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Cuddling With Your Sweetheart Before Sleeping May Decrease Relational Stress, Study Says

If you share a bed with your sweetie, consider incorporating this step into your nighttime routine if you aren’t already: a snuggle sesh before sprawling out in starfish position or firing up the CPAP machine. A study found that couples who cuddled prior to drifting off experienced less stress and more feelings of security in […]

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 A Dad Turned His Hobby Designing Magical Costumes Into a Career: “I Want My Kids to Know Dreams Can Provide”

It wasn’t the first costume Nephi Garcia had designed for his then-4-year-old daughter — he’d been putting her in custom outfits since she was an infant — but the silky blue fairy godmother dress he stitched together from scraps represented a new chapter for his family.  Fashion is woven into multiple generations of Garcia’s lineage. His

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From Cheugy to Cool: These Youthful Trends Look Oddly Familiar to Millennials

Are millennials cool? Depends on who you ask. Whether they’re strutting around in ankle boots or insisting on no-show socks, it often feels like this generation is nothing but cheugy in Gen Z and Gen Alpha’s eyes. But fashion is cyclical. Take a closer look at what the kids are wearing these days, and underneath

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Our Brains Are Like Pianos, With the “Sustain Pedal” Turning Certain Experiences Into Emotions: Study

A rattlesnake slithering across your path may make you antsy throughout a long hike, while stumbling upon a stunning view at the end of the trail could leave you feeling content for the remainder of the day. Each experience is a short-lived moment, but both can lead to lasting emotion. How does this happen? Scientists

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A Unique Simulation Builds Empathy by Allowing People to Experience Dementia Symptoms

More than 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and while most adults are familiar with the outward signs, the inner experience is in large part a mystery to those without the condition. Moreover, memory loss, which is most widely associated with the disease, is just one symptom. Many people who have dementia caused

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The Donation Collection Gives Formerly Incarcerated Individuals — and Fallen Trees — a Second Chance

These intricately crafted, Japanese-style end tables don’t just make beautiful additions to your home — they also help formerly incarcerated individuals transition to independent living. The Donation Collection, a new initiative in which historically marginalized communities build furniture from construction waste and fallen trees, gives both artisans and discarded materials a second chance. The designs

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Denali National Park’s Sled Dog “Puppy Cam” Is Live: Meet This Year’s Litter

Stop the presses! There’s another animal live stream to get glued to, and this one features some adorable future heroes: the next generation of sled dogs at Alaska’s Denali National Park.  The Denali Sled Dog Kennels’ seasonal “Puppy Cam” is turned on when the newest recruits to the mushing squad are old enough to wander

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Architect Frank Lloyd Wright Made “the World a Better One for Living in” Through His Designs: Dive Into 4 Iconic Works

How many architects can you name off the top of your head? Whether that list is on the long or short side, Frank Lloyd Wright likely nabbed a spot. Even if you don’t know much about the man himself, we’d bet the iconic spiral featured in one of his most famous works, the legendary Guggenheim

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Ancient Pollen Reveals Stories About Earth’s History, From the Asteroid Strike That Killed the Dinosaurs to the Mayan Collapse

If pollen allergies are getting to you, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks of male reproductive material that many of us notice only when we get watery eyes and runny noses. However, pollen grains are far more than allergens — they are nature’s time capsules, preserving clues about Earth’s past environments for millions of years.

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