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  • Sleep, Muscles, Neuroplasticity, Brain training, REM sleep, Rest, Healthy aging, Muscle gain, Cognitive health, Sleep health
    Photo credit: RapidEye/E+ via Getty Images – Research shows that the brain can be exercised, much like our muscles.
    Health, Science

    Neurologist explains why ‘novelty’ is a brilliant workout for your brain’s health

    Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse

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    Photo credit: FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images – Opportunities to show compassion often feel difficult, but exercising virtue seems to help people cope.
    Culture, Health

    New study suggests compassion, patience, and self-control are great ‘selfish’ choices for your own happiness

    dannyreaktiv

    1/23/2026
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    Photo credit: wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus – Scientists are fighting back against antibiotic resistance with new strategies and tools.
    Health, Science

    Antibiotic resistance could undo a century of medical progress – but four advances are changing the story

    André O. Hudson

    1/22/2026
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    Photo credit: Canva – Had a bad job interview? They've likely seen worse.
    Editorial, Featured, Work & Money

    Employers reveal the one thing candidates did in interviews that cost them the job

    Erik Barnes

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    Photo credit: Westock Productions/Shutterstock – Do you need to detox if you’re healthy?
    Health, Science

    Juice cleanses, charcoal supplements and foot patches – is detoxing worth the hype?

    Dan Baumgardt

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    Photo credit: Canva – Audiobooks combined with regular books make the perfect tag team for reading pleasure.
    Editorial, Featured, Life hacks

    Reading and listening to an audiobook simultaneously sounds weird but could make you a speed reader

    Erik Barnes

    1/22/2026
  • EV, climate change, Norway, electric vehicles, fossil fuels, clean energy, cars, petroleum
    Photo credit: Photo credit Canva and Hans-Petter Fjeld/ Wikimedia Commons – Electric vehicle and the flag of Norway.
    Environment

    95.9 percent of all new car sales in Norway are now fully electric

    Mark Wales

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  • BBC Dynasties penguins, David Attenborough intervention, nature documentary ethics, camera crew saves penguins, Emperor penguins Antarctica, Will Lawson director, wildlife filmmaking rules
    Photo credit: Canva – Penguins attempt to hop on a new iceberg
    Culture, Past Events

    A BBC crew broke the ‘cardinal rule’ of nature documentaries to rescue trapped penguins

    Adam Albright Hanna

    1/21/2026
  • thrift store finds, cash in purse, Martha infused TikTok, Goodwill Coach bag, viral handwritten note, hidden money thrift store, Lynora TikTok
    Photo credit: Canva – A woman shops at a thrift store
    Culture, Past Events

    She found a bunch of cash in a thrift-store purse. But the stunning handwritten note left her speechless.

    Adam Albright Hanna

    1/21/2026
  • Brinkley the dog, dog rallying before death, terminal cancer in dogs, Alex Blumenfeld TikTok, miracle pet recovery, dog euthanasia stories, terminal lucidity pets
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    Culture, Past Events

    They were ready to say goodbye to their terminally ill dog until his reaction changed everything

    Adam Albright Hanna

    1/20/2026

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