- California’s climate win
Daily Edition • January 12, 2026 SUPPORTED BY New year, new wildlife cam. In Gaylord, Michigan, there’s a herd of 60 elk — one of the largest wild herds in the U.S., per Popular Science — and now you can watch them going about their days thanks to a livestream run by the town’s tourism bureau. Come for the elk, stay for the bucolic Midwestern winter landscape. Must Reads And the Golden Globe winners are … The case for alfresco conference calls Environment Climate Win: California Is…Read more
- Midwest city ranked No. 1 place to retire
Daily Edition • November 8, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Caterpillars deserve a soft place to land when they fall from trees, don’t you think? Well, you can help make that happen with a bit of thoughtful landscaping. “Caterpillars drop from the tree and they pupate in the ground. And how we landscape under those trees determines whether or not those caterpillars will survive,” entomologist Doug Tallamy told the Associated Press. Tallamy suggested avoiding raking leaves under trees as a start, and then...
- A long-lost diamond, found
Daily Edition • November 7, 2025 SUPPORTED BY This one is for the DIYers out there, and those who aspire to be DIYers. Wirecutter writer Tim Heffernan recently composed a thorough guide to a home project that can be harder than it looks: painting furniture. If you don’t have something around the house that you’ve been eyeing for a paint job, Heffernan recommends practicing on a piece from a secondhand store, like a picture frame or stool (but ideally you wouldn’t start with an old chair —...
- 100 years of high kicks
Daily Edition • November 6, 2025 SUPPORTED BY After daylight saving time ended Sunday, you may have found yourself thinking more than usual about clocks — making sure not just that your microwave and alarm are properly calibrated, but also your body clock. “Your body is filled with clocks,” chronobiologist Emily Manoogian told NPR, continuing, “Every cell in your body that has DNA has a molecular clock that keeps its own time.” So how do we make sure everything is aligned? Here are three...