- Stretching tips from a master flexologist
Sunday Edition • August 10, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Why does receiving a compliment often feel as awkward as being told you have food in your teeth or your fly is unzipped? In a recent episode of the NPR podcast Life Kit, social psychologist Erica Boothby and behavioral scientist Xuan Zhao delve into the science behind compliments — and explain how your reaction to them might reflect your own self-esteem. Their insight on giving and receiving praise is illustrated in this comic strip, which we…Read more
- The power of “little luxuries”
Daily Edition • May 18, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Meteorologically, summer begins on June 1, and astronomically on June 20. For some people, though — including this writer — summer is ushered in when the first fireflies emerge after dusk, bringing light and memories of childhood nights spent outside. Unfortunately, firefly populations have been dwindling and their season shortening in recent years due to habitat loss and climate change. But there’s an easy way that we can all help: resisting the pull...
- Mexico’s first Michelin star eateries
Daily Edition • May 17, 2024 SUPPORTED BY The blazes that broke out in western Canada earlier this week made it clear that wildfire season is upon us, which means now is the time to get prepared for potentially worsening air quality. Brian G. Henning, director of the Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment at Gonzaga University, told ABC News there are simple and inexpensive ways to lessen the adverse health effects of wildfire smoke. “That whole idea of an ounce of prevention is...
- A single pill with a day’s worth of medications
Daily Edition • May 16, 2024 SUPPORTED BY House hunting in New York City is a notoriously difficult affair, so when Frank DiLella found an Upper West Side apartment he loved in 2020, he was ready to buy. And that was before he learned about the hidden treasure above him. Under DiLella’s seemingly normal ceiling was a brick and stone archway designed by Rafael Guastavino — the man behind landmarks like Carnegie Hall, Grand Central Terminal’s Oyster Bar, the Queensboro Bridge, and more. “It was...