A chromosome boost makes some plants come back stronger after they’ve been eaten, researchers say. When these certain herbs are eaten down to the ground, they re-grow even larger, producing significantly more biomass, flowers, fruits, and seeds than plants of the same species that were not eaten. Now, researchers may know the reason why, for …

The wonder of movie trailers is how they can make the worst movie prompt you to pay a small fortune to see it in the theater, therein wasting valuable hours of your limited lifespan. On the other hand, these creative forces can also be used for comedy, as Tecca found when they dug out these …

(Click on the infographic below to learn more.) Via Column Five for Lemon Like infographics? So do we.

Is the most exciting part of receiving a package the possibility of a bunch of free bubble wrap? Do you keep spare sheets around the house to entertain uncommunicative guests? Then, have we got a calendar for you. The Bubble Calendar has super strong bubbles that deliver a satisfying pop every day and includes holidays …

Now that the bubbly is popped and the New Year has been rung in, it’s time to move to the next step: compare cool champagne bottles! Toxel rounds up some of the most unusual. Here are just a few: Full story at Toxel. Top design news.

From the outside, it’s business as usual in the Malibu Dream House, but inside is a sight for none but the strongest of stomachs. Carrie M. Becker spent quite a bit of time rounding up excess Barbie furniture and making the other contents of Barbie’s nightmare hoarding scenario and notes that America’s favorite unattainable ideal …

Via Chaos Life. Tickle your funny bone.

Gingerbread men find inner peace and impressive flexibility courtesy of a strict yoga regimen. Or maybe it has a little something to do with the cookie cutter set created by Patti Page. Mmmm…deliciously Savasana. Via Toxel. Less tasty yoga.

Via Visual.ly. Infographics never go bad.

Looking for something to do with your Christmas tree now that the holiday season has wrapped up (bad pun intended)? Why not x-ray that tinseled tannenbaum before dumping it on the curb? Photographer Nick Veasey offers a new look at the classic Christmas symbol by taking an xray image of both tree and the gifts …

Are these tiny cookies for tiny people? Or merely a way to cut the calories without sacrificing the cookies entirely? Either way, these cleverly designed miniature cookies are a wonder of their own. Cindy Teh “bakes” these mini cookies out of polymer clay and sells them in her Etsy shop. The best part? They’ll last …

A mysterious stomach bug may have kept you from witnessing Granny’s Christmas Eve striptease, a story that will be told for generations to come, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of time to get in on the holiday drinking action. Buzzfeed has generously provided the starting point for a drinking game to make the …