People who score high on measures of prosocial behavior (meaning acts that benefit others without expectation of reward) and who also maintain relatively small social circles share a set of remarkably consistent behavioral patterns, according to a growing body of social psychology research. A 2024 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by...
The search for a safer opioid has followed pain medicine for decades. Doctors still need strong drugs for surgery, major injury, cancer pain, and severe flare-ups. Yet the same medicines can slow breathing, increase tolerance, and pull some patients toward dependence. That is why any claim of non addictive pain relief deserves close attention. A...
Dozens of Walmart stores across the United States have quietly begun capping self-checkout lanes at 12 items, a move that is catching shoppers off guard and generating significant frustration online. The change is not coming from Walmart’s corporate headquarters as a nationwide order. Instead, individual store managers are making the call based on their own...
For many people, happiness does not move in a straight line. It dips, strains, and then often rises again. Researchers often describe that arc as a U-shaped curve, with midlife serving as the low point. Economist David Blanchflower found that the pattern appears across many countries and many measures of well-being. That finding does not...
Millions of Americans deal with a plugged-up nose day after day, season after season. For many, the culprit is not a common cold or seasonal allergies. There is a range of non-infectious causes of nasal congestion, from what you eat and where you live to the structural shape of your nasal passages and the health...
We’ve all been there. You’re standing in the grocery store aisle, staring at a literal wall of green and amber-colored bottles of olive oil. Some labels look like they belong in a rustic Tuscan farmhouse, while others look like they were designed by a Silicon Valley tech firm. The range in price is even more...
The Artemis II mission made headlines around the world when it achieved human spaceflight farther than ever before. As conversations grew online, people kept asking about the salary that the Artemis II astronauts received for the flight, and whether it reflects the scale of what they achieved. After all, this wasn’t just another space mission....
On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, and tucked inside that sweeping piece of annual defense legislation was a provision that will fundamentally change how the US government tracks young men. Starting in December 2026, the Selective Service System (SSS) – the federal agency responsible for maintaining...
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes wage data for hundreds of occupations every year through its Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, and tucked inside that data is something worth paying attention to: a collection of careers that pay $120 an hour or more without being the kind of work that makes headlines. These...
On November 12, 2025, at the United States Mint’s facility in Philadelphia, U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach stamped what will go down in history as the last circulating penny ever produced in America. The event marked the official end of the penny’s 232-year run as a coin made for everyday commerce. The Secretary of the Treasury...
Barron Trump, 20, has been formally named as one of five directors of SOLLOS Yerba Mate Inc., a new South Florida-based beverage startup preparing for its first product launch, according to corporate filings submitted in Florida and Delaware in January 2026. Florida public corporate filings list the youngest Trump as one of the directors of...
Those who hold pivotal positions of power within society often lack the talent or competence we expect. In the organizations that shape our daily lives, the most skilled individuals rarely reach these crucial roles, regardless of their qualifications. Public dissatisfaction frequently arises when people see individuals appointed to high-ranking positions, like governors or mayors, and...
