- North Dakota to hit nation-first milestone
Daily Edition • December 16, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is home to Wisdom, the world’s oldest-known banded bird. But the 75-year-old is just one of many (i.e., roughly 1.5 million) albatrosses living on the atoll, and now the public can get a glimpse at the thriving wildlife. The refuge is not open for visitation, so the nonprofit Friends of Midway Atoll set up a 24-hour wildlife camera on one of the atoll’s three islands to “bring the place to the people.”…Read more
- A sunken city resurfaces
. Daily Edition • August 26, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s state fair season across the U.S., which means it’s butter sculpture season. In Minnesota, the annual state fair kicks off with the crowning of the latest “Princess Kay of the Milky Way” — and then the carving of her likeness out of a 90-pound block of butter. This year, the princess is 20-year-old Malorie Thorson, who bundled up in a coat and gloves to pose for her butter sculpture in a studio set to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. See pics of the...
- Meet your Focus Friend
Daily Edition • August 25, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Happy belated birthday to Ethel Caterham! The world’s oldest living person turned 116 last week, marking the occasion “at her own pace” in a care home in England, per CBS News. Born Aug. 21, 1909, Caterham is the last living subject of King Edward VII — and said that though she wouldn’t be giving any interviews in honor of her latest birthday, she would welcome a call from the present monarch, King Charles III. Hopefully that wish gets fulfilled!...
- How to manage 3 types of stress
Sunday Edition • August 24, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Sometimes the best life advice comes not from the bookstore’s self-help section but from everyday people making the most of what they have. So when The Atlantic writer Elaine Godfrey decided to start intentionally inviting small moments of joy into her daily experience, she asked the outlet’s readers to share their own tips for enjoying life’s little pleasures. The suggestions she received range from taking midnight walks to “remaking” the bed —...