Jeremy Taylor
David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ Is Now a Free Digital Children’s Book
Artist Andrew Kolb has re-imagined the song ‘Space Oddity,’ David Bowie‘s epic tale of disaster in the great beyond, as an illustrated children’s book, borrowing Bowie’s lyrics for the narrative.
Astronomers Discover Planet Made of Diamonds
In the most stunning piece of planetary news since Pluto’s sad demotion, astronomers have found a star-orbiting land mass that is so dense it's carbon is crystalline — which means it’s basically a planet made out of diamonds.
Did Barack Obama Bust Out a ‘Fresh Prince’ Handshake? [VIDEO]
A video of Barack Obama doing a ‘Fresh Prince’-style handshake with a constituent has been circulating the internet this morning.
Women Gain Weight After Marriage, Men After Divorce
Getting hitched results in women putting on the pounds, whereas the male waistline is more likely to expand after a divorce.
Researchers from Ohio State University discovered this discrepancy after analyzing a study on the effects marital events had on 10,000 people between 1986 and 2008.
Ryan Gosling Breaks Up Street Fight [VIDEO]
Ryan Gosling has indie cred, box office cred and, from the looks of this video, street cred.
On Saturday, the 30-year-old ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ actor spotted two men scuffling over a painting in middle of a Manhattan intersection. Onlookers had been trying to get them to stop fighting, but it wasn’t until Gosling jumped in and physically separated the combatants that the skirmish ended.
Can Wasting Time Online Improve Employee Productivity?
In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them.
“Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.
Triple Double Oreos are Real and Now Available in Stores [VIDEO]
After months of speculation concerning their existence and a slow rollout, the absurdly decadent Triple Double Oreo cookies have begun popping up in stores nationwide.
Driver Miraculously Rescued as Sanitation Truck Crashes Through Third Story of Building [VIDEO]
A Department of Sanitation truck somehow managed to smash halfway through the wall of a third story parking garage in Queens, New York Wednesday morning, leaving both the vehicle and the driver dangling perilously in the air.
Largest Group Shower Record Broken By Bikini Models [VIDEO]
The folks at Bournemout Beach in England got quite an eyeful this weekend when an event organized by body spray brand Lynx set the Guinness World Record for the largest group shower.
Aww! Huge Great Dane Gives His Military Master a Slobbery Welcome Home [VIDEO]
We’ve seen some pretty heartwarming homecoming scenes involving military personnel and their family over the years. Humans don’t have a monopoly on ecstatic welcomes, though — when this massive great dane named Emmitt Thunderpaws sees his master return home from deployment, he gives him a touching, slobbery embrace for the ages.