A DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD FREEZES OVER AFTER A MASSIVE FLOOD

It’s hard to look at the footage and not be reminded of the apocalyptic scenes from The Day After Tomorrow, where paleoclimatologist Jack Hall warns that global warming could trigger a sudden and catastrophic climate shift. Despite his pleas to politicians to take action, the disaster becomes inevitable.

After the video went viral on social media, many are left wondering how there are still people who believe climate change is just a hoax created by political elites to push an agenda and tighten control over the population. What else needs to happen? MY GOD, WHAT ELSE?!

Well, turns out climate change had nothing to do with it. No way. CAN’T BE. NO. Turns out the whole thing was caused by a major water main break in southwest Detroit, leading to widespread flooding. And, of course, since it’s winter and freezing cold over there, the top layer of water in the most stagnant areas just… froze over. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? But hey, I’m sure this never happened 100 years ago. Nope, not at all.









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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WITH SMARTPHONES

Imagine for a moment that ancient civilizations had smartphones. Instead of artistic carvings on stone or dusty manuscripts, the Mayans, pharaohs, and Roman emperors would have documented their daily lives with video selfies. What would their social media have looked like? What would Leonardo da Vinci have posted on his profile? And what if we had footage of the Titanic sinking, recorded by the passengers themselves?

Well, AI has done exactly that—recreating historical moments with mind-blowing realism, as if smartphones had always existed. From the Mayan civilization to the Victorian era, passing through the Roman Empire and Ancient Greece, these videos bring historical figures to life, capturing key moments through their own "cameras." Thomas Edison filming in his lab, the first woman to fly a plane sharing her achievement, or even the people of Pompeii recording their last day before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Beyond how fascinating and surreal these images are, this opens up a huge opportunity in education. Imagine learning history not through boring books full of dates and names but by seeing the people of the past tell their own stories firsthand. Not just reading about the Library of Alexandria but watching it in its prime. Not memorizing facts about the Persian Empire but listening to its own citizens narrate their history.

With technology like this, social sciences would no longer be that dull subject we used to hate. Instead, they’d become an immersive experience, capable of transporting students directly into the past. History told by the people who lived it, with a level of closeness we could only dream of before.



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A DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD FREEZES OVER AFTER A MASSIVE FLOOD

It’s hard to look at the footage and not be reminded of the apocalyptic scenes from The Day After Tomorrow, where paleoclimatologist Jack Hall warns that global warming could trigger a sudden and catastrophic climate shift. Despite his pleas to politicians to take action, the disaster becomes inevitable.

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THE TAKEOFF OF DRONES IN A SHOW IN CHINA IS ALREADY A SPECTACLE IN ITSELF

In Europe, where we pride ourselves on being the most "progressive" on the planet, every year there's a debate about banning fireworks because poor little dogs suffer. As a solution, drone and light shows are often suggested, but can we really pull it off? Well, if we want to try, it's best to ask the Chinese for advice—after all, they’re living in 2125. This video is a great example of that.

I have no idea how many drones are taking off, but it could easily be thousands. And once they're all in the air, the result is breathtaking. It's mesmerizing to watch but also a little unsettling.

Now, give it all a military twist. Equip each of them with an explosive charge. Program them with AI-controlled microchips, each assigned to a human target. This could be the new "sound of future war," and these images serve as a warning about the dangers of China's drone expertise.



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ROBOTIC TENTACLES

Imagine robots with the flexibility of an octopus’s tentacles—accessible, scalable, and highly efficient.

That’s exactly what researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have achieved with SpiRobs, a new generation of soft robots inspired by the logarithmic spiral found in nature. Thanks to 3D-printed designs and a simple cable-driven system, these robots can move with impressive fluidity, adapt to different objects, and scale from tiny grippers to meter-long manipulators mounted on drones.

SpiRobs could revolutionize industries like manufacturing and precision handling, offering more efficient and versatile solutions inspired by biomechanics in nature.




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NARCISSISM AND SOCIALMEDIA VOL30

It's funny how when we see someone recording themselves in public, talking to their phone and exaggerating gestures, we feel a strong sense of secondhand embarrassment, yet that same video seems much more normal when we see it on social media. It might still make us cringe, but we process it differently. The key difference is that in real life, we don’t just feel discomfort—we perceive the person as ridiculous, out of place. On social media, even if they still seem absurd, the format smooths out that awkwardness and makes it easier to digest.

Editing, music, and dynamic cuts help frame the content in a way that fits the kind of media we consume daily, but if someone seems ridiculous, they’ll remain so, with or without filters.

Another factor is the break in reality. Watching someone film themselves strips away the illusion, like seeing a magician set up a trick before performing it. Then there’s the difference between witnessing something and being an audience—on the street, we feel like unwilling participants in something we didn’t choose to watch, whereas on social media, we’re already in consumer mode, so even if something makes us uncomfortable, it doesn’t trigger the same rejection.

Social dynamics also play a role. When we see someone recording in public, we share the secondhand embarrassment through glances or comments with whoever is next to us. But online, there's no external reinforcement, and we process it in a completely different way.



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PACQUIAO VS. THE INVISIBLE MAN

A while back, we talked about artist Paul Pfeiffer and his project Caryatid, where he digitally removed one of the boxers from the fight. Now, we have a video of Pacquiao where his opponent has completely vanished, creating the same eerie effect.

The technique behind this type of editing is complex and meticulous. It relies on three key processes: the use of previous and subsequent frames, analyzing footage before and after the key moment to reconstruct the background that the boxer was blocking; interpolation and digital cloning, filling the empty areas with fragments of the original image while adjusting light and shadows to make the manipulation seamless; and frame-by-frame digital painting, where, in more complex cases, each frame is manually retouched to ensure a perfect match.

The result is a surreal scene where Pacquiao throws punches at an opponent who no longer exists, while the audience continues reacting as if the fight were still happening.



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