Intermission: Around the World in 80 Seconds

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• Culture

  

  Intermission: How a Dog Sees the World

  In a music video for Johnny Neon's "Hearts," watch life from the view of an adorable, carefree dog named Lemon.

  by Julie Ma

• Culture

  

  Intermission: Majestic Views of the World's Largest Aquarium

  Stillmotion made this lovely short video of the Georgia Aquarium, the largest in the world.

  by Patrick James

• Business

  

  Intermission: Watch Kiva Loans Travel the World

  An animated map that shows the path of every Kiva loan between 2005 and today.

  by Megan Greenwell

• Culture

  

  Intermission: How a Jump Rope Sees the World

  "Full Circle" makes art out of the simple act of jumping rope.

  by Julie Ma

• Culture

  

  Intermission: Can Ryan Gosling Save the World?

  A comedy duo meditates on Gosling's potential to transform the future of the world as we know it.

  by Zak Stone

• Culture

  

  Intermission: Absolutely Hypnotic Video of the World's Second Largest Aquarium

  It really is quite hypnotic. The largest tank, for the record, is the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

  by Patrick James

• Design

  

  Check Out The World's Oldest Computer, Replicated in Lego

  The Antikythera mechanism, built around 150 B.C, has been recreated out of Lego, along with a cool (Lego) video showing how the ancient relic worked.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Environment

  

  In a World in Which the Lorax Sells SUVs, Our 5 Favorite Environmental Books for Kids

  With nature disappearing from children's books and the Lorax endorsing a SUV, we've selected bedtime stories with an environmental bent.

  by Julie Ma

• Culture

  

  Is This the Most Beautiful Headstone in the World?

  Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records, waited more than three years for his headstone. It was worth the wait.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Technology

  

  Google Throws What's Probably the World's Biggest Science Fair

  Google is looking to discover the best young scientists in the world, and is throwing a big global science fair to find them.

  by Ben Jervey

• Design

  

  Intermission: Manhattan in Motion

  Here's a wonderful stop-motion animation of Manhattan's bustling streets, made over the course of a month by photographer Josh Owens.

  by Andrew Price

• Cities

  

  Intermission: A City in Miniature

  A new art exhibition features cars driving 240 scale mile per hour inside a dense, abstract cityscape.

  by Tim Fernholz

• Technology

  

  Intermission: MTV Explains the Internet in 1995

  MTV's Kurt Loder reported on a "big deal technological fad" in 1995. Some of his wisdom still rings true.

  by Nona Willis Aronowitz

• Culture

  

  Intermission: The Year in Viral Videos

  There are bound to be viral videos you missed this year. Fortunately, Videogum has you covered.

  by Megan Greenwell

• Cities

  

  Intermission: Amazing Footage of San Francisco in 1905

  Here's video of a trip down San Francisco's Market Street from 1905.It's remarkable how lawless the streets were. Vehicles and people and horses...

  by Andrew Price

• Culture

  

  Intermission: New York in High Definition

  Andre Merilo's nearly 30-minute portrait of New York is a Koyaanisqatsi-esque meditation on the city's people, processes, and atmosphere. There's...

  by Andrew Price

• Culture

  

  Intermission: Building Human Castles in Spain

  Every two years in Tarragona, Spain, people known as "castellers" gather in colorful clothing and compete to build the tallest possible human castle.

  by Patrick James

• Culture

  

  Intermission: A Year's Worth of Makeup in a Day

  Belgian model Hannelore Knuts gets 365 layers of makeup applied during a single, nine-hour sitting.

  by Andrew Price

• Technology

  

  Intermission: Watch the Recording Industry's Demise in 30 Seconds

  An animated look at how music sales have changed over the past 30 years

  by Megan Greenwell

• Technology

  

  Intermission: Let's Go Up in Orbit

  Leave your computer for a moment and come up with us into orbit.

  by Nina Lincoff