In the U.S., Amtrak is practically synonymous with long-distance trains, the way Kleenex is with tissues and Tupperware with food storage containers. There’s good reason for Amtrak’s popularity: Not only is it the country’s sole high-speed rail operator, but it deploys over 300 trains every day in 46 states. But now it’s expanding its services […]
The end of year lends itself to a lot of reviewing. We tend to look back at the past 12 months and quantitatively evaluate them: I visited this many state parks, I binged this many TV shows. But now is also as good a time as any to look back at your life as a […]
The power of journaling to boost well-being has been proven about a million times over, but the studies bearing out its benefits tend to focus on notebooks that are kept to oneself. Pouring your heart out on the page and then passing it around to strangers isn’t commonly recommended by mental health professionals, but thanks […]
Most of the time, Nice News reports on the positive goings-on around the world. But sometimes, we make those positive stories happen ourselves. That’s the case with the Cause of the Month initiative, which raised a whopping $26,104 in 2024, just from Nice News readers’ donations. Each month this year, we gave our community the […]
Recommendations are independently selected by our team but may result in a commission to Nice News which helps keep our content free. Home is where the heart is — and it’s also where we eat, lounge, sleep, express our creativity, and make memories. So it’s no mystery why keeping our havens safe, secure, and ready […]
Happiness is hard to characterize. Is it contentment? Satisfaction? Joy? Ask author Gretchen Rubin, who studies and writes about the subject, and she won’t miss a beat in answering. “I do not define it,” Rubin told Nice News matter-of-factly. “I started my career in law where we spent an entire semester arguing about contracts, and […]
The bottles have been popped, the cookies have been eaten, and the tree has been tucked into its box for another year (unless you’re like some Nice News team members who keep it up for a few more weeks). But the joy doesn’t have to end with the holiday festivities. Now that we’ve kissed 2024 […]
Twins present a unique opportunity for scientific study. Their shared genetics and family backgrounds allow researchers to evaluate the differences in their lives more objectively than is possible with people who have fewer factors in common. A new analysis of nearly 11,000 twins made use of this advantage to determine how a person’s environment affects […]
Glinda the Good Witch said it best: It’s all about popular. Sometimes it seems that being likable is the key to thriving socially and professionally in our culture (whether you like it or not). After all, when Glinda gleefully belts the lyrics, “It’s not about aptitude, it’s the way you’re viewed,” she has a point. […]
In 2022, 13.9% of all deaths in the U.S. were caused by heart failure. And contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t only affect older people: Nearly 6.7 million adults ages 20 and up currently have the condition, per the CDC. The good news? Thanks to recent research out of the University of Arizona College of […]
Imagine a veritable time machine that transports you into the heart of life in a thriving 1950s mining community. That frozen-in-time place exists — Erie Street, part of historic Lowell, in Bisbee, Arizona. Thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers, visitors can get a real feel for a stretch of Lowell during its glory days […]
There may soon be one less thing to worry about: Unpaid medical bills will no longer be included on credit records or impact loan decisions. The rule — finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau earlier this week — aims to reduce the burden of medical debt and ensure that patients with outstanding bills aren’t […]