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How Well Do You Know Water? Take Our Quiz to Test Your Knowledge of H2O

From the icy moons of Jupiter to the distant quasar that contains enough H2O to fill trillions of oceans, water is abundant throughout our universe. Here on the blue planet, the substance is at the center of experiences as mesmerizing as viewing Niagara Falls and as mundane as washing dishes — and when you throw […]

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“Learning to Be Humble Meant Taming My Need to Stand Out From the Group” — A Humility Scholar Explains How He Became More Grounded

“Humble” is not a word my colleagues would use to describe me, especially early in my career. 

In fact, when word got around that I was researching humility, I suspect more than a few choked on their coffee. 

And even though I have spent over a decade exploring the concept as an attribute and as a practice, it wasn’t until I recently reflected on my own professional challenges that I truly understood how to embrace humility.

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What Are the Ingredients for a Happy Life? Here’s What Nice News Readers Had to Say

We asked, and you answered: Nearly 700 people wrote in to Nice News to share what makes them happy, and that makes us very happy indeed. We put out a request earlier this month with the aim of sharing our readers’ ingredients for happiness — because the feeling can be contagious, even when it comes

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At a Scotland Zoo, 2 Baby Goats Wear Coats to Stay Warm in Chilly Weather

While this week officially marks the beginning of spring, the weather is still quite brisk over in Scotland. Many of the country’s animals depend upon their own built-in coats to keep warm, but two adorable youngsters are getting a little extra help: Meet Cedar and Sweetheart, a pair of 5-week-old Anglo-Nubian goats being raised at Auchingarrich Wildlife Park in Perthshire.

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The First Modern Rocket Launched 100 Years Ago, Beginning a Century of Both Innovations and Challenges For Spaceflight

Apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journey to the lunar surface actually began 43 years before, in snowy Massachusetts. Exactly 100 years ago, on March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket.

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Are You Recycling Correctly? Your Guide to Getting It Right

You’ve just finished eating some delicious Chinese takeout. Does the black plastic container that held your General Tso’s chicken belong in your curbside recycling bin? What about the metal can of nonstick cooking spray you used when frying your eggs this morning? And your empty toothpaste tube?  The answers are no; yes, as long as

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1.5 Million Bats Emerge at Sunset From Beneath a Bridge in Austin, Texas — Watch the Annual Phenomenon

Every March, hordes of creatives flock to Austin, Texas, for the famed South by Southwest music and film festival. But another annual event is unfolding there this month as well. The city is home to the world’s largest urban bat colony, and just after sunset each evening, hundreds of thousands of the winged creatures emerge

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Are You an Active Listener? 6 Strategies for Helping Others Feel Seen, Heard, and Understood

Most of the time, we hear others when they’re talking to us. But are we truly listening to them and letting it be known? The answer to this question is what separates passive listeners from active ones — the former may retain what people are telling them, but the latter takes steps to show that

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To Help Ease PMS Symptoms, Neuroscientist Creates At-Home Brain Stimulation Device

Women’s medicine has long been understudied and underfunded, resulting in a dearth of knowledge around effective treatments for all kinds of symptoms, not least in the realm of menstrual health. Neuroscientist Emilė Radytė confronted this inequity while working with brain stimulation for patients with depression, recognizing that it could also be applied for PMS symptoms

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Grief Is the Defining Theme of This Year’s Oscar Slate — Why This Movie Critic Thinks That’s a Good Thing

There’s no best tearjerker category at the Academy Awards, but this year’s winner would be a no-brainer if there were: Hamnet. Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of the novel by Maggie O’Farrell contends that the death of William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet inspired Hamlet, the Bard’s magnum opus (in addition to the play premiering just a few years

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