- 18th-century shipwreck found at “GOT” site
Daily Edition • June 27, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Have you been noticing more youths at the local yarn shop? Twenty- and 30-somethings are increasingly taking up “pre-tech pastimes,” like knitting, crafting, baking, and scrapbooking, per a recent report from The Wall Street Journal. As for the reasons why, Megan Spurr, who works for a newly opened needlepoint business in Dallas, summed it up best: “Needlepoint provides the opportunity to learn something new, be social, and have something tangible…Read more
- 5 morning workouts to try at home
Wake up to good news. Supported By Sunday • January 21, 2024 Artist Sergey Jivetin’s store of supplies looks different than most others’ in his field: In lieu of brushes and paint, he relies on carving tools and a microscope to create his masterpieces. Since 2016, Jiventin has been engraving intricate, minuscule images on seeds and beans and gifting them to strangers. The project was born from the idea that people often have deeply personal ties to plants — his work is a way of representing...
- Astronomers discovered the oldest black hole
Wake up to good news. Supported By Saturday • January 20, 2024 Earlier in the month, we shared a list of predictions from people in 1924 on what they thought 2024 would look like. But do you know what life was like 100 years ago? Things were quite different: there were only 48 states, a dozen eggs cost around 32 cents, and movies were all silent. But there are some similarities between 1924 and 2024 — that year also saw a Summer Olympics in Paris and a presidential election. To get a better...
- 2024’s safest travel destinations
Wake up to good news. Supported By Friday • January 19, 2024 Whether you love or hate laundry day, it unfortunately might be hurting the environment. Fortunately, there are ways to help — and they come with the happy consequences of extending the life of your clothing and decreasing some of your utility bills. Washing and drying require a lot of water and energy, and can contribute to micro-plastic pollution. To minimize the climate impact of keeping your clothes and linens clean, consider...