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. Daily Edition • July 29, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz! That’s a mouthful, but here’s the gist: The annual event, running through Sunday, calls on individuals and organizations to go out in nature and report any observations of monarch butterflies, milkweed plants, monarch eggs, caterpillars, and chrysalises. The data collected helps scientists learn more about the current state of monarch populations and their host plant, milkweed. Get more info on how…Read more
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Daily Edition • April 13, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Houseboats are as synonymous with Amsterdam as tulips, cheese, and cycling. And one beautiful example, recently highlighted in Apartment Therapy, showcases the design possibilities of a 1,500-square-foot home on the water. Blogger Annelies and her husband Hans decorated their modern houseboat with a “perfect spring palette,” featuring myriad pastels, custom-built storage, and artwork galore. Take a tour and revisit our article on dopamine-inducing...
- Why do we taste bitterness?
Daily Edition • April 12, 2024 SUPPORTED BY When Emmy-nominated actor Tabitha Brown found herself feeling discontented a decade back, she decided to “shake things up” by trying something new every day for 30 days. The experience shifted her perspective, and she wrote about it in a recent book, I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free. Aside from Brown’s anecdotal endorsement, though, sparking joy by breaking your routine is backed by science. As cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot told The...
- New geoparks are worth adding to your travel list
Daily Edition • April 11, 2024 SUPPORTED BY It’s National Pet Day, an opportunity to celebrate all the joy our furry friends bring into our lives (and post adorable pictures of them on social media, of course). In honor of the occasion, we have a pet-related story that’s sure to tug at any animal lover’s heartstrings: Mishka, the beloved family dog of the San Diego-based Houmans, ran away from home last summer. After they spent months searching and hoping, though, the terrier mix was found in...