- 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…Read more
- Man on wire (again)
Daily Edition • August 8, 2024 SUPPORTED BY It’s Happiness Happens Day, a celebration established by the Society of Happy People — and no, those aren’t inventions of Nice News (as much as we would like them to be). The society dates back to 1998, after founder Pamela Gail “noticed that lots of other happy people, like me, tended to keep a lot of our happiness to ourselves.” She wanted happiness to be more out in the open, and created the group from that desire. Hers is a philosophy that ties...
- Women’s health app hits unicorn status
Daily Edition • August 7, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Any parent who has glanced at their kid’s math homework knows that education evolves over the years — and one example of that is going viral on social media as we head into back-to-school season. A teacher recently shared on TikTok that the alphabet song is taught differently today in an effort to help little ones better distinguish between the letters. The main change: The slightly modified tune breaks up that pesky “LMNOP” block. Must Reads In the...
- Meet the youngest and oldest Olympians
Daily Edition • August 6, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Acclimatization was put on the map this summer by a viral TikTok video humorously explaining how to ease into a chilly lake. But the concept is also an important aspect of the ongoing Summer Games, as participants have had to compete in rather hot and humid weather. Heat acclimatization, or heat training, is a way to prepare for such conditions, and it’s not just for elite athletes — learn how we can all benefit from helping our bodies adapt to...