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Daily Edition • December 17, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Want to make your workouts a little more festive? A recent report found the 10 best Christmas songs to listen to during moderate to vigorous exercise (like a run or intense lifting session), based on beats per minute. Read the list, and if you need a weight lifting refresh, revisit our article on how to get started. Must Reads Speaking of Christmas songs, this tune is officially the No. 1 hit of all time A movie theater in Seoul has become an...

Daily Edition • December 16, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is home to Wisdom, the world’s oldest-known banded bird. But the 75-year-old is just one of many (i.e., roughly 1.5 million) albatrosses living on the atoll, and now the public can get a glimpse at the thriving wildlife. The refuge is not open for visitation, so the nonprofit Friends of Midway Atoll set up a 24-hour wildlife camera on one of the atoll’s three islands to “bring the place to the people.”...

Daily Edition • December 15, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The secondhand shopping boom has made it into the holidays, and the trend even has a catchy name: Thriftmas. In a survey from the resale platform OfferUp, 81% of shoppers said they would allocate part of their holiday budget to thrifted items. “What was once considered an option is now a preferred way to shop, especially during the holidays, as people look for meaningful, high-quality gifts at fair prices, often right within their own...

Sunday Edition • December 14, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Winter can seem dark and dreary wherever you live, but for those above the Arctic Circle, the season is quite literally marked by little to no daylight. So experts in Nordic countries are well-versed in helping residents beat the winter blues. “It’s not like it’s a fate, an annual or a seasonal fate, and you cannot do anything about it,” Christian Benedict, a pharmacology professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, told the Associated Press....

Daily Edition • December 13, 2025 SUPPORTED BY If you’ve been thinking about adding “learn an instrument” to your New Year’s resolution list, you might want to hop on the latest bandwagon and consider the humble banjo. The folk staple is getting a lot of airtime thanks to content creator Phoebe Sanders, who has garnered quite the following with her banjo-playing, puppet-dancing videos (you’ll have to watch her in action to see what we mean). Here’s a guide to learning the banjo for complete...

Daily Edition • December 12, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Clear your calendars, there’s an exciting cosmic event happening this weekend. The Geminids meteor shower, considered one of the strongest of the year, is set to hit its peak Saturday and Sunday. So how can you see the “shooting stars”? The Associated Press advises: “Bundle up, leave the city, and put away the phones.” Get more tips on spotting the fireballs. Must Reads An ancient lake recently reemerged after record rainfall in California’s...

Daily Edition • December 11, 2025 SUPPORTED BY One year after its grand reopening, Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral is getting into the holiday spirit. The landmark, which was badly damaged in a 2019 fire, is still being restored, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be getting dressed up for Christmas — the church’s nativity scene is once again drawing hordes of visitors. Take a look. Must Reads Buffalo, New York, was named the country’s No. 1 Christmas destination: See the rest of the list 2025 has...