- Why are some people more likable than others?
Best of 2025 • Culture Edition SUPPORTED BY The end of the year is just around the corner, and true to Nice News tradition, we’re kicking off our fourth annual “Best of” series. Today is the culture edition, featuring insights into what makes someone likable, slang words to impress the Gen Alpha crowd, and a shining example of the hidden treasures librarians bring to light. We’re excited to return to your inbox with new positive stories starting Jan. 1, and most of all, we want to thank you…Read more
- Today’s Pick: A very furry field trip
Editors’ Picks • October 8, 2025 Today’s story is a bit of a tearjerker if you’re a pet lover, in a good way. Across the country, animal shelters are implementing programs that allow caring people to take dogs and cats on “field trips.” These rendezvous can last a couple hours or the entire weekend, and they benefit both our four-legged friends and the people chaperoning them — most profoundly, by helping the animals find their forever homes. Learn how the programs work and how to get...
- Cancer care win
. Daily Edition • October 8, 2025 SUPPORTED BY If you’re intimidated by meditating, you might benefit from the concept of mini-mediatations — particularly as a tool for finding moments of peace during the workday. “I think there’s a stigma around it, that you have to be in complete silence, and you have to have some room setup, or do some chanting, or some serious breathing,” wellness coach Michelle Beyer told the Associated Press. “There’s one-minute meditations you can do to make yourself...
- Eating for two (yourself and Earth)
. Daily Edition • October 7, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s Nobel Prize week! The first award, for medicine, was given yesterday to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work studying the immune system. The prize for physics will be awarded today, chemistry on Wednesday, literature Thursday, and the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Things will wrap up next Monday, Oct. 13, with the prize in economics. Stay up to date on the winners. Must Reads These silly games aren’t just for...