The Silence of the Lambs, Twin Peaks, The Fall, Helter Skelter, Zodiac, The Factory, Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider, Dexter, Psycho, Seven, American Psycho, Mind Killers…What do they all have in common? They’re all movies or TV shows about serial killers. And there are so many more, and more to come. What makes them so popular? This video suggests some reasons; for example, serial killers might mimic the rise of civilization itself. Bringing order to chaos through the subjugation and murder of first their environment viz. animals, and then through the subjugation and murder of their fellow people. 

There are some great cooking shows on YouTube; some teach you to make simple healthy meals, others are great for bachelor-style cooking, and others are pretty fancy. This channel is in a category of its own. OKs Happy Hour consists of two guys who get progressively drunker throughout each video. Now, these two guys are pretty darn funny to start out with. But the more the drink, they funnier they get. In this installment, they teach you to make Kung Pao Chicken. 

Some writing is just so clever that you have to sit an awe as the words wash over you. This song is one of those cases; you’ll want to watch this music video a few times, but don’t worry it’s entertaining enough to make it worthwhile. It plays of “Japanglish”––the mixture of Japanese and English––used by Japanese people an tourists alike to communicate. The video itself is also hilarious, and deserves the same level of popularity as “Gangam Style.”

The Grey was not popular with audiences, but film critic Roger Ebert loved it. It was so intense that he reflected on the movie with these words: “It was the first time I’ve ever walked out of a film because of the previous film. The way I was feeling in my gut, it just wouldn’t have been fair to the next film.” What was so intense about this movie? “Like Stories of Old,” the YouTube channel, analyzes the film through the work of Holocaust survivor and author Victor Frankl, arguing that the film is an exploration of heroic suffering.

When you think of gene-editing, you might think of the movie Gattaca. In that film, genetic engineers created designer babies––babies that didn’t get sick, that were stronger, that were smarter, and that were all-around better than their peers. In this dystopian future, life is not a gift, it’s a design project like a concept car. But that’s not necessarily what gene-editing is going to look like, at least in the near future. Rather, it might look like this: using gene-editing to treat rare genetic diseases. 

Have you ever been in a car accident? Think about that accident (or those accidents) and ask yourself, “Did this happen at an intersection?” Chances are, it did. That’s because most accidents happen at intersections, and most intersections are, frankly, terrible. With all the signs, and road paint, and lights, and guardrails, you would think intersections would be safe, but nope. This video argues that all of those things makes intersections more dangerous, and that getting rid of all of those things makes intersections safer because it forces drivers, pedestrians, and bikers to go slow, be careful, and communicate. 

The Primitive Technology guy had, heretofore, been working in an relatively mild environment: a deciduous forest. Now, however, he’s working in an entirely more inhospitable environment: a dense rain forest. In this video, the Primitive Technology guy is clearing out a new space for a hut using the materials he had at hand. The final result is a pretty sweet hut, a cozy fire, and the promise of some pretty awesome new videos.

During the Age of Exploration, European sailors risked––and sometimes gave––their lives in order to push the boundaries of trade, scientific knowledge, pride, wealth and the sheer joys of discovery. During the Space Race, American and Russian astronauts did the same thing, blasting themselves into space to try to be the first to orbit the globe or land on the moon. Now, an entirely different group is sacrificing itself for the joy of discovery: robots. Meet all the robots sacrificing themselves for space travel in this video. 

A few years ago, the scientific community went bananas at data suggesting that there was water on Mars. If there were water on Mars, then colonizing the planet would be exponentially easier. Sadly, however, that data has now been called into question. So despite the existence of ice and water vapor on Mars, it looks like our progeny won’t be swimming in Martian underwater lakes anytime soon. The good news, though, is that a (relatively) close exoplanet with liquid water. 

The Order of Malta is a unique country––unique in the dictionary sense of the word, in that it’s a one-of-a-kind country. That’s because it is the only country in the world without a country. That is, it does not have a territory of its own. It has buildings, but those buildings are not technically territory––they are extraterritorial territory, like an embassy. This video explains the history of the Order of Malta from the pre-Crusade period when the Order was a medical institution to the Crusade period when it was a military institution and then beyond, when it became a sovereign entity. 

There are a number of engineering challenges in designing a super-fast car. Two problems in particular grow exponentially the faster a car goes: the drag factor and the wheels. The problem with wheels is this. The faster the wheel goes, the more force exerts itself upon the wheel (through its own inertia). When a wheel spins too fast, it will literally break apart. The fastest a car can go right now is 277 miles an hour––any faster and the rubber will basically blow off. So how did the wheels on the Thrust SSC (the car that broke the sound barrier) survive? This video explains. 

Unfortunately, most of you have probably heard of Alex Jones by now. Most people think Alex Jones is serious, that he really believes the conspiracies he’s pitching. Some (like John Oliver) think that he’s just trying to sell his phony nutrition supplements. Others think he’s just a big ol’ maniac. Whatever you think about Alex Jones, he’s got the ear of the president, because that’s the world we live in now, and you have to take him seriously. Actually, no you don’t. It’s better to mock him. CAFE has done a great job with this “Lil’ Alex Jones” series.