- All aboard!
Sunday Edition • January 25, 2026 SUPPORTED BY The enormous stone heads on the remote Easter Island in the South Pacific make it one of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites — and now you can marvel at the moai statues right from your couch. A research team created a first-of-its-kind 3D model of Rano Raraku, one of the island’s quarries, that lets home viewers explore it in unprecedented detail. “You can see things that you couldn’t actually see on the ground,” one researcher…Read more
- Today’s Pick: A choir for the tone-deaf 🎶
Editors’ Picks • January 14, 2026 If you’re a regular reader of Nice News, you may have caught our recent explainer on the many health benefits that singing can offer, including boosting your mood and fostering feelings of connectedness. Those perks, and the simple joy of song, are why people who lack natural talent in this arena (read: they can’t carry a tune) are gathering together in singing groups. They’re called Tuneless Choirs, and the movement is growing. Have a listen in our article...
- How exercise affects overall energy
Daily Edition • January 14, 2026 SUPPORTED BY If you find yourself wanting to express the word “pickle” in the form of an emoticon, you’re currently faced with a not-quite-right alternative: the cucumber emoji. But that could soon change — Unicode, which sets the world standard for text and emoji, seems to have a new slate of emoji coming down the pipeline this year, and it includes the pickle. Other promising additions include a meteor (as opposed to the existing comet) and a lighthouse:...
- Sending hugs
Daily Edition • January 13, 2026 SUPPORTED BY There are still two more weekends of NFL before we know which teams will be duking it out at Super Bowl LX, but the competitors for the 2026 Puppy Bowl are all set. A record 15 dogs with special needs will take the field for the adoption event on Sunday, Feb. 8. Meet the adorable pups and learn when to tune in. Must Reads Mississippi schools soared from 49th in the country on national tests to the top 10 — here’s what changed A hefty health habit...