- How clean is airplane air, really?
Daily Edition • December 5, 2025 SUPPORTED BY If you’ve ever volunteered for a food bank, animal shelter, trash cleanup event, or any other cause, you know about the rush of positive emotions that comes with doing a kind deed. So why does doing good feel so good? It mostly comes down to community. “When we feel grateful for all we have, that motivates us to do good things for other people who have helped us, and also to do good things for new people,” psychologist Sarah Schnitker recently…Read more
- America’s national parks need our support
Daily Edition • July 4, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Happy Fourth of July! While the Nice New team takes some time to rest and recharge today, we have a holiday-themed newsletter for you, featuring positive stories about this nearly 250-year-old nation — like the cherry festival taking place in Michigan this weekend and the historic Black church being rebuilt in Colonial Williamsburg. We’re also excited to share our newest Cause of the Season: With your support this summer, Nice News is raising money...
- The service reuniting lost pets with their families
. Daily Edition • July 3, 2025 SUPPORTED BY You might soon experience some of the shortest days of your life. That may sound scary, but it’s really just an oddity relating to Earth’s rotation. Over the past few years, our planet has been overall spinning faster on its axis, to the point that timekeeping experts have said our clocks might have to skip a second around 2029. In the shorter term, the quicker rotation means that there are a few days coming up that are expected to be shorter than...
- Vatican completes rooms restoration
. Daily Edition • July 2, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Here’s something to look forward to after the holiday weekend: The next Nice Book Club meeting is just one week away! Join us for a free, virtual conversation with Brad Aronson, author of HumanKind. He’ll be sharing insight on how small, everyday acts of kindness can make a big difference — not just in your life, but in the world. RSVP here. Must Reads Dalyce C. is the winner of Nice News’ podcast giveaway — congrats to Dalyce and a huge thank you...