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My nephew missed 3 days of school to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Afterward, the school made my sister fill out this "attendance behavior improvement" plan.

If this gag seems a bit familiar, you've seen Will Ferrell born on Saturday Night Live.

So it turns out that insects--specifically Sensei Mantis--might be useful for better understanding 3D vision. Dr. Jenny Read of Newcastle University, a professor of vision science, confirms:

"Despite their minute brains, mantises are sophisticated visual hunters which can capture prey with terrifying efficiency. We can learn a lot by studying how they perceive the world," she said. "Better understanding of their simpler processing systems helps us understand how 3D vision evolved, and could lead to possible new algorithms for 3D depth perception in computers."

Short and skinny of it--that's awesome.

That was kind of chill as well.

The professor bounces back like a champion though.

"All the planning, storyboards, materials and ideas were developed by my daughter and the end of the video shows a glimpse of the time it took her and that it's all her work - I can't describe how hard it is to completely hold back and let her take the reigns, letting her make mistakes and find solutions to problems."