Recommendations are independently selected by our team but may result in a commission to Nice News which helps keep our content free. Bicycling has long been celebrated around the world — and the sentiment is seemingly growing. An increasing number of protected bike lanes are being built across the United States; Amsterdam unveiled a massive underwater […]
The Best Bike Accessories for Cycling in Style Continue Reading »
Love letters written by a long-distance couple, a diary belonging to a teenage girl, and a photo album originating from the Civil War are just a few of the hundreds of artifacts that Chelsey Brown has returned to their rightful owners. The heirloom hunter, who started doing returns in 2021, has reunited people around the
Sponsored by Babbel Language is the ultimate connector: It allows us to exchange ideas, thoughts, and feelings with others. And in our incredible, multicultural world, being able to speak in more than one tongue unlocks so many rich experiences, not only when we travel great distances, but also in our own cities and states. Whether
Here’s How You Can Start Speaking a New Language in Three Weeks Continue Reading »
There’s something special about the taste of grandma’s cooking. And Enoteca Maria is all about capturing that something special. The Staten Island, New York, restaurant invites and employs real grandmothers from countries around the globe to cook their family recipes. “Growing up I realized that my grandmother had been the repository of our family culture
NYC Restaurant Employs Grandmas From All Over the World to Cook, Share Recipes Continue Reading »
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on Maui, Hawaii, is the largest and most powerful solar telescope on the planet, and the recent images it captured surely live up to those superlatives. The National Science Foundation released a set of eight new pictures last week, showing our sun in “unprecedented detail.” The shots provide a
Earth’s Most Powerful Solar Telescope Captures Sun in “Unprecedented Detail” Continue Reading »
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that roughly 1 in 5 U.S. adults are illiterate or possess low literacy skills. I Love Books is on a mission to change that, one book at a time. The social impact organization, founded in 2021, aims to end illiteracy by ensuring that all children have access to
I Love Books: The Social Impact Organization Striving to End Illiteracy in Kids Continue Reading »
One mammal, 46 reptiles, 24 amphibians, 19 fishes, and 290 plants make up the massive number of newly discovered species announced by the World Wide Fund for Nature — and they’re all from one remote region of Southeast Asia. The 380 new species were found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, known as the
The late Fred Rogers, star and host of the long-running television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, once gave a touching endorsement of the importance of caring. “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who
Why Do Humans Care? The Science Behind It and How to Expand Our Compassion Continue Reading »
We’ve all probably heard the old adage “age is just a number.” But it’s one thing to hear it and a totally different thing to witness people accomplishing big dreams and setting new goals later in life. United by a drive to keep moving forward, the impressive writers, adventurers, painters, creators, and changemakers featured in
The sun does so much for us. It radiates light and warmth that make it possible for life to exist: Solar energy gives plants the chance to grow and thrive, and UVB rays provide us with vitamin D to help boost our moods and our immune systems. Now, an engineering company is using the power
These Hydropanels Use the Sun to Make Clean Drinking Water Continue Reading »
