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Watch These Performers Form an Incredible Four-Tiered Human Pyramid on Waterskis

A Chinese and American group team up to turn the extreme sport into a daring art.

Lauren Young August 29, 2016

Watch This Gazelle Spring Across the African Savanna Like a Pogo Stick

Gazelles' "stotting" or "pronking" behavior may be a defense signal to predators.

Lauren Young August 25, 2016

Watch These Sprightly Frogs Compete in a 1965 Jumping Jubilee

The contest takes place every year at the Calaveras County Fair in California.

Lauren Young August 23, 2016

Watch Wooden Blocks Transform Into a Rainbow of Color Pencils

Might make you want to write by hand again.

Lauren Young August 19, 2016

Watch These Cardists Perform Artistic Tricks With Playing Cards

These tricks require all skill, not magic.

Lauren Young August 17, 2016

Watch Bacteria Jiggle, Pulse, and Shine to a Party Rock Anthem

These beautiful bacteria may be able to help scientists detect and treat cancer.

Lauren Young August 15, 2016

Watch This Creepy Arm Machine Stuck in an Endless Cycle of Wimpy High Fives

The most anti-climactic high-five ever.

Lauren Young August 11, 2016

Watch Women Face Off in an Intense 1927 Tug of War Competition

The one-time Olympic sport can get very fierce.

Lauren Young August 9, 2016

Watch This Beautiful, Chaotic Bat Ballet

Scientists have found that bats collide into each other more often than they thought.

Lauren Young August 5, 2016

Watch More Than 200 Rubik's Cubes Turn Into Pokémon Art

It's like catching Pokémon but in an even more retro way.

David Doochin July 29, 2016

Watch This Hawk Investigate A Weather Camera

Yes Mr. Hawk, you're right to complain about the heat.

Atlas Obscura July 28, 2016

Watch a Mini Volcano Simulator Produce an Electrical Storm

Scientists are trying to better understand the phenomenon to warn air traffic control.

Lauren Young July 27, 2016

Watch These Floppy Drives Play a Famous Power Metal Song

It's like a comeback tour for an artist that wasn't a musician in the first place.

David Doochin July 26, 2016

Take a Soothing Swim in a Lake Swarming With Golden Jellyfish

The marine environment of the famous Jellyfish Lake is a sanctuary for these majestic drifting creatures.

Lauren Young July 22, 2016

Watch This Pair of Dancers Tango Underwater

Dancing is better down where it's wetter.

David Doochin July 21, 2016

Watch Amazing Tiny Sea Creatures Light Up and Dance

Who knew plankton could be so mesmerizing?

Lauren Young July 19, 2016

Watch a Terrifying Stargazer Fish Ambush its Prey to Upbeat Jazz

These things don't mess around.

Tao Tao Holmes July 18, 2016

Watch a Man Walk His Pet Tortoise Around the Streets of Tokyo

They're not the fastest pair there ever was.

David Doochin July 15, 2016