High school math teacher Rebecka Peterson focuses on the good in her Oklahoma classroom, and it’s paying off. Peterson has been named the 2023 National Teacher of the Year, an annual honor awarded by the Council of Chief State School Officers. “Rebecka is a caring and passionate educator who understands the importance of connections and […]
Recommendations are independently selected by our team but may result in a commission to Nice News which helps keep our content free. The breadth of human accomplishment is mindblowing: We’ve cured diseases, implemented programs to take care of and give back to one another, and developed technology to make our lives easier. One area humanity […]
Geese are among the animal species that mate for life in the wild. But what happens when one bird is left without its partner? That recently happened to Blossom, a goose at Iowa’s Riverside Cemetery whose mate Bud died last August. General manager Dorie Tammen said Blossom’s behavior changed after the loss. The widowed goose […]
Recommendations are independently selected by our team but may result in a commission to Nice News which helps keep our content free. Ready to add some brand-new books to your bedside table? Find your next read in this roundup of our favorite April titles, featuring a moving memoir by an acclaimed poet, a look into […]
Los Angeles residents Joe Blackstone and Jamie Mohn have long recognized the power of storytelling and the lasting impact it can have on a child’s life. Shortly after getting married, the couple began volunteering to read books to elementary school kids. Then, when they became parents themselves, they created the J3 Foundation to fund child […]
A walk through a field of wildflowers, a stroll through a grove of trees, a jog along the beach: Not only are these beautiful settings for the eyes to behold, they also have the power to boost our well-being. A recently published study, led by professors Xiaoqi Feng (from the University of New South Wales […]
Move aside Turner & Hooch, it’s rabbit season. While it may sound like a storyline out of a Looney Tunes episode, a rescued rabbit has joined a police force in California, becoming an unofficial officer. Meet Percy: a ginger and white-colored bunny who might just be the cutest cop you’ll ever see — he even […]
There are only so many hours in a day, and when that to-do list gets lengthy, you may find yourself wishing you could operate on less sleep. It turns out that elephant seals are living out that dream, sleeping a total of just two hours per day — much less than most mammals. A new […]
Sponsored by Apollo “April showers bring May flowers,” as the old saying goes. Fittingly, April is also Stress Awareness Month, recognized annually since 1992 to highlight the negative health impacts of stress and the tools available to combat it. One of those tools is the Apollo wearable: a one-of-a-kind, science-backed device that actively improves your […]
The World Health Organization estimates that 2.2 billion people around the globe are visually impaired. Since 2015, the popular Be My Eyes app has been working to help that population — and it’s now getting a major AI boost. Be My Eyes was founded by Danish furniture craftsman Hans Jørgen Wiberg, who is visually impaired […]
In 2021, The Wall Street Journal announced a polling partnership with the independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago “to conduct surveys on cultural and social issues of importance.” The latest data to come out of that collaboration was gathered in March, and it offers some fascinating insight into how the happiest people […]
What if you could swallow a pill-sized device that could diagnose whether you have a peptic ulcer or a bile obstruction? Engineers at MIT and Caltech have created just that: an ingestible sensor that could help physicians more easily identify and diagnose gastrointestinal motility disorders. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and […]