- Tree made famous by Beatles is up for award
. Daily Edition • July 22, 2025 SUPPORTED BY If theme parties get you jazzed, then this exercise group might be for you. In Portland, Oregon, an indoor mall walking club called “Food Court 5000” meets once a week for a 1980s-themed workout — complete with neon windbreakers, leg warmers, and high ponytails. In addition to providing the physical benefits of a brisk walk, the group is accessible year-round (no rain delays when you’re in the mall) and incorporates elements of nostalgia and…Read more
- Why do we taste bitterness?
Daily Edition • April 12, 2024 SUPPORTED BY When Emmy-nominated actor Tabitha Brown found herself feeling discontented a decade back, she decided to “shake things up” by trying something new every day for 30 days. The experience shifted her perspective, and she wrote about it in a recent book, I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free. Aside from Brown’s anecdotal endorsement, though, sparking joy by breaking your routine is backed by science. As cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot told The...
- New geoparks are worth adding to your travel list
Daily Edition • April 11, 2024 SUPPORTED BY It’s National Pet Day, an opportunity to celebrate all the joy our furry friends bring into our lives (and post adorable pictures of them on social media, of course). In honor of the occasion, we have a pet-related story that’s sure to tug at any animal lover’s heartstrings: Mishka, the beloved family dog of the San Diego-based Houmans, ran away from home last summer. After they spent months searching and hoping, though, the terrier mix was found in...
- New regulation will curb pollution — and hopefully cancer
Daily Edition • April 10, 2024 SUPPORTED BY You’ve heard of dystopias and utopias, but what about protopias? A protopia is a positive, realistic vision of the future — the opposite of a dystopia, and a step down from a utopia, which is impossibly idealized. Activist and philanthropist Kathryn Murdoch thinks we need to be seeing more media content demonstrating how we can achieve a better tomorrow, which is why she executive-produced a new PBS show, A Brief History of the Future, that aims to...