“Describe yourself in such-and-such number of words” is a common directive and near-impossible task, made all the more difficult the lower that number gets. But Erin Weed has no trouble condensing the human essence into a single phrase — she does it on a daily basis. Weed is the creator of The Dig, a methodology […]
As a linguistics professor, I’m often asked why English is decaying before our eyes, whether it’s “like” being used promiscuously, t’s being dropped deleteriously, or “literally” being deployed nonliterally.
A team of scientists has been hard at work at a U.K. laboratory developing a vaccine against a strain of hantavirus, the virus family at the center of the recent deadly outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship.
When the last animal of its kind dies, more is lost than that species alone: Earth is a vast interconnected web of ecosystems, and biodiversity is its lifeblood. Akin to the idea of a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil and setting off a tornado in Texas, a specific type of butterfly flapping its collective
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A grieving dad ascended the tallest mountains in Scotland, England, and Wales wearing a vest the weight of his late daughter, so he could carry her with him every step of the way.
This spring, Nice News is partnering with Every Mother Counts for our Cause of the Season — a quarterly fundraising initiative spotlighting nonprofits making the world a better place. Click here to donate, and read on to learn more about the organization. Every day around the globe, more than 700 women die from pregnancy, childbirth,
Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson are the co-founders of Kind Campaign, a nonprofit that brings awareness and healing to the negative effects of bullying on school-age kids. At the end of the day, every mother wants the same thing: to raise a good human. To watch her child move through the world with a heart
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Scott Endersby had his right leg amputated in 2018 after a motorcycle accident. But in 2025, the IT technician became the first person to ever be crowned the world’s, Britain’s, and England’s Strongest Disabled Man in the same year — and now, he’s setting his sights on the Paralympics.
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As the medical world catches up to the current cultural moment, women are enjoying greater access to menopause-specific health care than ever before. In turn, fitness programs tailored to menopausal women are becoming more prevalent as well. When women’s hormones change — whether they’re shifting unpredictably during the pre- and perimenopausal years or dropping off
Do you have a mental health tool kit at the ready? Also called coping toolboxes, these are personalized collections of items, activities, and techniques that can help you self-soothe when you’re in a state of stress. “When we’re in our feelings, it can be difficult to think rationally about how to cope,” Stella Kimbrough, a
