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Daily Edition • January 17, 2026 SUPPORTED BY When was the last time you let your mind wander into fantasyland — no podcasts, no music, no social media? The art of daydreaming is easily lost in the digital age, but psychologists say it’s important for our overall well-being. “Daydreaming seems to be one route to having that kind of more meaningful, fuller life,” social psychology professor Erin Westgate told The Washington Post. Read three reasons why you should consider swapping mindless...

. Daily Edition • January 16, 2026 SUPPORTED BY We’re officially three weeks out from the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, kicking off 17 days of athletic competition in Milan and Cortina, Italy. But physical feats are just one part of the equation — we can also serve to learn a lot from the athletes’ mental toughness. “We get stronger by pushing ourselves to a limit where we’re at our maximum capacity — and then recovering," Emily Clark, a member of Team USA’s psychological services team,...

. Daily Edition • January 15, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Gourmet was the country’s premier food publication for nearly seven decades — The New York Times once wrote the magazine “was to food what Vogue is to fashion.” But Condé Nast shuttered it in 2009, and let the trademark lapse in 2021. Enter: the new Gourmet. Five journalists relaunched Gourmet this week as a newsletter that will share recipes and written features likely to be reminiscent of the original magazine’s intellectual sensibility. As...

Editors’ Picks • January 14, 2026 If you’re a regular reader of Nice News, you may have caught our recent explainer on the many health benefits that singing can offer, including boosting your mood and fostering feelings of connectedness. Those perks, and the simple joy of song, are why people who lack natural talent in this arena (read: they can’t carry a tune) are gathering together in singing groups. They’re called Tuneless Choirs, and the movement is growing. Have a listen in our article...

Daily Edition • January 14, 2026 SUPPORTED BY If you find yourself wanting to express the word “pickle” in the form of an emoticon, you’re currently faced with a not-quite-right alternative: the cucumber emoji. But that could soon change — Unicode, which sets the world standard for text and emoji, seems to have a new slate of emoji coming down the pipeline this year, and it includes the pickle. Other promising additions include a meteor (as opposed to the existing comet) and a lighthouse:...

Daily Edition • January 13, 2026 SUPPORTED BY There are still two more weekends of NFL before we know which teams will be duking it out at Super Bowl LX, but the competitors for the 2026 Puppy Bowl are all set. A record 15 dogs with special needs will take the field for the adoption event on Sunday, Feb. 8. Meet the adorable pups and learn when to tune in. Must Reads Mississippi schools soared from 49th in the country on national tests to the top 10 — here’s what changed A hefty health habit...

Daily Edition • January 12, 2026 SUPPORTED BY New year, new wildlife cam. In Gaylord, Michigan, there’s a herd of 60 elk — one of the largest wild herds in the U.S., per Popular Science — and now you can watch them going about their days thanks to a livestream run by the town’s tourism bureau. Come for the elk, stay for the bucolic Midwestern winter landscape. Must Reads And the Golden Globe winners are … The case for alfresco conference calls Environment Climate Win: California Is...