Who knew there were so many ways to tie a scarf? If ever there was an epic scarf-wearing video, this one by Wendy’s Lookbook is it.
She shows options for both square scarves and typical long ones (both silk and cashmere), so you can wear a scarf every season and mix up your look just about every day.
deviantARTist SantiagoJuarez might just have earned himself a place in Star Wars heaven with this detailed graphic of the lightsaber. Called the Anatomy of a Lightsaber, this piece of art will make sure that you know the ins and outs of your favorite weapon. (Click and zoom in on the image for every tiny detail […]
via ForeverGeek The Anatomy of a Lightsaber
Just how far have we come since film? One photographer sets out to try and find the answers by comparing the results of several DSLRS, two leading smartphones and some Fuji film in both bright sunlight and low light conditions. See the results and judge for yourself at connect.dpreview.com.
YouTube’s lunarmodule5, a treasure trove of jaw-droppingspace videos, takes us onboard Apollo 13 to relive the harrowing hour when the doomed moon mission turned into a quest for survival. No Hollywood movie could ever muster the real-life drama and tension of this moment.
We’ve already tried and tested beer cans to figure out how to stop them from fizzing over when shaken, but what about large soda bottles? According to the King of Random (Grant Thompson), a ninja swipe is all you need.
This is a hard one to explain, so watch the video above to see it in action. Basically, you start with your middle finger(s) on the side of the cap and you jab forward quickly while maintaining pressure. If you don’t stop until you get to your wrist, you’ll cause the cap to rotate enough to fly off the bottle. This fast departure doesn’t cause the soda to explode out, but rather a lot of vapor to release from the top. As a result, you don’t spill sticky liquid all over the place and have a really cool party trick.
(NSFW: Language/Gross) So much went wrong in the news last year that News Be Funny just couldn’t fit all of it in one video. Here’s more news bloopers, including the world’s best infographic, a Ron Burgundy cameo and a rapping weatherman.
via The Awesomer Best of 2013 News Bloopers 2
As people’s waistlines increase, so does the incidence of type 2 diabetes. Now scientists have a better understanding of exactly what happens in the body that leads up to type 2 diabetes, and what likely causes some of the complications related to the disease. Specifically, scientists have found that in mice, macrophages, a specific type of immune cell, invade the diabetic pancreatic tissue during the early stages of the disease.
via ScienceDaily: Latest Science News More evidence suggests type 2 diabetes is inflammatory disease