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Scottish kids helping penguins with pebbles of love

Highland kids had an idea that rocks. One man accidentally bought a street, and the city wants it back. Plus: 20 tips for 20-year-olds that we can all use.

Greg Sullivan

Mar 07, 2026

Cringe flirting, classroom chaos, and the hot-water migraine trick

Today’s edition has one overworked teacher, one unexpectedly useful flirting lesson, and one migraine trick involving feet, not foreheads.

Greg Sullivan

Mar 06, 2026

The “butler trick,” a bathroom mistake, and a skate park surprise

A U.S. Navy chief reframes self-discipline into an act of love. A dermatologist says your bathroom technique is lacking. A mom tried to show her daughter that skateboarding isn't just for the boys, and the boys had opinions.

Greg Sullivan

Mar 05, 2026

Broken memory, bottled memories, and things worth remembering

A man whose memory resets every 30 seconds. A Pepsi bottle that waited 49 years. Plus: advice from people who invented life hacks before life hacks.

Greg Sullivan

Mar 04, 2026

Eyebrow-raising uses for mushrooms

Science finds a fashionable use for fungi. The internet fell for a tamale review. Plus: eyebrow movements that mean more than you think.

Greg Sullivan

Mar 03, 2026

The cost of the great snooze-button wars

Sleep is complicated, waking is a pain. Science comes up with a gel of a new approach to wound care. We are literally using the phrase 'bird-brained' all wrong.

Greg Sullivan

Feb 24, 2026

Dolphin heroics, picky eaters, meek misunderstanding

A pregnant woman leaps into action, your picky eaters came programmed that way, and three words that we've lost the thread on.

Greg Sullivan

Feb 21, 2026

Scientists just caught plants “breathing” on camera

We just watched plants breathe. Your coin toss might be lying. And is that jerk just hangry? And is that your problem?

Greg Sullivan

Feb 20, 2026

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Greg Sullivan

Feb 20, 2026

Harvard love hacks, Hollywood critters, and the drink that beat water

Seven tiny phrases that change relationships, a real bear on set, and the beverage that out-hydrates water.

Greg Sullivan

Feb 19, 2026

Scientists may have just hacked your dreams

Problem-solving in our sleep may not be just a dream. It takes guts to find the fountain of youth. And one teacher discovers she may be on the endangered species list.

Greg Sullivan