The results are in for the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards — and the competition was stiff. Judges whittled down a whopping 49,957 entries from 95 countries to select 19 category winners. They include an underwater image of a mother hippopotamus and her young in South Africa, a mystical shot of a fungus […]
For the past five years, British artist Justin Bateman has been creating intricate portraits out of pebbles and stones. His work is striking in its level of detail and scale, with pieces ranging in size from 10 square feet to over 80. And aside from a few permanent commissions, they’re all ephemeral — arranged on […]
Around 807,000 people in the United States are living with kidney failure, with the majority requiring dialysis, per the American Kidney Fund. Over 90,000 are on the waiting list for a transplant, but donors are hard to come by; in 2022, only about 1 in 4 of those renal disease patients actually received a kidney. […]
When’s the last time you thought you needed a break from your phone? For many of us, cell phones are an unavoidable — and often really wonderful — part of life. They’ve become so integrated into the ways we work, move, connect, and exist that we frequently use them without even noticing, peering down in […]
What does “home” mean to you? For some, it’s a place to spend time with loved ones while making family recipes, celebrating holidays, and putting children’s artwork on refrigerators. For others, it isn’t a physical location at all, but rather a feeling, person, or memory. And looking at the list of houses below, it’s clear […]
Dogs are man’s best friend, but it turns out they need their own furry friends, too. A recent study conducted as part of the Dog Aging Project found that a canine’s social support network has the greatest influence on health outcomes, surpassing factors such as finances, household stability, and the age of the owner. The […]
How hip is your zip? Time Out recently released its sixth annual ranking of the coolest neighborhoods in the world. The publication polled over 12,000 people to compile a shortlist, then worked with city editors and local experts to narrow the selections down, creating a final ranking by considering factors like community and social ventures, […]
Recommendations are independently selected by our team but may result in a commission to Nice News which helps keep our content free. A whopping 45,000 flights either take off or land every single day in the United States, for a grand total of around 2.9 million passengers in the air during each 24-hour period. Whether […]
In a geothermal cave in Nevada, the endangered Devils Hole pupfish is embodying a certain cartoon relative’s mantra: “Just keep swimming.” The fish species has not only endured in the ostensibly forbidding environment it became trapped in thousands of years ago, but has also recently been increasing in number. Small, silvery-blue, and iridescent, the species […]
When Rob Belcher and Scott Thayer met in the sixth grade, they bonded over fishing, bike riding, and hockey — particularly a shared love for the Boston Bruins — and were close friends from that moment on. Decades of friendship later, Thayer learned he had pancreatic cancer and died at age 62 in May 2022, […]
Unlike Corfu or Santorini, Tilos likely hasn’t popped up in your social media feed. But the tiny Greek municipality in the Aegean Sea has made a big name for itself: It’s the world’s first zero-waste island. Tilos accomplished this monumental feat in early July after two years of efforts by local authorities and community members, […]
The ocean covers around 70% of the Earth’s surface and hosts more life than anywhere else on the planet — but 95% of it has yet to be explored. A team of U.K.-based engineers and researchers want to change that with the launch of an ambitious initiative to establish a permanent human presence beneath the […]