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As a PR stunt, a 40 foot long dragon skull was built and then dropped on the Jurassic coast in Dorset.
It looked so real, some people were led to believe that Game of Thrones was a historical drama based on England in the middle ages. To prove that is wasn’t, this video was made.
Science, it’s great and all but there sure are a lot of false facts flying about.
So here’s Hank Green to save us from them, discussing 50 common science misconceptions about topics such as bats, dog years, and dinosaurs.
Yep, it’s hard to believe there’s a convention let alone there were highlights, but it’s true and here they are.
And these are from the “concert” portion of the convention, with DJs taking things to the nth level and beyond yo.
One of the biggest conventions in London featured a whole bunch of awesome people dressed up in awesome gear.
And these guys took along a FlyCam to catch all the amazing cosplayers so we could all catch some of the dress-up action.
Imagine a world without cell phones. Go on. It’s a terrifying thought, like having a limb amputated or something. But the world used to be like that, remember it?
When you’d be queuing at a bus stop and the only game you could play to pass the time was a boxing puppet match, or when the mail man used to punch you in the face before stuffing spam in your jacket? Bad times.
We’re all familiar with Hogwarts, the school for wizards that educated a certain Harry Potter.
But were you aware of its origin? Here, for the first time, is revealed the untold story of how the most famous school for witchcraft and wizardry was founded.
This super nerd brings together a levitating superconductor and a bewildering Möbius strip made from over 2,000 magnets.
As his super-conducting boat whizzes along the track, he demonstrates the remarkable properties of the superconducting material which allows it to seemingly float both above and below the track. It’s witchcraft.
You can’t turn on the TV, go to the cinema, pick up a book or comic these days without coming across the decaying undead.
Because zombies, in culture, are everywhere, but why? Why do we love them so?
