LITERATURE - Goethe
AdultsBooksCreativityCultureGoethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves our renewed attention.
Can you find the next number in this sequence? - Alex Gendler
AdultsCreativityMathScience...1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221. These are the first five elements of a number sequence. Can you figure out what comes next? Alex Gendler reveals the answer and explains how beyond just being a neat puzzle, this type of sequence has practical applications as well.
Card Throwing Trick Shots | Dude Perfect
AdultsArtCreativityEntertainment...Is card throwing the new water bottle flipping?
Vincent van Gogh's long, miserable road to fame
AdultsArtCreativityHistory...Van Gogh's travels informed the works we revere today.
Binging with Babish: Game of Thrones
AdultsCreativityFoodEntertainment...This weekend we're welcoming back the show that has the monopoly on lurid violence, epic battles, and wholly unnecessary nudity: Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin's ability to describe the crunching of a skull is rivalled only by his ability to describe the crunching of a pastry, so it's only fitting that this sexy saga is home to some serious food porn. I'm a main character in this show, so my life is decidedly in danger this week.
LITERATURE - George Orwell
AdultsBooksCreativityHistoryGeorge Orwell is the most famous English language writer of the 20th century, the author of Animal Farm and 1984. What was he trying to tell us and what is his genius?
Binging with Babish: Tomate du Saltambique from The West Wing
AdultsCreativityFoodEntertainment...President Josiah Bartlet, apart from being a charismatic and noble leader of these United States, had a real thing for food. Be it the Butterball turkey hotline or pumpkin soup with cheese gnocchi, the man knew both good policy and food. If only he weren't a figment of Aaron Sorkin's imagination, much like this interpretation of Alain Passard's dessert tomato.
Can you solve the fish riddle? - Steve Wyborney
AdultsCreativityNatureProblem-SolvingAs the cargo director on the maiden voyage of the S.S. Buoyant, you've agreed to transport several tanks containing the last specimens of an endangered fish species to their new aquarium. Unfortunately, the boat is battered by a fierce storm, throwing your precious cargo overboard. Can you get the fish to safety and save the day? Steve Wyborney shows how.
LITERATURE - Voltaire
AdultsCreativityHistoryPhilosophy...Voltaire was one of the wisest, funniest and cleverest people of the 18th century. He continues to have lots to teach us about toleration, modesty and kindness.
THE EMOJI MOVIE Trailer 1 - 3 (2017)
AdultsArtCreativityFilm...The Emoji Movie Trailer 1 + 2 + 3 (2017) | Watch the official trailer & clip compilation for "The Emoji Movie: Express Yourself", an animation movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis, T.J. Miller & Marlon Brando, arriving July 28, 2017 !
Binging with Babish: Tampopo Ramen
AdultsCreativityFoodCooking...Tampopo is a genre-bender ahead of its time, affectionately referred to as a "ramen western". Like spaghetti western. But Japanese. Hence the ramen. It's a play on words, you don't get it. This 1985 foodie flight of fancy features a 'ramen master', who artfully studies and mindfully consumes his bowl of steaming noodles and broth.
Turning Wood Into A Bowl
AdultsArtCreativityDesignThe Netherlands-based artist Thomas Anton Geurts has created a tumbling bowl from walnut, cherry, and hard maple. The three materials contrast with each other perfectly, allowing Geurts to create a trippy looking 3D arrangement. Article
Binging with Babish: Chocolate Cake from Matilda
AdultsCreativityFoodEntertainmentMatilda, Danny DeVito's thunderous directorial follow-up to Hoffa (1992), features an inexplicably tempting chocolate cake, despite its open admission of containing bodily fluids. Sit down and consume this entire confection today alongside Dan Pashman of The Sporkful.
How the bendy straw was invented | Moments of Vision 12 - Jessica Oreck
AdultsCreativityDesignHistory...Today, Americans use an estimated 500 million drinking straws every day. But where did the idea for this beloved utensil come from? In the twelfth installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the origins of the bendy straw.
Binging with Babish: World's Greatest Sandwich from Spanglish
AdultsCreativityFoodEntertainmentSpanglish, the movie your aunt refers to as a "must-watch!", is home to a Thomas Keller-inspired creation known around the internet as "The World's Greatest Sandwich". Can such familiar ingredients earn such a prestigious moniker? Let's find out, and let's take it one step further: by baking our own rustic country loaf to act as the "bread" for our creation. Recipe below!
Four inventions that might change the world
AdultsCreativityFutureScience...Tiny lab-grown organs. A spongy cloth that absorbs oil spills. Sure, why not. These are some of the finalists for the European Inventor Award.
The weird clothes of Rei Kawakubo
AdultsArtCreativityFashionRei Kawakubo started the fashion label Comme des Garcons. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the spring 2017 exhibition is exclusively dedicated to her work. So does she make art? Or does she make clothes?