This time lapse video turns sub-zero temperatures and the landscape of South Dakota into a serene series of skyscapes, shooting stars, floating clouds, and rustic farm houses.

Any fish with a healthy understanding of the food chain would choose to avoid a shark but to watch a group of fish act in unison is almost an art form.

Do you have some kerosene, birthday candles and a water gun sitting around your house? Did you ever want to make your own flamethrower? Then watch this video to see how—with absolutely engulfing results! (Don't really do it.)

Scientists have discovered an entirely new species of ancient human. The Denisovans lived in Central Asia around 40,000 years ago, and we all have some of their DNA from back when they got busy with our own ancestors.

The age-old question "Which animal has the biggest testicles?" finally has an answer: Platycleis affinis, the tuberous bush cricket, officially has the largest balls in relation to its body mass of any species—at 14 percent of body weight.

This? This is cool. And, weirdly, haunting? (Maybe it's the music.) Anyway, here's a 90-second time-lapse video showing the entire process of a dandelion's natural transformation from flower to seed head. It's beautiful, it's mesmerizing, it's... oh, just watch already!

[Wish you lived in this photo? This beach—perhaps not coincidentally—is called Orange Beach, and it's in Alabama. Was the sunset this nice where you were? Photo via AP.]

The Hawaiian island of Kauai has canceled Friday night high school football games this season, because migrating seabirds mistake the stadium lights for the "moon and stars," then "fall from the sky and [get] eaten by cats." Stupid cats. [AP]

Rampant "dogging" at the Hog's Back "lay-by" (or, public fucking at a rest stop) near Puttenham, England has officially grossed out the locals. So the county council has proposed filling the field with cattle to keep people from boning there.

Verlyn Klinkenborg writes for the New York Times editorial page and is absolutely unbearable. He writes twee musings about his farm. In the world's greatest newspaper. Two years ago, I asked him to stop. Instead, he's gotten worse than ever.

The Gulf of Mexico's latest plague is a "sea-snot blizzard," a "huge, slimy event" covering the ocean floor in suffocating layers of goo that could cause a "deadly void." Apparently phytoplankton create huge amounts of snot when stressed. [NatGeo, image]

Where were you when that tornado just crept up and attacked Brooklyn for no good reason? Hopefully somewhere safe, 'cause that sucker did some damage! Watch video with brotastic remarks like "Dude, it's f*cking funneling!" inside.

Ever wonder what the trees would say if they could talk? This Brussels tech team is creating a way to tweet what this tree feels, to create a science for what the tree would say if it could talk.

A rare fire tornado was spotted in Brazil. Nobody knows who started the fire...tornado. We think the devil needs to stop trying so hard to impress the ladies while on his summer vacation.

In this truly incredible footage, a giant swath of dark clouds advance so rapidly on a sunny beach that the bathers barely have time to get their stuff together before it's upon them. It's beautiful and frightening.

Who cares about sweaters made out of recycled plastic fibers? This man takes it to the next level by making an entirely self-sufficient island paradise in Cancun floating on thousands of plastic bottles. He's even got a "washing machine"!

Yes, bedbugs are annoying little fuckers. They give you little bites, and make you wash all your clothes and maybe throw out your old couch. If they force a temporary shutdown of Hollister, that's fine. But they're god's creatures too.