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The most famous battle of World War I and one of the bloodiest in history is recreated in Lego.
The grim horror of over a 1,000,000 casualties on both sides isn’t quite so potent in Lego form, but it’s an impressive recreation nonetheless.
Batman has changed his look more times than a pop diva over the years as his comic book character has evolved and changed hands with different artists.
This video charts his transformation, taking in 75 of his batsuits drawn by everyone from Bob Kane to Greg Capullo.
CGP Grey investigates how an automated workforce might come about and how it might impact the economy.
After looking at the possibilities, Grey then makes the case for why half those people now currently in work may lose their jobs if robots become a more regular part of the future workforce.
Looking around at the world you’d be forgiven for thinking we were built to be total a-holes.
But no, turns out actually we were built to be compassionate and kind—at least according to UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner, who thinks that sympathy has evolved to be one of the strongest of human instincts.
Mostly with newborn babies you dress them in a onesie, the all-in-one bodysuit that ensures they’re kept warm and relatively dry but means you can also get access to their diaper quickly when you need to.
This baby has a kind of onesie, but this onesie is the sort of onesie you expect Iron Man to dress his child in.
If you have no idea how to make a robot and your technical skills are non-existent, then Hebocon is the sumo-wrestling tournament for you.
The robots in this tournament come out nothing like what their builders initially imagined them to be, strategies made with careful planning only result in failure, and the entrants who enter the ring brag about their robot’s secret moves that don’t really exist.
For all those haters hating on the crucifix-shaped new lightsaber that was revealed in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser, Stephen Colbert’s got something to tell you.
And that is you are WRONG! Wrong, wrong, wrong, and Colbert proves why with his Jedi knowledge of lightsaber plasma science that will shame you into the silence.
Batman and Superman face-off in this animated stop-motion fight, except Batman seems very keen on it but he’s having a tough time coaxing Superman to join in.
Superman does eventually relent though, but when he does Batman doesn’t come out of it looking too good at all.
