They say necessity is the mother of invention, but sometimes it takes a thoughtful observer to notice and address a particular need. For rising high school senior Jay Jung, a lightbulb went off while he was crossing the street. Jung is the creator of SmartBlink, an adaptive traffic light system that adjusts its signal changes […]
It feels good to belly laugh, it’s healthy to cry, and it can be helpful to get angry. Experiencing our emotions deeply (particularly a wide range of them) is a beautiful part of life — but when we stay stuck in our feelings, they can start to run the show, influencing our actions and behaviors
If you happened to see a horde of motorcyclists driving Harley-Davidsons through your town at some point over the past three weeks, you may have caught a glimpse of the Great American Convoy. Concluding today after cruising from Arkansas up to Maine and then over through the Midwest, the epic motorcycle tour raised over $1
What do your Monday mornings look like? Whether you hop out of bed 15 minutes before your first meeting and chug a cup of coffee, or rise with the sun to exercise and complete a 10-step skin care regimen, chances are you have some kind of routine in the a.m. Many of these steps —
If you have time to make a coffee or scroll through Instagram, you have time to complete a mood-boosting workout. Lifestyle conflicts and lack of time are two of the top reasons Americans don’t stick to their fitness goals, according to a 2025 survey. But not every exercise routine needs to involve an hour at
Picture this all-too-familiar scenario: You send a heartfelt text to your crush and excitedly watch those response bubbles appear on the screen — but then they vanish, only to be followed by hours of silence. By the time the object of your affection does reply, you’re already devastated, because clearly, you tell yourself, they don’t feel
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Most of us strive to be good-natured, polite, and helpful. But habitually putting others’ happiness ahead of your own might make you a people pleaser — and it could cost you more than you realize. People-pleasing is a defense mechanism that’s rooted in fear, not altruism, per Londyn Miller, a New York City-based psychotherapist and
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If you’re looking at the social media feed for #softlife, you might assume the trend is solely focused on curating aesthetic peaceful experiences: With nearly 200 million views on TikTok, the hashtag is populated with videos of people enjoying things like candlelit baths and working by the gently lapping ocean. But truly embracing a soft
When Dylan Sadiq was 21, he emptied his savings account on something his mother (perhaps understandably) considered a completely frivolous expense — not an Xbox or closet full of Nikes but rather 600 individually wrapped Rubik’s Cubes. “It was a few thousand dollars,” he recounted with a laugh on a recent call with Nice News.
“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
