- New bill supports human call center reps
Daily Edition • August 1, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Calling all e-readers — did you know there are a few ways to get free (or heavily discounted) books downloaded to your Kindle or other device? You can nab open source titles from Project Gutenberg, access your local library via Libby, take advantage of Amazon’s “Stuff Your Kindle” days, and more. Check out a guide to e-reading for cheap. Nice News Today There’s a lot of chatter about all the different ways to keep our bodies healthy over time, but…Read more
- Foreign words that can’t be translated into English
Sunday Edition • April 28, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Just when we thought dogs couldn’t be any more lovable, they’ve given us a brand-new way to adore them. In an experiment put on by Pedigree and filmed live earlier this month, canine “conductors” were positioned center stage and given treats, toys, and other items. An orchestra then played music to the wagging of the pups’ tails as they received the stimuli. “When [the] tail went down, we had to play softer, or quieter,” a violinist said in a...
- How old is “old”?
Daily Edition • April 27, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Some may not think of hordes of bugs as particularly nice, but we do think it’s nice to be prepared, so here goes it: Within weeks, a large swath of the country will be faced with cicada broods XIX and XIII. These two broods last emerged at the same time 221 years ago (as in, when Thomas Jefferson was president), so it might be a pretty intense cicada season for the overlap areas in Illinois and Iowa. The good news is that cicadas are relatively...
- How to stay safe from extreme heat this summer
Daily Edition • April 26, 2024 SUPPORTED BY April is all about the Earth, so it makes sense that National Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday of the month. The day was first established in Nebraska in 1874 to encourage residents to plant trees, and the rest of the country eventually followed suit (though some states celebrate it earlier or later in the year based on climate). If you aren’t able to get out to actually plant a tree today, consider supporting the Arbor Day Foundation or...