- 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
- This is how animals see the world — in vivid color
Wake up to good news. Supported By Thursday • January 25, 2024 Could you go a month without your smartphone? How about if you got $10,000 to do it? Siggi’s, the Icelandic yogurt brand based in New York, is offering select winners $10K (and three months’ worth of yogurt) in exchange for putting their smartphones in a lockbox. All you have to do to enter the contest is agree to the no-phone terms and submit a short essay on how your life would benefit from a digital detox. “We believe in the...
- A world-first program to fight malaria in kids
Wake up to good news. Supported By Wednesday • January 24, 2024 Fans of the 1998 Pixar film A Bug’s Life, listen up. National Geographic took inspiration from the beloved animated movie for its new docuseries, A Real Bug’s Life, which offers an up-close look at nine teeny tiny bug worlds. The series is narrated by comedian Awkwafina and debuts on Disney+ today — click here to get an inside look at the macro photography that made the show possible and here to watch the trailer. Must Reads •...
- Skating is open at world’s largest natural ice rink
Wake up to good news. Supported By Tuesday • January 23, 2024 Chosen from more than 20,000 images submitted by photographers in over 150 countries, the winners are in for the 2023 Travel Photographer of the Year competition. Architect AndreJa Ravnak took the top prize for her dreamy snapshots of hop fields in her native Slovenia. Her winning portfolio also includes images of rolling fields in Italy and the Czech Republic. “I’ve seen many excellent and creative photos in this year’s TPOTY...