Feel like a few zzz’s mid-afternoon would make all the difference in the world to your workday? Turns out, you’re right, provided your snooze is between the ten- and twenty-minute mark. According to the Wall Street Journal: Leon Lack, a psychology professor at Flinders University in Australia, found in a 2006 study in the …

The author of this article begins with: Whilst I was traveling last month, I ran across an interesting little study that examined object permanence and spatial tracking abilities in Goffin’s cockatoos. Object permanence is the idea that, like a cashew nut hidden in a pocket, an object exists even when it is not visible to …

Like chicken? I do. But here’s a bit of news that woke me up this morning: that chicken nugget may actually now be from China and there’s no need for anyone to disclose that. Just before the start of the long holiday weekend last Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture quietly announced that it was …

If you like taking your adventures at a snail’s pace, there’s no better place to do it than the cliffside path of Hua Shan, one of the five great mountains of China. For approximately five U.S. dollars, you can strap yourself to two wires and negotiate a few hundred yards of death-defying “…steel rod ladders, …

Ever walk down the street feeling so good you think you should be in a movie? The soundtrack’s running through your mind, you’ve got that spring in your step…and then, the voice of Honest Trailers starts talking right behind you. That was the idea behind comedian Kevin Brueck of Break‘s little stunt pulled off with the help of Jon …

So long, Psy! A guy in a parking lot just stole your thunder. According to Buzzfeed, here’s where the story begins: Sione Maraschino, a Vine user from Orlando, uploaded a Vine dancing to Kendrick Lamar’s “M.A.A.D. City” (Eprom Remix) in a Publix parking lot. It was a really great Vine. It’s so easy, even his …

It’s not every day that you hear of someone stealing a baby grand piano – from a children’s hospital, no less – but that’s what happened in Toronto this year. The thief just wheeled it out of the cardiac wing. Security footage reportedly shows two men using a dolly to maneuver the instrument through the …

Let them snicker when you sport your Christmas sweater this winter, because you’ll get the last laugh when the fashionistas of the world take a closer look. Shredders is determined to darken the holiday season this year with designs Grandma definitely didn’t knit, from their Satanic Baphomet sweater to the Kill By Death Knit Skull …

If you’re looking forward to another post about “You knew you grew up in the ’90s when…” we’re sorry to disappoint, yet this incredible lineup of celebrity photos from the days of yore will never let you look at Helen Mirren or Betty White in the same way again. Oh, and if you’re a kid …

What’s better than an adult-sized tree house? A bicycle-powered elevator to get you there! Meet Ethan Schlussler of Sandpoint, Idaho, who got tired of climbing a ladder to his incredible tree house and decided what better way to get there than on wheels? “It was originally a 20-something speed bicycle, but first gear wasn’t slow enough, so …

How cool is this – and from the New York Subway archives. Gizmodo has collected 15 subway maps, used in the past, to piece together snapshots of life in the Big Apple over the years. The maps illustrate more than the paths of the trains: they illustrate the technology and styles of the times. The …

Most of us spend our lives observing the symphony from the audience, but for those on stage, the experience is entirely different. If you’ve logged many an hour performing for a packed crowd (hopefully), you might enjoy this hilarious round-up of the characters you meet in the orchestra from Trumpet Angst. Full story at Trumpet …