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[/] VIDEOS /// PODCAST /// BLOG THE BLOG All Topics 10 Sci-Fi VHS Boxes that Blew My Mind » aliens » animals » art » Artatomical » Art Spotlight » Best of 2012 » biology » cats » Christmas » climate change » drugs » evolution » galleries » global warming » Halloween » hell » history » horror » mind-blowing video » Monster of the Week » monsters » music » NASA » neurology » neuroscience » parasites » religion » religion and science » retrofuturism » robotics » robots » sci-fi » science » science news » sex » SFSL Roundup » solar power » space » space music » STBYM-best-of-2010 » STBYM Best of 2011 » STBYM Interview » STBYM movie review » STBYM Roundup » August 14, 2014 Top 10 Mindblowers: Hippos Learn 10 mind-blowing facts about the hippopotamus… Read more › August 13, 2014 Cosmic Canvas: Total Eclipse of the Sun I’m continually fascinated by the power of eclipse to capture and stir the human imagination — especially when you imagine this celestial event reoccurring throughout the entire expanse of human history. Here we see the 1842 painting “The Total Eclipse … Read more › August 12, 2014 Artatomical: ‘Marsyas’ By Anish Kapoor In this edition of Artatomical, let us consider a piece from Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor (1954-). Kapoor’s work frequently entails large-scale public sculptures and architectural projects. He doesn’t often explore the human body, but his 2002 installation “Marsyas” takes an … Read more › August 11, 2014 Monster of the Week: Santanico Pandemonium Vampire women pose a special threat to the Mexican way of life, forcing the nation’s leading Luchadors to occasionally step in and aid eradication efforts. But even these masked heroes face a challenge against such unnaturally alluring females. We’ve discussed … Read more › August 8, 2014 The Mirror Maze of ‘Oculus’ The entirety of “Oculus” revolves around the Lasser Glass. This haunted mirror burns at the center of the film like a black hole, steadily draining life and sanity from the human characters trapped in its orbit. By the end of … Read more › August 8, 2014 Cosmic Canvas: Man, Controller of the Universe Cosmology is not just about the shape of the universe. It’s also about man’s place in the cosmos. Here we see a detail from the 1934 mural “Man, Controller of the Universe” by famed Mexican painter Diego Rivera (1886-1957). The … Read more › August 6, 2014 Retrofuturist Flashback: Tex Avery’s Tomorrow American animator Tex Avery (1908-1980) made these four “World of Tomorrow” shorts for MGM between 1949 and 1954, all spoofing the very sort of future-gazing promotional content we enjoy here in the Retofuturist Flashback series. Here we see “House of … Read more › August 5, 2014 Monster of the Week: Cropsy (‘The Burning’) We have of course covered the North American slasher before, both in the form of Homo Vorrhees and Homo Myers, but our study of these fascinating creatures would not be complete without mention of Homo Cropsy, a slasher evolved to … Read more › August 4, 2014 Artatomical: Alex Grey’s Psychedelic ‘Dying’ As we’re re-publishing our two-part series on psychedelics, “The Scientist and the Shaman” this week, it’s the perfect time to give Alex Grey the Artatomical treatment here. Born in 1953, Grey stands at the forefront of psychedelic art. He frequently … Read more › August 1, 2014 Space Music: ‘Telepath’ by Boards of Canada I recently blogged about the microwave auditory effect, which allows us to transmit sounds or even simple words directly into the human skull. It’s a voice no one else can hear, except for those in the path of the beam. … Read more › « PREV NEXT » 1 of 118 About Stuff to Blow Your Mind Learn even more about the human hosts of Stuff to Blow Your Mind. Read More Advertisement Videos Stuff to Blow Your Mind: The Videos Watch the latest Stuff to Blow Your Mind videos on our video page. Watch Now Podcasts Stuff to Blow Your Mind: The Podcast Check out the latest audio podcasts from Stuff to Blow Your Mind. Listen Now check out our shows MORE FROM THE STUFF NETWORK CHECK OUT STUFF TO BLOW YOUR MIND ON HOWSTUFFWORKS YOUTUBE FACEBOOK TWITTER TUMBLR GOOGLE+ ABOUT NEWSLETTER MORE STUFF SITES ... HOWSTUFFWORKS | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW | FW:THINKING | STUFF TO BLOW YOUR MIND | GENIUS STUFF | CAR STUFF | BRAIN STUFF | STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW | STUFF MOM NEVER TOLD YOU Copyright © 1998 - 2014 HowStuffWorks, a division of InfoSpace LLC