science
Watch Buoys Dance With the Flow in This Ocean Current Visualization
The mesmerizing white dots illustrate the movement of more than 17,000 research buoys.
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visual
Take a Look at America's Least Convincing Cell Phone Tower Trees
Nothing is natural about these trees.
volcanoes
Watch These Active Volcanoes Bubble, Explode, and Spark
Nature can be violent sometimes.
space exploration
The Magic of Quidditch Could be Real if Only We Lived in Space
Scientists imagine what the fictional sport would look like in microgravity.
sounds
This Scientist Has Created Speakers That Spew Scents, Not Sounds
The device uses digital smells to evoke different emotions.
goats
Watch These Amazing Alpine Goats Scale a Near-Vertical Dam
The goats make the dangerous climb all for a lick of salt.
maps
Map Your Murderousness With These 19th-Century Brain Charts
The mysterious Alesha Sivartha had a formidable collection of phrenology maps.
lost cities
Found: The Secrets of Lost, Underwater Egyptian Cities
You can soon view surviving artifacts.
animals
Watch a Goofy Bird Do a Hopping Dance to Attract a Mate
Male Jackson's widowbirds go through a complete transformation to find a special friend.
video
Watch This Tiny Town Get Sucked Into a Tornado Vortex
Engineers at Iowa State University build mini-cities and bombard them with simulated tornadoes.
science
Watch These Chemicals Create Trippy Colorful Patterns
Some of the chemical reactions even resemble objects we see in nature.
video
Watch This Sneaky Octopus Roll Around the Ocean Floor in a Coconut
The shell-loving cephalopod takes an unusual approach to underwater transportation.
science
Ranking the Pain of Stinging Insects, From ‘Spicy’ to ‘Shockingly Electric'
Remembering one passionate entomologist who poetically described and classified more than 70 species' painful stings.
