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Editors’ Picks • January 21, 2026 If you thought your pet kitty’s habit of dragging in their backyard prey was gruesome, be glad you’re not dealing with an African black-footed cat: They consume around 3,000 rodents a year. About the size of a domesticated kitten, these diminutive terrors hold the title of the world’s deadliest cat thanks to their incredible hunting success rate — but you’d never know it from their sweet faces. Click below to learn more and watch a video of African...

Daily Edition • January 21, 2026 SUPPORTED BY “Our street just got a little longer,” Sesame Street shared on social media last week. But the iconic PBS series didn’t mean that additional bricks have been laid on the fictional block — it meant that over 100 full episodes of the show are now available to watch for free on YouTube for the first time. The collection, which makes YouTube the largest digital library of Sesame Street content, features recent episodes as well as some historic ones,...

Daily Edition • January 20, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Ready to get your Johnny Appleseed on? A free video game developed by researchers at the University of Vermont called Race Against Rot simulates what it’s like to be a small-scale apple farmer balancing turning a profit with providing affordable food to community members. For an accompanying study, participating players could earn $1 in real money for every $40,000 in fake orchard profits — but most people sacrificed the cash in favor of “feeding”...

. Daily Edition • January 19, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a commemoration of the reverend and civil rights leader, whose teachings are needed now more than ever. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that,” King famously said during a 1957 sermon titled “Loving Your Enemies.” Check out our article below to learn some lesser-known facts about the late activist. Must Reads Can’t stop thinking about...

Sunday Edition • January 18, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Learning to be nice to one another is a big part of growing up: We’re taught to share, use kind words, and wait our turn to play with our favorite toys. But being nice isn’t just about good manners, and adults may benefit from some simple lessons in getting along just as much as kids do. “Having more social interactions that are safe and benevolent is a way to feel like you belong,” Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director at UC Berkeley’s Greater...

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,...