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. Daily Edition • August 13, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Do you know an exceptional woman in science — or are you one yourself? The Story Exchange, a nonprofit media platform, is compiling its annual Women to Watch in Science list and is taking submissions through Sept. 20. “We particularly encourage submissions from early- and mid-career female scientists, whose work might benefit the most from this recognition,” noted Executive Director Sue Williams. Learn how to apply or nominate someone here. Must...

Editors’ Picks • August 12, 2026 A couple weeks ago, if I’d rolled an ankle, I would’ve stocked up on frozen peas and stayed off my feet for as long as it took to feel better. That was before I dug into the topic of today’s featured article, though. I interviewed three medical professionals about an updated approach for treating sprains and strains — and now the extra bags of peas will be staying at the store. Rebekah Brandes Staff Editor Today’s Pick skynesher—E+/Getty Images Put Down the...

. Daily Edition • August 12, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Across the country, college students are preparing to move into their dorms and get a new year started. But which schools are best at setting young adults up for success once they graduate? LinkedIn used that question as its guiding light for its annual Top Colleges ranking, listing what it determined to be the 50 best institutions for long-term career success. See the list and learn the methodology behind it. Must Reads When a hobby is your...

. Daily Edition • August 11, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Tomorrow is going to be a pretty special day, at least for those with an interest in the cosmos. In areas with low light pollution, nighttime views of Venus and the Milky Way up ahead are going to be some of the best of the entire year, and that’s on top of the peak of the Perseid meteor shower — expected to be particularly dazzling in the moonless sky. The biggest event is earlier in the day, though, when a total solar eclipse will be visible in...

. Daily Edition • August 10, 2026 SUPPORTED BY You may have heard of Couch to 5K — the beginner running program that promises to get you from 0 to 100 (100 being 3.1 miles) at whatever pace works for you. But could a similar scheme be used to kickstart to other habits, like reading? Author Naomi Alderman was pondering that question as she lamented how the allure of screens has made it more difficult for her to keep up a reading practice. So she created it: An eight-week back-to-reading...

Sunday Edition • August 9, 2026 SUPPORTED BY The first-known instance of “garbanzo bean” showing up in print was in 1944; the word “upcycle” made its inaugural appearance in 1994; and in 2004, “chonky” debuted. We learned this thanks to Merriam-Webster’s free Time Traveler feature, which allows users to select a year and see which words had their first recorded usage during that time. The creator of a popular meme account recently used the tool to share five words from their birth year that...

. Daily Edition • August 8, 2026 SUPPORTED BY If you’ve ever hemmed and hawed over decorating a new place or giving an old room a refresh (who hasn’t?), here’s some practical advice: It doesn’t have to be that deep. “Decorating your home is not that serious, and it’s nothing to lose sleep over,” interior designer Drew Michael Scott told The Guardian. “Your house is probably never going to look like it belongs in a magazine, and that’s OK. The goal should be to create a space you love, and...