Yes, patience is a virtue — one that's getting harder and harder to achieve in our busy, modern lives. Thankfully, there are ways to work on building greater patience, for yourself, your loved ones, and even the stranger in line in front of you who can't decide which coffee to order. "It involves building emotional skills like being able to sit with feelings of boredom, frustration, and anxiety, along with mindfulness and self-compassion," psychologist Geoffrey Gold told Self. Get some tips on how to be more patient.
Nice News Today
Today's episode dives into the news that heart attack death rates have dropped to the point that they're no longer the leading cause of death in the United States. You'll also hear about the old-school hobbies that are becoming popular among the youth, the world's sauna capital, and the two honey-loving bears that recently made headlines.
A rare eclipse on Saturn was captured by a backyard telescope — and there's still time to see it for yourself
Culture
Avoid Lost Luggage This Summer With These 7 Travel Tips From Unclaimed Baggage
Unclaimed Baggage
Planning to fly somewhere soon? You and just about everyone else. The Federal Aviation Administration predicted in May that 2025 will be the busiest summer for air travel in the past 15 years, with many days exceeding 50,000 flights. That means a ton of luggage will also be hurtling through the sky, stowed in overhead bins, under seats, and in cargo holds. The vast majority will end up exactly where it's supposed to, but unfortunately, a small percentage won't — and that's where Unclaimed Baggage comes in. Located in Alabama, the 50,000-square foot tourist hot spot buys up unclaimed items that were misplaced during air travel and sells them at a massive discount. In its annual Found Report, the store details some of its most unusual finds of the past year. The retailer also provides some tips in the report to help travelers avoid having their possessions wind up on its shelves, and in an email with Nice News, it offered a few more. Suggestion No. 1? Avoid the disappearing suitcase. According to experts at Reunitus, the world's leading lost and found solution, black, hard-sided suitcases are used by almost half of world travelers. With so many look-alikes, it's easier for airlines to misplace and travelers to mistake for their own. Pro tip: Skip the black or make your bag stand out. Add a bright tag, patterned strap, patch, or bold sticker. Get six more tips from Unclaimed Baggage.
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Englishman "Gobsmacked" After Finding Wife's Childhood Notes in a Thrift Store Children's Novel
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An English book collector was riffling through a children's novel he'd picked up from a thrift shop when he stumbled upon a happy surprise: notes his wife had written 50 years ago as a child. A collector of around 50 novels by the late Enid Blyton — a bestselling children's author who penned an estimated 800 books over four decades — 67-year-old Steve Mills told the BBC he was "completely gobsmacked" by the discovery. He was going through some new additions when he found the writings from Karen, 60, in a copy of The Naughtiest Girl Again, which had been donated by her mother in the 1970s. It somehow ended up in a thrift store in Rayleigh — a town in the U.K. that's more than 160 miles away from where Karen grew up in Staffordshire. Steve, a retired civil servant who has loved Blyton's books since he was a child, told SWNS, "We've taken it as one of the universe's strange coincidences." See the notes.
Science
New "Living Material" Removes CO2 Like a Tree
Valentina Mori/ Biennale di Venezia
Imagine if a building could not only look like a tree, but also mimic one by removing carbon dioxide from the air. That's what researchers envision for a novel bio-based material made with ancient cyanobacteria. Called "photosynthetic living material," the printable gel substance uses sunlight to produce biomass while storing carbon at the same time. "As a building material, it could help to store CO2 directly in buildings in the future," Mark Tibbitt, who co-initiated the research into living materials at ETH Zurich, said in a statement. So far, researchers have tested the eco-friendly approach in two experimental living installations, including the Picoplanktonics installation in Venice (pictured above). In this case, the material was used as living building blocks to create objects that resemble storybook-like tree trunks. It can also bind nearly 40 pounds of CO2 each year, close to the equivalent of a 20-year-old pine tree in the temperate zone.
Looking ahead, the researchers picture using the material as a coating to capture carbon dioxide during "the entire life cycle of a building," Tibbitt said.
