How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins
Adults Mental Health MusicWhen you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.
Kayakers Lifted Out of Water: 'We're on Top of the Whale!'
Adults Animals Nature SportsThe kayakers were paddling through a marine sanctuary near Puerto Madryn as they reached a pod of whales. They were surrounded ever so calmly, then hoisted onto the back of a whale. The duo captured the event on a GoPro camera and uploaded the incredible footage to YouTube.
Word Crimes
Adults Internet Culture LanguageMusic video by "Weird Al" Yankovic performing Word Crimes.
Best goals World Cup 2014 flipbook
Adults Creativity SportsThe World Cup in Brazil was nothing short of a fantastic! Therefore we recreated the three greatest goals of the tournament as a flipbook.
She Takes A Photo Every Day For 6.5 Years
Adults Life PhotographyI'm Rebecca Brown, born 4th December 1992. Start: Sep 12 2007, 5395 days old Last photo here: March 12 2014, 7769 days old. I intend to do the project for as long as I can, it's still going
This Amazing Video Takes You Through The City Of Barcelona In 2 Minutes
Adults Cities Creativity FilmYouTuber Robert Whitworth pulls off his incredible "Flow Motion" technique and spent 363 hours to create this 2-minute clip. It totally worths it.
The Making of "29 Celebrity Impressions, 1 Original Song"
Adults Creativity Music"29 Celebrity Impressions, 1 Original Song" was created with the help of eleven impressionists and one trumpet player, all exceedingly talented. I hope it was fun to watch, and that you enjoyed my song "Perfect."
7 Myths About The Brain You Thought Were True
Adults Mental Health Science HealthBlow your mind with these brain myths!
Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?
Adults Creativity Film Visual DesignThere are filmmakers we love and then there's Michael Bay. Even if you dislike him (as I do), Bay has something valuable to teach us about visual perception.
Fireworks filmed with a drone
Adults Gadgets Technology Visual DesignFlying through a firework show with a DJI Phantom 2 and filming it with a GoPro Hero 3 silver. The quad was not damaged.
29 Celebrity Impressions, 1 Original Song
Adults Creativity MusicIf you close your eyes, you'll actually believe Gwen Stefani, Willie Nelson, Cher, Shakira, and Peter Griffin did a song together.
Perspective painting
Adults Art Visual DesignThis painting will play with your mind until you get right next to it, then its secret is revealed.
Turkish Ice Cream Man
Adults Creativity FoodThis Turkish ice cream man has gotten the act of trolling down to an art. His tricks combined with his delicious ice cream always attract a crowd in Istanbul.
Crowds Cheer as Sea Turtles Return to the Sea
Adults Animals NatureA sea turtle rescue center in North Carolina cares for and rehabilitates injured sea turtles, and returns them to the ocean amid cheering crowds. Sea turtles are resilient, but they are slow to recover. So the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center spends a lot of time and effort to help save loggerhead and other Atlantic Ocean turtles.
Motorcycle Reconstruction
Adults Life TransportationThe latest TAC public education campaign targets two of Victoria's biggest issues in road safety -- motorcycle safety and speed.