- A sweet way to reduce anxiety
Daily Edition • October 28, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Nice News readers know all about Fat Bear Week — but what about Fat Squirrel Week? The inaugural contest, hosted by Texas Parks and Wildlife, is inspired by Alaska’s annual chonky bear event, with 16 squirrels from Lone Star State parks vying for the top title in a bracket-style competition. The winner: Chunkosaurus Rex, who beat out Chunk Norris, Nutella, and Stanley “The Texas Tank.” Must Reads The rundown on the Social Security cost-of-living…Read more
- A mother’s love, seen from underwater
Daily Edition • February 21, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Hundreds of thousands of people have been memorialized in The New York Times obituary section — people who left a mark on society. But one of the paper’s obituary editors, Amy Padnani, noticed a few years ago that some of history’s trailblazers had been left out, namely many women and people of color. So in 2018, she launched “Overlooked,” a series of obituaries honoring “remarkable people” whose deaths went unreported. Learn more about the...
- Meet a new (and fuzzy) sunflower species
Daily Edition • February 20, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Getting in a good nap isn’t rocket science — or maybe it is. Using data from long-haul space crews, NASA researchers found that those who napped for around 26 minutes showed improved alertness and performance compared to those who didn’t. That may sound quite short, but there’s science backing up the so-called “NASA nap.” Cassie Hilditch, with NASA’s Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, explained to Good Housekeeping that with a brief afternoon...
- A happiness rebound
Daily Edition • February 19, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Who is the USA’s favorite pet? It could be Walnut, an adorable bunny from Seekonk, Massachusetts; Finley, a fire hydrant-loving pup from Dublin, Ohio; or perhaps Mizu, a friendly goat living in Florence, Texas, who’s “full of personality.” Those are just some of the finalists in USA Today’s Favorite Pet contest — meet the full group of 10. Must Reads How music can serve as a profound form of medicine for hospital patients ICYMI: Ugandan runner...