- Stretching tips from a master flexologist
Sunday Edition • August 10, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Why does receiving a compliment often feel as awkward as being told you have food in your teeth or your fly is unzipped? In a recent episode of the NPR podcast Life Kit, social psychologist Erica Boothby and behavioral scientist Xuan Zhao delve into the science behind compliments — and explain how your reaction to them might reflect your own self-esteem. Their insight on giving and receiving praise is illustrated in this comic strip, which we…Read more
- The power of a parent’s hug
Daily Edition • June 1, 2024 SUPPORTED BY If you’re a person who starts tossing and turning as soon as the temperature rises, this message is for you: You don’t have to suffer all summer long. Sleep is essential to overall well-being, so it’s worth finding some solutions for weather-induced insomnia. From pairing a bucket of ice with a basic fan to opting for breathable pajamas, there are ways to cool down your sleeping environment that don’t require investing in central air conditioning....
- Cancer treatment may be (way) older than we thought
Daily Edition • May 31, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Today’s economic landscape is quite different than that of previous generations — home prices are outpacing incomes, artificial intelligence is disrupting the market, and inflation is tightening wallets. So where are young people to turn? There’s a rising crop of financial influencers tailoring their advice to millennials and Gen Zers, Vivian Tu among them. Tu, 30, runs a personal finance company called Your Rich BFF and has garnered millions of...
- “World’s loneliest plant” is looking for his match
Daily Edition • May 30, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Social media trends come and go like the tide, but every so often one catches our eye as being particularly heartwarming and Nice News-worthy. Enter: the recent surge of young people filming their Gen X parents dancing to Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy,” an ’80s hit. The videos are wholesome and the dance moves often hilarious, but they also encapsulate something deeper. Salon’s Gabriella Ferrigine writes that the trend has “inadvertently served as a...