- Meet Team USA’s oldest Olympian
Daily Edition • January 28, 2026 SUPPORTED BY When our nervous systems go on high alert, it can often feel difficult to calm down, even after the stressor has passed. But it’s easier when active noticing is in your toolbox. The method, which only takes a minute or so, involves taking stock of what’s around you and grounding yourself in the present moment. “When you’re present, you can’t really be anxious — you can’t be thinking about the future or preoccupied with things that happened in the…Read more
- More cancer survivors are living longer
. Daily Edition • January 15, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Gourmet was the country’s premier food publication for nearly seven decades — The New York Times once wrote the magazine “was to food what Vogue is to fashion.” But Condé Nast shuttered it in 2009, and let the trademark lapse in 2021. Enter: the new Gourmet. Five journalists relaunched Gourmet this week as a newsletter that will share recipes and written features likely to be reminiscent of the original magazine’s intellectual sensibility. As...
- Today’s Pick: A choir for the tone-deaf 🎶
Editors’ Picks • January 14, 2026 If you’re a regular reader of Nice News, you may have caught our recent explainer on the many health benefits that singing can offer, including boosting your mood and fostering feelings of connectedness. Those perks, and the simple joy of song, are why people who lack natural talent in this arena (read: they can’t carry a tune) are gathering together in singing groups. They’re called Tuneless Choirs, and the movement is growing. Have a listen in our article...
- How exercise affects overall energy
Daily Edition • January 14, 2026 SUPPORTED BY If you find yourself wanting to express the word “pickle” in the form of an emoticon, you’re currently faced with a not-quite-right alternative: the cucumber emoji. But that could soon change — Unicode, which sets the world standard for text and emoji, seems to have a new slate of emoji coming down the pipeline this year, and it includes the pickle. Other promising additions include a meteor (as opposed to the existing comet) and a lighthouse:...