TikTok of the dayAndrew Huang: music made from anything
Andrew Huang turns rice, piano and phone recordings into beats, picks plugins at random and shows how a track comes together.
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TikTok of the dayAndrew Huang turns rice, piano and phone recordings into beats, picks plugins at random and shows how a track comes together.
A PhD linguist explains how languages work, where words come from and how writing began, with plenty of lesser-known languages.
Sam Battle, aka Look Mum No Computer, builds synths, revives old tech and makes strange instruments — including a famous organ built from Furbies.
A math creator takes the rules everyone memorised in school, like the empty product or order of operations, and shows where they come from.
Ant and termite colonies in huge custom enclosures: how they dig, build fungus gardens and share tiny ecosystems with other creatures.
Bookbinder Charlotte Wainwright takes worn-out old books apart and rebuilds them with hand-marbled endpapers, sewn endbands and gold-foiled spines.
TikTok of the dayAn Australian astrophysicist explains odd galaxies, the maths behind famous discoveries and surprising physics like scallops with telescope eyes.
TikTok of the dayVincenzo of Vincenzo's Plate explains how Italians actually cook — which pasta to buy, why they skip jarred sauce, and why every home has a moka pot.
New Zealand's Department of Conservation shares rare birds, rangers in the field and the stories behind species brought back from the brink.
TikTok of the dayDubliner Cassie Stokes hunts down Ireland's best pubs, breakfasts and restaurants, and asks chefs where they eat. Not paid by the venues.
TikTok of the dayNino Ferrari-Mathis walks you through remarkable homes and museums — LA modernism, Brazil, France, Japan — so you feel the space, not just see it.