- How Roman emperors made an Irish exit
. Daily Edition • October 11, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Two comets discovered just this year are poised to grace the night sky within the next few weeks. Named C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), these celestial objects are making close approaches to Earth — close enough that they may be visible to the naked eye. Read a guide to spotting SWAN and Lemmon. Must Reads Just weeks after announcing her retirement, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt — the longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago’s men’s…Read more
- How to up your empathy
Sunday Edition • January 12, 2025 SUPPORTED BY At this point, the oft-cited stat that 80% of people abandon their New Year’s resolutions by February has likely prevented a fair number of us from making any in the first place. A different sort of self-improvement trend may be more sustainable, though, and you can start it before or after Jan. 1. Called the “Winter Arc,” the now-viral practice involves capitalizing on the cold months to go full force on your goals, and uses the end of the...
- The world’s most powerful passports
Daily Edition • January 11, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s hard to overstate how important relationships are to our overall well-being and happiness — and yet it can often seem so difficult to forge new friendships or even strengthen our existing ones. Thankfully, the BBC put together a four-day guide to doing just that. It begins with a simple, introspective question to get you thinking about the role relationships play in your life: “What are your friendship goals and expectations?” Must Reads An...
- What to pack in an emergency “go bag”
Daily Edition • January 10, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Regardless of which team you root for, it’s fair to say that pretty much any football fan would be jazzed to attend the Super Bowl. And the Red Cross is offering one person the trip of a lifetime to go see this year’s game — you just have to do a good deed to enter. Anyone who donates blood, platelets, or plasma through Jan. 26 will be automatically entered to win a trip for two to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Learn more about how it works. Must...