- 2025’s best astronomy pics
Daily Edition • September 12, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Would you voluntarily share the diaries of your youth with millions of strangers? Most would likely answer with an easy “no,” but Betsy Lerner thinks differently. Lerner, 65, has been filling diaries since she was a girl, and a few years ago decided to share some of her old entries on TikTok. Based on the reaction she got from her first video, she’s glad she did: “So many people said they connected with my diaries — about depression, loneliness,…Read more
- It’s sober (or sober-ish) October
Daily Edition • October 7, 2024 SUPPORTED BY What’s the weather like in your neck of the woods today? If it happens to be your birthday, we hope it’s a sunny and clear one. That brings us to BdayWeather.com, a fun little website that tells you what the weather was like on the day you were born — simply input your date of birth and place of birth, and then consider calling up any witnesses to confirm what you learn. Must Reads With open enrollment right around the corner, make sure these...
- How to be kind to those you disagree with
Sunday Edition • October 6, 2024 SUPPORTED BY It’s fall marathon season, with races taking place all over North America (in fact, our own Associate Editor Ally Mauch will be participating in Chicago’s next weekend), but one quirky iteration has especially caught our fancy: the Hot Chocolate Run. With the tagline “will run for chocolate,” the multi-city event is hosted by USA Today and ideal for the “cocoa-crazy.” There are 5K, 10K, and 15K distances (as well as a virtual option), and all...
- How drones will clean up Everest
Daily Edition • October 5, 2024 SUPPORTED BY What if we told you that you could — and maybe should — write an obituary for yourself now? You may think it morbid, but the reflective exercise is actually rooted in life, not death. “It seems dreadfully unfair that we wait until after our deaths to write them and never get to read them ourselves,” author Kelly McMasters shares in The New York Times. “Writing your obituary while you’re still alive can offer clarity about your life and, mercifully,...