Since 1990, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been creating strandbeesten (Dutch for "beach beasts", singular strandbeest), which are moving kinetic structures, sometimes wind-propelled, that resemble walking animals, described by Jansen as artificial life. All of his models are based on a system of tr...

The US Supreme Court struck down states' same-sex marriage bans on June 26, effectively bringing marriage equality to the entire US. Watch it sweep the United States over the last 11 years. "No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacr...

Dance is one of those art forms where a person has to be in alignment with his soul. One such dancer our world is blessed to have is Ukrainian born Slavik Pustovoytov (aka Vik White). Slavik got recognition as he took part in the 15th season of the well-known dance competition program So You Think Y...

Since 1915, men have been stripping down for the sake of a swim. Okay, they've probably been taking a bit since the dawn of time, but nothing compares to swimwear styles of the past century. From the same team that recapped 100 years of men’s fashion in 3 minutes comes this mesmerizing video showcas

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have identified a new type of early human at the Nesher Ramla site, dated to 140,000 to 120,000 years ago. Headed by Prof. Israel Hershkovitz, Dr. Hila May and Dr. Rachel Sarig from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and...

Fashion can boast a visionary vein that often plants the seed of change and evolution. And in this era of transition, the Zegna FW 2013 collection imagines for the future a young world immersed in the tides of epochal change. A groundbreaking energy pulsates throughout the closet, emerging here and...

Darren Criss transforms "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" in his tribute to ASCAP Founders Award honoree Rod Stewart at the 2011 ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles. ASCAP's hundreds of thousands of songwriter, composer and music publisher members all have one thing in common: they are driven to create. ASCA...

American astrophysicist and cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote and narrated a YouTube piece for Minute Physics called A Brief History of Everything, with the scientist explaining and condensing the epic 16 billion year history of the universe into a succinct eight minute video. While the basic co

A New Human Ancestor Discovered, Homo Naledi, within a deep and narrow cave in South Africa, Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team found fossil remains belonging to the newest member of our human family. The Homo Naledi discovery adds another exciting chapter to the human evolution story by i...

This movie of the March 6, 2012 X5.4 flare was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in the 171 and 131 Angstrom wavelength. One of the most dramatic features is the way the entire surface of the sun seems to ripple with the force of the eruption. This movement comes from something called...