- Today’s Pick: When to let go of traditions
Editors’ Picks • December 10, 2025 Does your family go hard on the holiday traditions? Seasonal rituals can help us feel comforted, grounded, and connected to our loved ones. But sometimes, the activities we participate in year after year have worn out their welcome — maybe they cause more stress than joy or they no longer fit our personalities or beliefs. Thankfully, releasing tired traditions doesn’t have to feel like a loss, and doing so can make room for new customs that bring us even…Read more
- Today’s Pick: This human medical device can save dogs
Editors’ Picks • August 20, 2025 There are many ways in which dogs and people overlap: We both enjoy long sunset walks, snoozing away a lazy afternoon, and eating our hearts out. Unfortunately, we can also share some of the same health problems — including certain heart conditions. But for both humans and canines who have slower-than-normal heart rates, cardiac pacemakers can be life-changing. And something many dog lovers may not know is while, in the U.S., these devices can’t be donated...
- A chocolate breakthrough
. Daily Edition • August 20, 2025 SUPPORTED BY You know the Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards, but how about the Tiny Awards? Since 2023, the unique competition “has celebrated the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web.” The public is asked to nominate non-commercial websites created in the previous 12 months, and a panel of judges selects the finalists. Then, people can vote for their favorites. Naturally, the winner gets a tiny trophy — you have until...
- “Skibidi,” “work spouse,” and more new dictionary words
Daily Edition • August 19, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Sleep and caffeine are two antidotes to tiredness — so does combining them supercharge their powers? That’s the idea behind “nappuccinos,” or caffeine naps: You drink a coffee, then take a short (15-25 minute) nap, ideally waking up just as the caffeine starts kicking in. “A well-timed ‘nappuccino’ is one of the most effective short-term energy strategies,” Mark Kovacs, a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, told Verywell Health. Read...