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How clean is airplane air, really?
Daily Edition • December 5, 2025 SUPPORTED BY If you’ve ever volunteered for a food bank, animal shelter, trash cleanup event, or any other cause, you know about the rush of positive emotions that comes with doing a kind deed. So why does doing good feel so good? It mostly comes down to community. “When we feel grateful for all we have, that motivates us to do good things for other people who have helped us, and also to do good things for new people,” psychologist Sarah Schnitker recently...
Brains have distinct eras
Daily Edition • December 4, 2025 SUPPORTED BY When you go to turn on the Christmas tunes, you likely veer toward the classics — Vince Guaraldi, Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby, and the like. But there are some new songs you might want to consider adding to this year’s playlist, too. Check out 2025’s best holiday albums. Must Reads See the winners of the 12th International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition 2025’s top pop culture trends, as reported by YouTube Science What “Era” Is Your...
Today’s Pick: Should guests remove their shoes?
Editors’ Picks • December 3, 2025 Do you ask guests to remove their shoes upon entering your home — or, more importantly, should you ask them to? That is, personal preferences aside, is it unhealthy to wear footwear indoors? There’s a lot of information on the web about what’s on the bottom of our shoes, so Nice News decided to reach out to doctors and scientists to decipher what that intel actually means for our hygiene. Take a walk with us to learn the four main factors the great shoe...
This year’s Rockefeller tree is extra meaningful
Daily Edition • December 3, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be lit this evening, a holiday tradition dating back nearly a century. But what did it look like way back when? Footage recently shared by Today shows a tree being installed in the iconic plaza on Dec. 1, 1960 — check out the video and read on to learn what makes this year’s Rockefeller tree extra special. Must Reads Don’t toss those leftover autumn pumpkins in the trash — here are a few pointers for...
A first-in-US minimum wage policy
Daily Edition • December 2, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Rounding out this week’s slate of named days (Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday) is Giving Tuesday, and unsurprisingly, it’s our favorite of the bunch. If you’re in need of inspiration for where to send your donated dollars today, read on to revisit Nice News’ Fall Cause of the Season: Undue Medical Debt. The nonprofit is changing lives by relieving debt for millions of Americans — and we’re so close to reaching the $10,000 mark....
Tokyo unseated as world’s largest city
Daily Edition • December 1, 2025 SUPPORTED BY If you’re like us, you might be thinking today, “How on Earth is it December already?” In any event, the start of the new month is a good reminder to get your holiday shopping done. And if you need inspiration, we recommend checking out Nice News’ 2025 gift guides: This one is specifically made for the book lovers on your list, and this one rounds up our team members’ favorite purchases of the year. Must Reads Scientists discovered a new type of...
Advice for ruffled feathers
Sunday Edition • November 30, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Tomorrow marks the 1st of December, which means we’re 25 days out from Christmas. Many families celebrate the yuletide countdown with Advent calendars, delighting in a delicious treat or special surprise each day until the holiday. But you don’t have to purchase any particular products to partake in this tradition — making your own Advent calendar and counting down with activities is a wonderful way to spend even more time with family (or...