- 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:…Read more
- Paw-sitive news incoming
. Daily Edition • October 16, 2025 SUPPORTED BY In North Carolina, more than 2.5 million people will soon have their medical debt — totaling over $6.5 billion — eliminated, thanks to a partnership between the state government and the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt. That’s a financial burden relieved for nearly a quarter of North Carolina’s residents. And you can help lift that burden for others by contributing to Nice News’ ongoing fall fundraising campaign with Undue Medical Debt. We’re well...
- Today’s Pick: A “haunting” hyena photo
Editors’ Picks • October 15, 2025 The world’s rarest hyena species is (a tad ironically) getting its day in the sun: An elusive, nocturnal brown hyena was captured in a “haunting” image that just won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. Titling the spooky shot “Ghost Town Visitor,” Wim van den Heever from South Africa spent a decade monitoring camera traps in the abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Namibia, to score it. Learn more about the photo and see the other winning...
- What’s super about “Superwood”?
. Daily Edition • October 15, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Want to brighten a kid’s day? Right now, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is asking the public to send Halloween cards to pediatric patients — all you have to do is select one of the card options and write a sweet message. Hospital staff will hand deliver the cards (which the kids can color in) alongside a goodie bag and some Halloween treats. And you’ll be making a difference in more ways than one: A donor is giving the Children’s Fund $1 for...