For sporty snow bunnies, skiing is one of winter’s great joys, but the cold weather recreation isn’t without risk. Not only does it take some serious skill to careen down a mountain on two runners — or one, if you’re a snowboarder — you’re also up against the elements. Though they’re luckily rare occurrences at […]
Typically when you get COVID-19, your immune system produces antibodies that block the virus’ spike proteins from infecting your cells further. But what if you could prevent those proteins from attaching in the first place? What if you could just reach a tiny little hand inside your body and *pluck* the harmful virus out before […]
It’s a human reality: We tend to remember negative experiences and stories over positive ones. Scientific research backs that up, but it also shows that we can adapt those memories by taking a more optimistic approach to our recollections. All that’s to say, if you find yourself only thinking about the lows of 2024, Nice […]
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 […]
For 102 years, an airport runway in Scotland witnessed the likes of The Beatles, Marlene Dietrich, and a slew of British Supermarine Spitfires touching down on its tarmac. But the airstrip, which began as just a humble line of grass, retired in 2018, and the plot of land is now moving onto its next mission: […]
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 […]