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Seer Tracking is a project by 19 year old Stanford University undergraduate Amber Yang, which aims to better protect astronauts from space debris. Via Vox: When we think of space, we often think of the vast emptiness of the next frontier. Unfortunately, that’s starting to change. There are more than 500,000 pieces of man-made trash […]
Canuck Black is a great short film that uses stop motion to explore ideas behind animal liberation. Basically, cops arrest a bear. Via Short of the Week: Raised as a human, a highly intelligent and eloquent black bear finds himself locked in an interrogation room, suspected of murder, in Rebecca Archer’s National Film and Television […]
Sanrio, a company best known for being behind Hello Kitty, has a surprise hit out on Netflix, the hilarious Aggretsuko, a series about the pain of working corporate jobs. Via io9: There comes a point in every young professional’s life when they find themselves sitting in a dreary office and wondering, “What am I doing? […]
These anti-smoking PSAs from Tobacco Free Florida focus on empathy instead of fear-mongering to get their message across. Called The Reasons, they were made by agency Alma. Via Adweek: Aimed at Florida’s rural communities, where the agency says smoking rates are 33 percent higher than the rest of the state, the real-life vignettes introduce us […]
Jeff Pringle is an Oakland-based swordsmith who’s been hacking ancient swords to discover the secrets behind Viking swords and metallurgy. Via Gizmodo: Jeff Pringle is an Oakland-based swordsmith, so it’s no surprise he has hundreds of pre-industrial and viking-era swords, axes, knives and other sharp, wonderful artifacts in his collection. But Pringle describes his collection […]
Buzzfeed teamed up with Jordan Peele, the director of the acclaimed film Get Out, to create a fake news awareness PSA. Via Variety: Don’t believe everything you see and hear in an internet video. That’s the message from Jordan Peele and BuzzFeed, who teamed up for a public-service video announcement that puts Peele’s words into […]
Darren Aronofsky, Will Smith, and experienced astronauts join forces to tell the extraordinary story of why life as we know it exists on Earth. Via FastCompany: Born in Brooklyn in the 1960s, the decade that saw Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin make history as the first human beings to walk on the moon, Darren Aronofsky, […]
Pixar’s upcoming short film is titled “Bao”, about a bao that comes to life. It’ll play before Incredibles 2, and is directed by an Asian-American. Via the BBC: The story is simple and sweet: an aging and lonely Chinese mother, suffering from empty nest syndrome, receives an unexpected second chance at motherhood when her homemade […]
If you have Netflix, catch the Chef Table ep about Jeong Kwan, the nun without a restaurant. Her thoughts on life and creativity are profound. Via Eater: The most breathtaking episode of Chef’s Table to date focuses on cooking as a form of communication. Jeong Kwan is a 60-year-old Zen Buddhist nun who prepares vegan […]
Deadpool’s movie advertising tie in with Devour is funny because it’s self-deprecating and has unicorns, playing off the character’s tendency to break the fourth wall. Via Adweek: Brand partnerships with superhero movies are inevitable—let’s face it, most movies are superhero movies these days—but so many of them seem like an unnatural fit. Or a lazy […]