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Some creatures are so quiet, they appear to make no sound at all.When a male treehopper calls out for a mate, he shakes his abdomen 100 times a second to produce a low sound that vibrates through the stem of the plant he is standing on. While that sound is audible to other treehoppers — particularly the female treehoppers he's trying to attract — it's outside the frequency that humans can hear.In Love and Rivals, the second episode of Secret World of Sound, we listen in on dime-sized treehoppers in conversation. But how…

If you remember the TikTok trend in 2022 where people used MyHeritage's AI Time Machine to transform their photos into historical portraits, Art Selfie 2 is essentially the same concept, except that the results are... vastly different. I tried Art Selfie 2, and found the results surprising, to say the least. To get started, I had to download the Google Arts & Culture app for Android or iOS, and because I was already logged onto my Google account on my phone, I was able to get started right away. The process was so…

If you're looking for some real dark humor comics, you may be in the right place. Today, we're excited to present you with the Dark Dystopia comics. The strips feature slightly inappropriate jokes, absurd situations, awkward characters, and truly twisted endings. We're sure it will be a great treat for many of you, dear pandas.The sad news is that the author of the series, Andrés Londoño, is no longer creating any new strips, and he's currently based in Germany, working in another creative role as a graphic designer.…

If there is one thing we can count on Aubrey Plaza for, it’s her great sense of humor and self-deprecation. During the 75th Emmy Awards on Monday (January 15), the 39-year-old actress, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Drama Series for her role in The White Lotus, arrived on the red carpet wearing a unique-looking gold Loewe gown, which featured a giant needle threaded through the gown’s square-cut top.Aubrey’s quirky Emmy looks quickly caught the attention of people online as fans started to come up with…

If you are looking for some funny comics to share with your grandparents, look no further! Doug Hill is a 76-year-old comic artist who, to this day, continues illustrating semi-realistic one-panel comics that over 5000 followers on Instagram enjoy.Doug's comics, also known as the Laughing Hippo Studio, are full of puns, wife-husband jokes, and other real-life-based humor. In a previous interview, the artist told us a bit more about his preferred topics: "I do a lot of family-related cartoons since I have 3 kids, 5…

At his home in Catalonia, Spain, last year, Labi Siffre received the latest in a series of requests to use one of his songs in a soundtrack. Based on a synopsis of the movie, set in a boarding school in New England, the singer-songwriter signed off. “The storyline was quite nice, and I thought, ‘Yeah, okay,’” he says. “And that’s all I remembered of it. You move on with the rest of the work you are doing.” But a few weeks ago, the British musician heard from one of his followers on social media that the movie was,…

We commonly turn to the mighty internet when we have questions we don't know the answers to. It’s full of information, from how to regain control of a spooked camel to how to perform the Heimlich maneuver.WikiHow is the place where (almost) all of the practical solutions to your questions reside. It’s a worldwide collaboration of thousands of people focused on teaching anyone how to do anything. By employing experts and reviewing each article more than 20 times, they’re pretty serious about ensuring that what you read…

In the comparison I could have never, ever, ever predicted Glen Powell just explained why his new rom-com with Sydney Sweeney is like the movie that won Leonardo DiCaprio his Oscar. That’s right, he hilariously compared Anyone But You to The Revenant (yes, you read that right). Before we get to the comparison part, you need to understand why Glen Powell claims The Revenant is his favorite rom-com, because it’s relevant to his explanation. Speaking with Sydney Sweeney about the Leonardo DiCaprio-led film on Anyone But…

An eerie kind of peace came over me as I sat in my battered Toyota rental car on the quayside at Fårösund. This is the gateway to the Gotland archipelago’s farthest flung outpost, the island of Fårö, better known as Bergman Island since the release of Mia Hansen-Løve’s 2021 film of that name. The Baltic lay as flat as the hundreds of placid lakes you fly over in the little island hopper from Stockholm Bromma airport. It was 10pm on 1 June, and the sky showed no sign of getting dark. The whole scene, including the rocky…

‘No contracts, no peace’: Actors stage demonstration in New York Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMark Ruffalo has raged against Hollywood “fat cats” who he said “believe we are no longer of value”.The 13 Going on 30 star made the remark in a series of tweets about the actors’ strike that has effectively shut down Hollywood.Negotiators for the SAG-AFTRA union unanimously recommended a strike after talks with studios…