In Other News
In an AI first, humanoid robots clumsily competed in a soccer tournament Saturday — sans human intervention(read more)
England dished up a new 10-year plan aiming to make it easier for consumers to buy healthy food (read more)
A satellite eyeing Earth's carbon, methane, and other climate-changing culprits launched in Japan yesterday (read more)
"This is new ground we are breaking." The Danish government is changing copyright law to combat deepfakes (read more)
Watch a pod of dolphins appearing to guide a lost humpback whale away from shallow waters (read more)
Something We Love
Frames by ALO ALO has quietly been one of the best bands of the last two decades — in my own humble opinion. Their most recent record, Frames, released in April, is phenomenal, with my favorite track being "Hey Hello (Tale of the Twist & Shout)." Fun fact: The lead singer and piano player Zach Gill is also the pianist in Jack Johnson's touring band. – Kenny Freeman, Director of Partnerships
Have you been listening to our new podcast? Good news: You could be rewarded for it. Nice News is partnering with host Case Kenny to offer a special giveaway to listeners. One lucky winner will receive a $1,000 Visa gift card, a one-on-one private virtual session with Case, and a copy of his 60-Day New Mindset Journal. Here's how to enter: Follow or subscribe to Nice News Today on at least one of our three platforms — Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music — and submit a screenshot proving you did so along with your name to today@nicenews.com. You have until Tuesday, July 1 at 10 a.m. ET to enter and the winner will be announced later this week, so keep your eyes peeled. Find terms and conditions at the bottom of this email. Good luck!
Inspiring Story
Welcome home
One landlord recently went viral for going above and beyond for her new tenants, who were moving to the U.S. from abroad. Candace Cabrera put together a welcome kit filled with handy household essentials, as well as a guide filled with emergency contacts and info on the neighborhood to help the family feel right at home from the get-go. "I hope that when they move in, they feel welcomed," said Cabrera.
Photo of the Day
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Last Thursday, World War II Army Rangers were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal at the U.S. Capitol. "We didn't do it for recognition. We did it out of duty to one another and to our country," said 99-year-old Pfc. John Wardell, one of five surviving retired Rangers from the war. He added: "To be a Ranger is to live by a code: Courage. Sacrifice. Resolve. That legacy lives on in every Ranger who follows." See more pictures from the patriotic ceremony.
Athleta's Semi-Annual Sale Is Happening — And It's Big
Need a workout wardrobe reset? Now through June 29, Athleta is offering up to 70% off styles that look good, feel great, and move with you. From everyday favorites to performance essentials, this is your chance to refresh your closet with pieces that support comfort, confidence, and your summer plans.
"It Gets Easier" by Friedrich Kunath (2018) In every situation, we have the option to think about how we want to show up; how we want to answer questions we are asked in private or in public; how vulnerable we want to be; how much of ourselves we want to share. In a variety of formats — from print to online and Instagram Live — over the last 18 months, I have asked people what made them feel loved on that particular day. I assumed that feeling could be available to everyone, and my intention was to provide an opportunity to rethink our traditional interpretation of how we feel loved. Think love. Be love. Feel love. Have love. It's risky. But it's powerful. Vulnerability works. When I curated a solo exhibition of Friedrich Kunath's work, he made and sent me two "mixtape" CDs to "get me in the mood." The gesture was so in keeping with his practice! Kunath's work is poetic, revealing, and vulnerable, and his paintings often incorporate words and phrases that set the tone. They are romantic but also as honest about failures as they are about the joys and successes of life. As the title of his painting "It Gets Easier" declares, life does get easier. Interested in adding a little more art to your day and learning how to live artfully? Sign up for the newsletter About Art.
Written by Heidi Zuckerman
Heidi is the CEO and director of the Orange County Museum of Art and author of Why Art Matters: The Bearable Lightness of Being.
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Quote of the Day
"The people we love are a constellation. In loving them, it is our privilege to see and bring out all the different worlds and colours and depths within them, just as they have the potential to do the same for us."
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