The World’s First BASE-Jumping Dog

Vimeo on Demand just released the trailer for “When Dogs Fly,” the story of a mini cattle dog named Whisper as he becomes the world’s first BASE-jumping pooch—with help from his daredevil owner Dean Potter. The trailer captures Whisper as he soars back to Earth at 120 mph and whimpers with joy after landing safely. The film pushes people to question what’s right or wrong …

How Musicians Die

In her article “Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians’ life expectancy,” Dianna Kenny examines the correlation between musical genres and the deaths of their most popular acts. Kenny—who is a professor of psychology and music—uses one of her charts to arrange causes of death by musical genre, pointing out some interesting takeaways. Homicide accounted for 51% of rap and hip-hop deaths, suicide …

Live-Streaming Disasters

Launched within just a month of each other, new social media platforms Meerkat and Periscope both favor live-streaming videos over text or photos, giving users an in-the-moment experience and urgency to participate. The release of Twitter-owned Periscope coincided with a devastating and tragic building fire in NYC’s East Village and saw many people flocking to the app to stream the ongoing disaster—which poses the question: …