Earlier this year, a team of 17 scientists at Aberystwyth University in Western Wales captured extremely rare footage of a tiny Japanese pygmy squid shooting a jet of its ink in order to catch prey rather using it as shield of defense.

The team noticed two distinct tactics. In some cases, the squid ejected a cloud of ink into the space separating them from the shrimp, then cut straight through it and captured the prey. One individual released several such screens in a sequence as it moved ever closer to its victim. The team thinks the cloud serves as a smokescreen that prevents the prey from seeing the attacker’s movement.

Musician Chad Neidt donned a suit and very stern look in order to play a really great acoustic version of the complicated theme from the political drama House of Cards.

This is one of my favorite TV shows ever. The theme isn’t the catchiest, but it really fits the entire mood of the show. I love how confusing this was to figure out. Props to Jeff Beal (He composed the original theme).

In April 2015, composer Jeff Beal explained to Musicroom UK how he came up with the show’s theme.

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Jesse Hamel of Winnipeg, Manitoba has created an amusing multitrack video of Gabe, a cute little dog thats a mix of American Eskimo and Pomeranian, barking approximately 376,572,715,308 times. Jesse has released many other hilarious videos of Gabe singing Christmas songs, the Halloween theme song, the song “Going Back to Cali” by The Notorious B.I.G., and more.

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During the snowstorm that hit Denver, Colorado in late March, a very clever and determined little cat named Boots decided that he didn’t really care for the giant snowdrift blocking his backdoor view to the outdoors and decided to start digging. Once he started digging, however, he realized how nice and cozy a snow enclosure could be and stopped right where he was. Luckily her human, Adam Stevens, a news photojournalist for ABC 7, was able capture Boots in action.

A few days later, the igloo had melted away leaving Boots to wander around in the snow that remained.

Igloo is no more, thanks to some warmer weather. But I still like to walk around in the snow. Happy Easter Everyone! pic.twitter.com/b5U3w9fn0N

— Boots the cat (@IglooBoots) March 27, 2016

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An episode of SciShow explains how memories are formed and how a man named Henry Molaison helped science understand them. Host Hank Green explains that Molaison had significant portions of his brain removed as a treatment for seizures. The result was that he developed anterograde amnesia and was unable to create new longterm memories.

Scientists continue to study Molaison’s brain which was preserved after his death in 2008, and this work has lead to a better understanding of how memories are formed in the brain.

Filmmaker Peter William Holden, an artist who often features robotics within his videos, has created “[The Invisible]”, a fascinating short film in which eight robots suspended in a circle, each holding onto a Fedora, perform a synchronized dance in time to the bombastic Wagner instrumental “Ride of the Valkyries”

“The Invisible” is part of a continued investigation of a theme I’ve been pursuing over numerous years. A search to discover ways of dissolving the boundaries between cinematography and sculpture, and thus find alternative ways to capture and preserve motion. To accomplish this, I’ve been exploring the possibilities of mechanized physical objects combined with computational devices and how they can be applied to make animations which exist beyond the screen that are both tactile and time-based.

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In an episode of SciShow Quick Questions host Hank Green explains what winglets are and how they help reduce drag and save airlines money on fuel cost.

Have you ever wondered what those things are on airplane wings? You know, those little angled bits of metal? Watch to learn what they are and how they’re used!

SciShow host Michael Aranda explains why avocados shouldn’t exist. The fruit thrived during the Pleistocene epoch when in was eaten by animals like giant ground sloths, but after those large mammals died off it took a bit of luck for the avocado to survive through today.

The episode also shares the important fact that “avocado” comes from the Nahuatl word “ahuacatl” meaning testicle.

The avocado is highly regarded by many people as delicious and nutritious, but the most extraordinary thing about avocados may be their very existence.