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Watch This Robot Crack a Safe in 15 Minutes

With one big insight, Nathan Seidle was able to whittle a four-month safecracking job into a 15-minute one.

Watch How Jigsaw Puzzles are Made

Some are cut with literal jigsaws, but the new hotness is LASERS.

The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2016.

Here’s What a Rocket Launch Looks Like from Space

Satellites above Kazakhstan captured exhilarating time-lapse images of a Soyuz rocket taking flight.

Creating a Water-Powered Hammer Using Stone Age Tools

Watch the "Primitive Technology" expert make an automatic hammer to pulverize things.

Inside the Clandestine World of Chameleon Ranching

"In our free time, we don't go out drinking. We go out herping," says one member of a Florida herpetological society.

Watch How Computers Perform Optical Character Recognition

Turning pictures of words into digital words is tricky business.

Inside the Quest to Save 42 Giant Presidential Statues

One Virginia man is slowly building The Presidential Experience.

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Scientists Put a GIF Inside Living Bacteria

The ultimate goal: turning our cells into microscopic video cameras.

Watch Conservationists Disassemble World's Largest Known Celtic Coin Hoard

Experts spent three years dismantling the pile of 70,000 coins piece by piece.

The Reason Some Frogs Grow Extra Legs

The culprit is parasites, not pollution.

Meet the Workers Risking Their Lives to Rebuild the Great Wall of China

Since 2005, workers have carried out grueling—and often, life-threatening—physical labor to see the World Wonder restored to tiptop shape.

Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867–1959). Model of St. Mark’s Tower. Unbuilt project. New York, New York. 1927-31. Painted wood. 53 x 16 x 16″ (134.6 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)

See How MoMA Saved a 90-Year-Old Model Built by Frank Lloyd Wright

Had the building come to fruition, it would have been one of New York City's first glass skyscrapers.

Watch a Rare Video of Nirvana Rocking Out at Radio Shack in 1988

Before Nirvana hit it big, the band gave a rousing performance at their local Radio Shack. In 1988, the band played a set at the electronics store's Aberdeen, Washington outpost, shredding in front of the audio/video section.

Meet the Man Cloning Ancient Redwood Trees

Reforestation promises to bring back old-growth trees...very slowly.

Watch This Supercut of 150 Memorable Title Drops From Film History

From <em>Guess Who's Coming to Dinner</em> to <em>Dude, Where's My Car?</em>, these films couldn't resist mentioning their respective titles in dialogue.