- Dog lovers, gather round
Daily Edition • January 6, 2026 SUPPORTED BY From weighted vests and protein-maxxing to beef tallow and creatine supplements, 2025 was rife with wellness trends. But are any of them worthy of taking into the new year? NPR’s science team dove deep into some of last year’s most pervasive health fads, delivering verdicts on which ones you might want to pay attention to and which you can leave in 2025. Must Reads An underrated health resolution that has nothing to do with diet or exercise Never…Read more
- Today’s Pick: A “haunting” hyena photo
Editors’ Picks • October 15, 2025 The world’s rarest hyena species is (a tad ironically) getting its day in the sun: An elusive, nocturnal brown hyena was captured in a “haunting” image that just won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. Titling the spooky shot “Ghost Town Visitor,” Wim van den Heever from South Africa spent a decade monitoring camera traps in the abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Namibia, to score it. Learn more about the photo and see the other winning...
- What’s super about “Superwood”?
. Daily Edition • October 15, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Want to brighten a kid’s day? Right now, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is asking the public to send Halloween cards to pediatric patients — all you have to do is select one of the card options and write a sweet message. Hospital staff will hand deliver the cards (which the kids can color in) alongside a goodie bag and some Halloween treats. And you’ll be making a difference in more ways than one: A donor is giving the Children’s Fund $1 for...
- Run errands with friends, study says
. Daily Edition • October 14, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Have you heard of the Eisenhower Matrix? The productivity hack is based on the famously strong project management skills of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. “Whenever our affairs seem to be in crisis, we are almost compelled to give our first attention to the urgent present rather than to the important future,” he once said. The method helps you prioritize your to-do list using a simple, four-box matrix — learn how to apply it to your own life....