Sometimes the best life advice comes not from the bookstore's self-help section but from everyday people making the most of what they have. So when The Atlantic writer Elaine Godfrey decided to start intentionally inviting small moments of joy into her daily experience, she asked the outlet's readers to share their own tips for enjoying life's little pleasures. The suggestions she received range from taking midnight walks to "remaking" the bed — scroll through. — the Nice News team
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An Expert Breaks Down 3 Different Types of Stress — And How to Manage Them
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Did you know that not all stress is created equal? For example, while getting married is (hopefully) way more fun than coming up against an impending work deadline or studying for a test, all three situations can unlock distinct types of stress — but one variety can actually be beneficial. To help us unpack the different types, we enlisted Daniel Kirsch, president of The American Institute of Stress. "Although the word 'stress' originates from a Latin term meaning 'distress,' not all stress is harmful," he tells Nice News, adding, "I call stress the spice of life, for without it, life would be dull and boring and actually unlivable, because stress is the basic mechanism of human physiology and responsible for our mental and physical states in health and disease." Click below for more of Kirsch's insights, including advice on how to handle stress in a healthy way.
It's Not Publicly Traded, but Over 10,000 Investors Already Own This Stock
Not only have over 10,000 everyday investors bought shares, but some of Wall Street's biggest players have too. These are some of the big investors who backed names like Uber, Venmo, and eBay before they IPO'd. The company they're backing now? Pacaso. Founded by a Zillow executive, Pacaso is bringing co-ownership to the $1.3 trillion vacation home market. And it's been wildly successful. Over 2,000 people have owned through Pacaso, generating $110 million in gross profits for the company to date. With a global expansion into top destinations like Italy and the Caribbean underway, this is just the start. You can share in the potential too, but the opportunity to invest ends Sept. 18. Join 10,000 investors by becoming a Pacaso shareholder here.
This is a paid advertisement for Pacaso's Regulation A offering. Please read the offering circular at invest.pacaso.com. Reserving the ticker symbol is not a guarantee that the company will go public. Listing on the Nasdaq is subject to approvals.
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Culture
Smooth Jazz, Happy Cows: The Wholesome TikTok Trend Making the Internet Swoon
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TikTok has its fair share of trends (looking at you, underconsumption core), but watching cows listen to jazz might just be one of the most wholesome. In viral videos, cows can be seen attentively listening to live jazz musicians, as well as jazz albums played on iPhones and car speakers. Sometimes the cows seem to bop a bit, other times they run toward the music. While jazz-loving cows might be a new phenomenon for the average social media user, some farmers have used music to keep their herds happy for years — long before TikTok. Dairy farmer Charles Goadby told the BBC that he started playing music for his cows about a decade ago, noting that tunes may even help their milk production. "It's a little bit like the Pavlov dog theory, where it's waking up the senses, it starts their hormone production off, and actually the cows will release a little bit sooner and that milk flow will be a little bit quicker," Goadby said. "It helps relax the cows and the workers — so that's a win-win all round." If you're curious to hop on the trend, just be mindful of what tunes you play to the bovine audience. "Truthfully, a bit of Ozzy Osbourne would scare the socks off them," said another farmer, Rob Hadley. Noted!
Environment
See the Shortlist for the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year
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If you need a reminder to admire the wildly beautiful world that exists on, under, and around the sea, look no further than the finalists of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest. The annual competition showcases moments of ocean life, both beautifully ordinary and extraordinary. Photos include shots of tiny hidden marine gems and larger-than-life scenes of divers swimming among whales, as well as sweeping coastline vistas. But the one thing they all have in common is a shared message that there's a lot at stake. "In the midst of a deepening climate and biodiversity crisis on our blue planet, ocean photography has never been more important," Ocean Photographer of the Year Director Will Harrison said in a statement. "These images are far more than just beautiful — they are powerful visual testaments to what we stand to lose, and they remind us of the urgent need for protection." The winners will be announced next month (stay tuned!), but in the meantime, dive into the photographs. Our favorites? It's hard to choose, but the conservation hope category is particularly up Nice News' alley.
Culture
"Skibidi" and "Work Spouse" Among 6,000 New Terms Added to Cambridge Dictionary
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If you keep up with the latest slang or have members of Gen Z and Gen Alpha in your circle, you've probably heard some of the newest words in the Cambridge Dictionary. The institution announced last week that more than 6,000 terms have been added over the past year, many of which have been popularized by younger generations and social media. Notable entries include "skibidi," a playful word popularized by a YouTube series that can mean "cool" or "bad," or be used humorouslywithout a specific meaning(insert: shrugging emoji). The slang term "delulu," short for "delusional," was also added, along with "work spouse," which describes a non-romantic workplace relationship in which two people support and trust each other. "Internet culture is changing the English language and the effect is fascinating to observe and capture in the Dictionary," Colin McIntosh, the lexical program manager at Cambridge Dictionary, said in a statement, noting: "We only add words where we think they'll have staying power." Learn some of the other newly added terms — and maybe show your work spouse while you're at it.
In the '70s and '80s, designers etched microscopic doodles onto silicon chips to protect against theft — now the hunt is on for these tiny digital relics
A curious case study published in a scientific journal in 1701 detailed a rumor spreading around the English countryside that a group of five sisters had been "seized with frequent barking in the manner of dogs." The account fascinated writer Xenobe Purvis — so much that she based her debut novel on it. Set in 18th-century Oxfordshire, The Hounding is told via the rotating perspectives of the residents of a small village where the orphaned sisters, young women who'd already been deemed a bit odd, may or may not be transforming into dogs.
Depending on how you were raised, money can be a taboo topic — not something you'd bring up around a dinner table or in the group chat, per se. That means it can also be difficult to know what's going on in other people's wallets, and thus whether what's going on in yours is "normal." On the podcast What We Spend, all propriety around personal finances is out the window. From a bartender-slash-professor in Pennsylvania to a single dad in Massachusetts, each episode's guest shares exactly what they make, what they want, and what they spend in a week.
This Week in History
Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers "I Have a Dream" Speech
August 28, 1963
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On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed over 260,000 attendees who'd come together to call for an end to segregation and discrimination. The words he uttered would go down in history, but the most memorable among them almost never left his lips. It was gospel singer Mahalia Jackson who encouraged King to touch on a theme he'd brought up previously but hadn't planned to that day. Having just performed prior, Jackson stood behind the activist as he began reading from his prepared notes. From that spot, she shouted out at a pause in his speech, "Tell 'em about the dream, Martin" — at which point King began to improvise, delivering the words we all know so well. Watch his speech.
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