File this under "Aww": English pooch Lily has a rare bacterial skin infection that's taken her fur, so owner Anne Rees keeps her all bundled up in an adult onesie to help protect against the elements. "The onesie is a really good fit for her, and it keeps her warm when we’re outside—she loves wearing it and all the fuss she gets," Rees told the Daily…. H… Read More >>

Even though it's a gorgeous day here in New York City, I, like millions of Americans, am excited to spend some quality time indoors with my computer, scouring for Cyber Monday deals. We all know mega-sites like Amazon (its CEO just won Fortune's Businessperson of the Year award), Walmart and Best Buy will be offering their expected markdowns, but scour less-frequented pockets of the web and you'll find irresistible deals… Read More >>

Have you ever “let the cat out of the bag”? How about those times you “fly off the handle”? Some old-school phrases are so deeply engrained in our vocabulary, we never take the time to think about what they really mean. After reading this list on Neatorama, I felt enlightened. Learn the origins of popular sayings:

 Fly off the handle: In the days before mass merchandising, poorly fastened axe heads would fly off while they were in use. The result was dangerous; hence why the phrase is used to describe risky behavior with unpredictable results. Steal someone’s thunder: In the early 1700s, English dramatist John Dennis invented a device that imitated the sound of thunder for a play he was working on. The… Read More >>

If you need a pick me up to get going on a post-holiday Monday, keep this video in your back pocket. A 46-second clip of a surprised red panda has quickly gone viral. One moment the adorable baby red panda is peacefully eating and the next it's startled by a zoo worker in the most hilarious way. These pandas from Maruyama Zoo in Japan aren't the first animals to earn… Read More >>

Everyone appreciates good art, but it’s the true connoisseur who can appreciate bad art—rotten, lousy, stinking art that's so awful it causes one’s lips to curl in an appreciative smile. If this is your oeuvre, then check out the Museum of Bad Art, in Somerville, Massachusetts. It’s roughly 225 miles north of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but it seems… Read More >>

As a research editor, I spend a lot of time on Google. So, when the trademark logo is swapped for a cool themed doodle, it's basically the highlight of my day. Lucky for me and anyone else easily distracted intrigued by a Google Doodle, we can always visit the doodle archive, a cache of every unique design since 1998. Quick research: Yes, that's more than 1,000 custom… Read More >>

Because we love ourselves a sweet list, we asked Google staff to share the past year's most-searched Christmas cookie terms. While good old-fashioned sugar cookies were the most popular, peanut butter seems to be a key ingredient for many American bakers. Preheat your ovens! 1. sugar cookies 2. eggnog 3. peanut butter cookies 4. peanut butter balls 5… Read More >>

As we approach Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and oh yeah, Thanksgiving, many of us will enjoy some much-deserved time off (and pecan pie). After the turkey is eaten and the football games watched, I like to spend some of my downtime catching up on all of the great reading I've been putting off. Here's what's on my list: 1. "The Hazards of Growing Up…," by Justin Heckert (from the  Read More >>

Who is Marco Tempest? I hesitate to refer to him as a magician, although he's won awards like the New York World Cup of Magic and the World Magic Award for Best Contemporary Magic. On his websitehe refers to himself as a technoillusionist, which probably sums it up as well as anything. Tempest combines the latest technology, or sometimes even tomorrow's… Read More >>

Just in time for our nation's most foodie holiday, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History recently opened its new exhibit, FOOD: Transforming the American Table, 1950-2000. The great American story is told through a vast collection of items that have shaped our nation's evolving food culture, from science and technology—including the creation of the shopping cart and the Pringles… Read More >>