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Travel

Carefully Posed Humans Create Eye-Popping Optical Illusions to Support Pet Adoption

04.25.17

By Nathaniel Ainley
These Kaleidoscopic Paintings Look Like Optical Illusions

03.12.17

By Diana Shi
Food

Salty Artist Makes Pillars of Art with Condiments

02.19.17

By Diana Shi
Entertainment

Sky-High Murals Reveal Hidden Poetry After Dark

12.25.16

By Diana Shi
Tech

Is This Woman Spinning Left or Right?

12.21.16

By Paul Spencer
Entertainment

[NSFW] Nude Performance Artists Recreate an Optical Illusion

12.12.16

By Nathaniel Ainley
Entertainment

An Artist Works with Shadows to Bring His Doodles to Life

11.27.16

By Diana Shi
Travel

Frozen Food Photos Tantalize the Senses with Unexpected Forms

11.19.16

By Diana Shi
Entertainment

Watch a Beautiful Puddle of Meringue-Like Paint Fold into Itself

11.13.16

By Diana Shi
Entertainment

Dancer Defies Gravity Amidst 5,700 Nylon Strings

11.11.16

By Kara Weisenstein
Travel

Innocence Lost in these Black and White Collages of Children

10.29.16

By Diana Shi
Music

Minimalist Optical Patterns Emerge in Max Cooper’s New Music Video

10.14.16

By DJ Pangburn

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo: Bobbi Lockyer/Refinery29 Australia – We Are Many Image Gallery / Getty Images

Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: O2O Creative / Getty Images

Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Francesco Carta fotografo / Getty Images

Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike