Entries Tagged as 'holy f#ck!'

Wednesday, June 12th, 2019

How We’d Stop the Zombie Apocalypse

It doesn’t matter whether the zombies are in the films of George A. Romero or from the brutal world of Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead, there is one constant—humanity takes a beating when it comes to an outbreak of flesh-eating undead monsters. In this video Dr. Stephen Morse a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University talks [...]

Monday, June 10th, 2019

The Brutal Ballet: Witness The Elegant Beauty of Muay Thai Fighting

Muay Thai is a sport with both a brutal and elegant face to it. Immensely hard punches and kicks are interspersed with carefully timed moves, so it becomes almost a dance between the two opponents. This short film puts across the pure essence of this often misunderstood sport, showcasing its beauty and grace.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2019

How To Make Latte Art Like a Trained Pro (kind of)

No doubt you’ve found yourself at a coffeeshop and ordered yourself a flat white with extra flat and you get it served up with a pretty little picture sat atop your steaming cup of joe. You’ve probably thought to yourself, I wish I could do that at home, then I’d really feel like I’ve achieved [...]

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

Residents Living Permanently in Japan’s Cyber-cafes

Not matter what your living arrangements are you’re probably doing better than these people in Japan who find themselves living permanently in cyber cafes. It amounts to a space that’s a four square meter box with a screen and a computer, which is on offer 24/7 for anyone who wants it.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

Why Earth Is A Prison and How To Escape It

The title of this Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell video could be a little misleading, because it’s not about how the earth is like being trapped behind steel bars for committing a crime. Instead it’s about the the effects of gravity on Earth and the video explains why it’s so hard to escape it and [...]

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

The Future of Space Telescopes

The universe is a vast and mysterious place, so vast and so mysterious that it can seem like we’re never going to understand all of it. While that may be the case, we no doubt will unlock many of its secrets and to do that humanity is going to need some seriously good technologies and [...]

Monday, January 14th, 2019

1 Million Dots Make Up This Incredible Portrait

David Bayo is a French artist, a drawer, painter, and illustrator, and this speed drawing shows off his skill. It shows Bayo working on a picture that consists of over a million dots (not sure who did the counting) to create a stunning surreal portrait. It shows a woman and an Escherian building coming from [...]

Thursday, January 10th, 2019

Night of the Living Dead and the Horrors of Copyright

Back in 1968 the late George A. Romero released his seminal zombie movie Night of the Living Dead. And with it came the birth of a whole subgenre of horror, one that is hugely popular and has spawned near endless amounts of fiction, not just in the movies, but novels, comics, and TV shows [...]

Wednesday, January 9th, 2019

100 People Disclose Their Pet Peeves

Everyone’s got something that annoys them the most, an act or habit that someone does or that is deemed acceptable by society but is unacceptable when it comes to someone’s personal preference. In the latest Keep it 100 from Cut Video they ask people to name and shame their pet peeves.

Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

Just for the sheer hell of it and as an interesting thought experiment, YouTube channel Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell have conjured up a very OTT way to wipe out human civilization and with it life on our planet as we know it. It doesn’t involve a super volcano or North Korea kicking off WWIII. [...]

Monday, January 7th, 2019

The Life Cycle of a T-shirt

Everything is seemingly throwaway in today’s contemporary consumer culture. But if there’s one thing you probably have at last five, if not five hundred, of in your closet, it’s the simple t-shirt. It’s such a popular choice to have hanging in our wardrobe that around two billion are made each year. And that means they [...]