- The rise of adult gap years
Daily Edition • February 23, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Feeling lost when you overhear conversations between your Gen Alpha grandkids? Forced to nod along as your Gen Z coworker uses a term you’ve never heard? Green’s Dictionary of Slang is here to help. Covering “500 years of the vulgar tongue,” the largest dictionary of English-language slang is newly free to read in its entirety online. Now you can yap along with the best of ’em. Must Reads Meet Punch: a baby monkey in Japan who’s touching hearts…Read more
- Buon appetito, Olympians
Daily Edition • February 12, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Welcome to the latest wellness-related TikTok trend: dark showering. It’s exactly as it sounds — showering in low light in the evenings as a way to relax and signal to the body that it’s almost time to sleep. There isn’t a ton of science on the viral practice, but experts say it can’t hurt to try. “Relaxing bedtime rituals are a vital part of our ability to fall asleep into restful slumber,” sleep scientist Rebecca Robbins told Today, adding, “If...
- Today’s Pick: It’s National Inventors’ Day 💡
Editors’ Picks • February 11, 2026 If you despise washing dishes by hand, there’s someone you should thank: Josephine Cochrane, the 19th-century socialite who shared your disdain for the chore and did something about it — invented the dishwasher. Today is National Inventors’ Day, designated by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 as an annual celebration of ingenuity and innovation. In honor of the occasion, we highlighted three lesser-known inventors, including Cochrane, whose revolutionary...
- Coffee may curb dementia risk, study finds
Daily Edition • February 11, 2026 SUPPORTED BY It’s chick season at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge! The world’s largest albatross colony is celebrating the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Laysan and black-footed albatross babies. The chicks will fledge in the summer, but in the meantime are being cared for by their parents — one stays behind with the youngin while the other forages for food. Check out some adorable footage of one of the chicks being tended to, courtesy of the U.S....