Last April, veterinary surgeon Colleen Lambo made her first trip to Ukraine with the global charity Worldwide Vets, setting up camp outside Lviv. In just two weeks, she and a team of fellow volunteers sterilized over 600 animals, provided lifesaving care for community members’ pets, and even helped a stork with a broken wing. This […]
Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped United States history are going under the hammer. The copies of the 13th Amendment (estimated at $8 million to $12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation (estimated at $3 million to $5 million) are both signed by President Abraham Lincoln — and the landmark documents, rarely seen together, will headline Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts auction in New York on June 26.
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
In a perfect world, no one would ever bicker or fight with the people they love, but over here in reality, arguments happen. Sometimes they’re over politics or instances of hurt feelings, other times over what temperature the thermostat should be set to. Since arguing is inevitable, the best we can do is get better
When Nice News first interviewed Scott Shigeoka about curiosity in 2023, he was on the cusp of publishing his book on the subject, Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World. Shigeoka has been busy since then: He took his ideas to the TED stage in November, focusing on curiosity’s potential to
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Whether it’s with a colleague at the water cooler or a fellow parent in the school pickup line, most of us partake in the same activity at some point every day. It often begins with one person asking a question (e.g., “How are you?”) followed by a quick answer from the respondent and the same
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If you’ve spent time on social media lately, you may have come across actor Jack Henry Robbins — son of Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins — poking fun at himself in a series of videos. The 36-year-old has been playing off the recent discourse around “nepo babies,” or people who may have gotten a leg
Do you cry during Disney movies? Does the thought of going to a concert sound more overwhelming than fun? If so, you might be a sensitive person (and to be fair, Bambi’s mother’s death is devastating every time). But answer “yes” to enough questions like these, and you may instead be what some psychologists refer
When Britt Riley had her first daughter, Harper, she took 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave from her remote marketing job. After returning to work, she felt like she was falling behind, both as a mom and in her career. When her second daughter, Zoe, was born less than two years later, it became even
There are approximately 400,000 children currently living in foster care in the United States. These kids often shuffle from house to house, sometimes toting what few belongings they own in just a trash bag. Every year, around 20,000 young people age out of the system, and for them, the process of finding and furnishing a
