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Daily Edition • January 10, 2026 SUPPORTED BY It’s time to train your brain. The New York Times kicked off 2026 with a five-day brain health challenge — a series of tasks to complete with science to back ’em up. Yesterday was the fifth day, so now you can see the challenge in its entirety, and hopefully recruit some friends to complete it with you (and keep you accountable). Must Reads Learning cursive is these middle schoolers’ idea of a good time Meet London’s very own “chief bat whisperer”…Read more
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Daily Edition • November 8, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Caterpillars deserve a soft place to land when they fall from trees, don’t you think? Well, you can help make that happen with a bit of thoughtful landscaping. “Caterpillars drop from the tree and they pupate in the ground. And how we landscape under those trees determines whether or not those caterpillars will survive,” entomologist Doug Tallamy told the Associated Press. Tallamy suggested avoiding raking leaves under trees as a start, and then...
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Daily Edition • November 7, 2025 SUPPORTED BY This one is for the DIYers out there, and those who aspire to be DIYers. Wirecutter writer Tim Heffernan recently composed a thorough guide to a home project that can be harder than it looks: painting furniture. If you don’t have something around the house that you’ve been eyeing for a paint job, Heffernan recommends practicing on a piece from a secondhand store, like a picture frame or stool (but ideally you wouldn’t start with an old chair —...
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Daily Edition • November 6, 2025 SUPPORTED BY After daylight saving time ended Sunday, you may have found yourself thinking more than usual about clocks — making sure not just that your microwave and alarm are properly calibrated, but also your body clock. “Your body is filled with clocks,” chronobiologist Emily Manoogian told NPR, continuing, “Every cell in your body that has DNA has a molecular clock that keeps its own time.” So how do we make sure everything is aligned? Here are three...