To quote Barney from How I Met Your Mother, this is l-e-g-e-n-d-a-r-y. Hope to see this in person sometime soon!

I think it would’ve been more poetic if the guy on the defensive would’ve won - but good watch nonetheless!

Apparently, a shipping accident caused 20,000 tonnes of light crude oil to be dumped into the sea off the coast of Western Australia. The following apparently shows a subsequent interview with Australian Senator Collins:

Note my repetitive use of the word ‘apparently’: this video is a comedy sketch of a real situation in 1991 involving the Greek tanker Kirki.

I hope I can see something like this in person one day: a car moving so fast, it loses control and flies. And another so powerful, it not only performs a wheelie (front tyres in the air), it literally takes off a moment later.

This video was all over the place a few months ago … and for good reason. Next time you have those yummy, smooth noodles in that posh restaurant, remember this (and pray that the chef washed his hands)

Bunch of people get bored of jumping off cliffs …. and start flying instead.

Simple and brilliant - something to gift a young one and watch them go “Wowwwww!”

Most of the automotive advancements publicised are about alternative fuel, or about faster, more powerful cars. This one from BMW sheds light on the breakthroughs made in construction design. This car is made of a carbon fibre wireframe, covered by a fabric, which means the car can change its shape for either aesthetic or aerodynamic purposes. Watch the video, and be amazed.

BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: Design - The most amazing videos are a click away

If you’re the kind who liked to watch Discovery Channel or National Geographic now and then, then you’ll probably love ScienceHack.

It’s a collection of short videos which explain interesting things in various subjects - physics, chemistry, space, psychology, nature, mathematics and many more. The strength of the site lies in its veracity - they claim on their homepage that “every science video on ScienceHack is screened by a scientist to verify its accuracy and quality”. Add to that the short length of the videos and you have small bites of knowledge you can comfortably chew whenever you feel like it.

Here are some videos to get you started right away:

Physics

• The effect of resonance on rice
• Measuring lightning
• Parallel universes
• Infrared: More than your eyes can see

Chemistry

• Demonstration of a nuclear chain reaction
• Sodium Polyacrylate
• Electroplating

Space

• Black hole destroying a star
• Zero gravity training

Psychology

• Milgram’s Obedience Experiment
• Implicit Association Test

Robotics

• ASIMO’s fancy footwork
• Shape-shifting robotic forms from magnetic swarm

Biology

• Bionic contact lenses
• HIV Replication 3D Animation

How It Is Made

• How It’s Made: Bow
• Bubble Gum - How it is made

Mathematics

• The Mobius strip
• Ancient Egyptian Binary Mathematics

Civil Engineering

• How to Dismantle a Bridge
• Building Stonehenge

Computer Science

• How does a web application works?
• Luis von Ahn on CAPTCHA

Green Energy

• Solar Tower Technology
• From Waste To Watts: Biofuel Bonanza

Nature

• Wolves vs. Grizzly Bears
• The Liger

Don’t watch this now if you can’t laugh out loud :o)