The Mannequin Challenge is the latest viral Internet
video trend that is taking the world by storm. As the
name indicates, it involves being frozen in action for
about a minute while the video is being recorded,
usually with a catchy tune playing in the
background.
Imagine going to the beach and finding thousands
of perfectly shaped snowballs scattered around. That
is exactly what the lucky residents of Nyda in
Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula have encountered since
late October.
NASA scientists can build rockets, send men to the
moon, and may soon even help establish a colony
on Mars. But can they carve pumpkins? That was
the challenge posed to the brilliant engineers at
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA six years
ago, during Halloween. The friendly competition has
since become an annual tradition with teams tryin...
In a reversal of roles, a humpback whale calf was
recently seen nudging its stranded mother to safer,
deeper waters off the east coast of Australia. The
chain of events leading to the heartwarming rescue
unfolded near North Stradbroke Island, 62 miles
southwest of Brisbane, on Friday, October 7.
What do circles, squares, and triangles have to do
with making movies? According to a new video from
Now You See It, a YouTube channel that explores film
concepts, it is one of the several ways used by
directors and cinematographers to influence the
audience about a character or a situation.
Nora, the polar bear born to Columbus Zoo residents
Nanuq and Aurora, has captivated the world since
her birth on November 6. She is after all, the only
polar bear born at the zoo to survive beyond the first
few weeks, in twenty-eight years.
Turkish technology company Letvision recently
revealed a working prototype of a real-life
transformer that will make all Autobot and
Decepticon fans swoon! The company says the idea
to build “Letrons” came about during a
brainstorming session to create a unique and
futuristic project. It took the team of twelve engine...
Earlier this year, a team of engineers led by China’s
Song Youzhou suggested that a massive elevated
bus that straddled above normal-sized vehicles was
the key to easing the world’s traffic woes. Though
the concept of the Transit Elevated Bus (TEB)
unveiled at the 19th China Beijing International
High-Tech Expo on May 22 generated a lot of excite...
A few days after a massive storm battered
Australia’s East Coast, sections of the coastline
experienced a rare phenomenon – An ocean so
foamy that it resembled a giant bubble bath.
Experts say the marshmallow-like waters are a result
of powerful ocean currents whipping together salts,
chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish, and sea...
