An experiment taught Gen Z students how to spot misinformation with stunning results.

🧠 How a sneaky 150-minute class rewired Gen Z’s B.S. detector

If you’re going to feel strongly, it’s probably a good idea to be right.

You’ve been there: stuck at a party while someone passionately rants about chemtrails or flat Earth, and you’re thinking, “No way you actually believe that.” The internet has turned what used to be a trickle of facts into a firehose of conspiracy theories tucked between baby pics and cat videos.

Mike Evans, an instructor at Georgia State, saw his own students falling for the same traps. His solution? Slip 150 minutes of digital literacy lessons into the existing curriculum. The result was eye-opening.

As Sam Wineburg reports, those same tools can help you, too, so next time it’s your turn at the punch bowl, you can be the one dropping facts, not Facebook rumors.

And what did we learn?

Yesterday had that eye of the tiger, as we covered which workout song science crowned as best. When we put the question to you, you agreed, but you also had some ideas of your own.

• "Stronger" – Kelly Clarkson (11.1%)

• "Run the World (Girls)" – Beyoncé (19.4%)

• "Lose Yourself" – Eminem (25.0%)

• "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor (30.6%)

• Other (drop your go-to banger!) (13.9%)

Reader Jogilio proposed Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” while Kfearnley kicks off their volleyball playlist with “Eye of the Tiger” before getting around to Beyoncé’s version of “Stronger.” Frettamarie goes full Shania with “Feel Like a Woman,” and Frhunt2002 claims “Layla” could power them through lifting a semi. Thanks for the awesome additions to our list!

🏆 The mindset shift that helps teens thrive, even when they fail

Want your kid to feel like they matter? Start by acting like they already do.

Pressure makes diamonds, sure, but it also, you know, crushes things. Jennifer Breheny Wallace, a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist, spent six years conducting research with hundreds of high-achieving kids. Her findings? Too much success-or-else can shut kids down.

Instead of pushing harder, Wallace suggests pulling closer. From asking better questions to celebrating small wins. In this report by Mark Wales, she lists five practical steps that show parents how to swap pressure for presence and why that simple shift can unlock resilience, confidence, and lasting success in their kids.

🧎‍♂️‍➡️ Science has rediscovered a fix for that thing your knee does

The key to that pain isn’t found in a pill.

If hearing “Snap Crackle Pop” doesn’t make you think of cereal, you might be dealing with a bit of knee osteoarthritis. Almost one in five U.S. adults has it, and most simply reach for the Advil and move on. But science has found, or rather REfound, an approach that doesn’t come in a bottle.

As Erik Barnes reports, the trick is an old-school move doctors have known about for years but never really put to the test, until now. Even better? The people who stuck with it didn’t just feel less pain. Their knees showed signs of slowing the very wear-and-tear that usually makes osteoarthritis worse over time.

💬 From the group text…

I’m already jealous of surfers. I don’t have the core strength. But when they get to surf with the dolphins? I mean, come on!