Same salary, completely different lives. Plus a graduate nobody came to see, and the album that became the world's first CD.
The exact salary "comfortable" costs in 100 cities, the voice actor blaming John Krasinski for modern commercials, and a cat named Lefty.
A woman refuses to train her 25-year-old replacement, and two Kenyan teens are scrubbing city smog with corn cobs and algae.
Egg noodles and creamed corn fed a generation, and the recipes still work. Also inside: what actually caps the human lifespan at 156.
Seven days, $230, and one sentence he couldn't shrug off. Also inside: why the quietest couples are usually the ones in trouble and a trio of lions with great taste in music.
New York has begun a new charge in the great screen addiction war. During WWII a maharaja took in 1,000 kids. Plus, remember that one time humanity almost went extinct?
An unexpected answer from a screen legend, and a growing trend of Americans ditching work for what they call a mini-retirement.
Thursday's Daily GOOD by the numbers: 5 rules for how to get more happiness into your day, 81 cringy things GQ called overrated in 1995, and 1 rule you have to follow if Fido is gonna be sleeping in your bed with you.
Her favorite is "have a good one." Also inside: Cambridge built a leaf that eats CO2, and George Harrison became Art Garfunkel for one surreal night in 1976.
Science has a trick for remembering new skills, Ireland tries paying for art and turns a profit, NASA says we've got two moons for the next 60 or so years.
Happy Monday, GOOD readers. We've got tips on making new friends, powering a renewable future, and becoming an SNL legend.
A 15-year-old has quietly taken over his aunt's kitchen after dark. Also inside: Michael J. Fox makes a call about Harrison Ford, and a very fast kidney.