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Good Vibes Grow on Trees

Science shows that our plants take care of us too

Earn Your Poetic License

13 THINGS

The Buzz on Hot Honey

SAY HELLO TO your new condiment crush: hot honey.

We Found a FIX

HELP, HACKS, & HOW TO

GLAD TO HEAR IT

3 STORIES TO Make Your Day

Forging Guns into Garden Tools

It takes 2,000 degrees of heat and dozens of volunteer blacksmiths

Are You Ready for some Football?

His Super Bowl parties provide the homeless with good food, good entertainment and a chance to belong

THIRD ACT ENCORES

True tales from real people whose accomplishments most unreal came later in life

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

A proud lion spots a chimp and roars, \"Who is the king of the jungle?\"

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

DRINKING COFFEE CAN LEAD YOU TO OVERSPEND

Shots to Shoot For

IF YOU HAVEN'T given much thought lately to smallpox, polio or diphtheria, that's because these once dangerous diseases either have been eradicated or are now well controlled, thanks to the success of earlier vaccination programs.

Soothe the Sunday Scaries

How to replace workweek dread with Funday

ALL in a Day's WORK

I was visiting a friend in Minnesota, and we decided to go bowling. However, a squall appeared, dumping a foot of snow on the ground. Fearing the bowling alley might have closed, I decided to call.

Sunshine and Gizmo

Sunshine’s veterinarian says she’s the friendliest bearded dragon she’s ever seen.

Raising the Stakes on Sports Betting

13 THINGS

Magnifique Macarons

FOOD FOR Thought

HUMOR in UNIFORM

“I may not be home tonight... I’m embedded with the troops.”

We Found a FIX

HELP, HACKS, & HOW TO

My "Strong Brain” Party Trick

How I put down my phone and got my memory back

GLAD T0 HEAR IT

3 STORIES TO Make Your Day

Yoga for Weight Loss

Striking a pose can help with more than just muscle tone and mindfulness

A Christmas Story

A mystery turns an unassuming couple into Santa Claus

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Starring Daniel Craig

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FLY THIS PLANE!

A passenger gets an emergency flying lesson when his pilot passes out 10,000 feet above the ocean

WINNING AGAINST CANCER

THESE BREAKTHROUGHS ARE REASONS FOR REAL HOPE

UNEXPECTED CASUALTIES IN THE WAR ON BOOKS

Librarians were once considered honorable public servants, but today, local book-banning efforts cast them as the enemy

Secret Santas

The big guy's best-kept secret? He's got elves everywhere.

Hero Pets

Amazing rescue tales!

A Birder's Big Year

When she began her yearlong bird-spotting adventure, Tiffany Kersten was lost and lonely. After crisscrossing the country, she wound up in a whole new emotional state.

Holiday Magic

Stories of serendipity and selflessness remind us why this is the most wonderful time of the year