is a great short documentary explaining what's SOPA and PIPA in a very clear, simple way. It also explains why they will screw us all if we let Congress to approve this law. You should watch it. More »


This Is the Newest Most Amazing Video From Space Ever [Video]
It never fails. Every month or so, the astronauts at the International Space Station capture Earth in the most amazing, astonishing, rock-your-socks-off way imaginable. Every time it's better than the previous one. This one is the current winner by far. More »


January 17 2012
January 16 2012
Watch This If You Are Not Scared of Flying [Video]
People scared to fly didn't like the video of the crazy crosswind landings at Düsseldorf. This one doesn't show any extreme situation, just beautiful landings and take-offs in Brazil, from an Airbus A320 cockpit. Still, it may cause some vertigo. More »


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