Pocket-Worthy Reads

Stories to fuel your mind

Greater Good Magazine

Moving Your Body Is Like a Tune-Up for Your Mind

If we want a healthy, happy mind, we need to move our body more.

Runner’s World

How to Learn to Love Solo Running

Use these psychological tools if you struggle running by yourself.

Slate

What Today’s America Could Learn From Patsy Cline

The story of the country music trailblazer and her hometown defies the simplistic narratives we tell about rural Southern whites.

Esquire

The Savior Elite: Inside the Special Operations Force Tasked with Rescuing Navy SEALS

They are the military’s “guardian angels.” They are trained paramedics, paratroopers, and combat divers. This is the story of one such airman, and the mission of a lifetime.

Bloomberg Businessweek

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Luxury Handbags

The scuttled merger between the owners of Coach and Michael Kors tells us the FTC doesn’t understand “accessible luxury.”

The Drive

How to Change a Car Battery

The basic steps to swap out a dead battery for a new one.

BBC Worklife

How the Busiest People Get ‘Deep Work’ Done

For busy people, finding time for uninterrupted work may feel utterly unrealistic. But there are methods we can use to optimise what limited ‘deep work’ time we have.

Afar

6 U.S. Islands Where You Can’t Help but Slow Down

Whether you’re strolling the coast of an Atlantic island or savoring the sunset on Hawaii’s low-key paradise, you’ll be surprised at how quickly time becomes irrelevant.

Smithsonian Magazine

The History of Creepy Dolls

Take a trip to the uncanny valley and hope you make it back unscathed.

Nautilus

The Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

“Uitwaaien” is a popular activity around Amsterdam.

Mental Floss

10 Chance Meetings That Changed the World

Whether you call it destiny or coincidence, there’s no denying that these chance encounters changed the world.

BBC News

How to Cool Your Home in a Warming World

Does your home become unbearable in hot weather? Increasingly a hot home is an overheating office too.

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The Art of Navigating Thorny Office Politics

From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.

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Wednesday, June 11

Vanity Fair

James Frey Swears His New Book About Very Rich, Poorly Behaved People Isn’t Based on Anyone Real

If James Frey’s road has been a rocky one, at least the bumps were diamonds.

NPR

Why Knowing Your Neighbors Can Be an Important Climate Solution

Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.

Men’s Health

5 Questions Your Doctor Wishes You’d Ask

This list will help you make the most of your next appointment.

SELF

I’m a Neurologist. Here’s the One Thing I Do Every Day for My Long-Term Brain Health

If you’re worried about cognitive decline, add this to your routine.

Esquire

The Definitive Streaming Service Ranking

Let’s settle this once and for all.

The Guardian

Bartenders on Which Generation Has the Worst Behavior

Gen Z patrons have stopped opening bar tabs and can’t order quickly, but older customers’ etiquette isn’t perfect either.

POLITICO

The Moviemakers Breaking With Liberal Hollywood

Faith-based production companies insist they are not explicitly Republican. But they’re selling a vision of American culture to an audience that’s sick of liberal Hollywood.

The Atlantic

Witness

What years of witnessing executions taught me about sin, mercy, and the possibility of redemption.

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CBS News

First-Time Homebuyers Are an Endangered Species in the U.S.

Buying your first home is a key to building wealth in the U.S. Yet stepping onto the property ladder is a vanishing dream for many Americans.

Discover

Ancient DNA Can Act Like a Time Machine to Uncover Lost Pacific Cultures

Learn how the recovery and analysis of ancient genomes is helping to answer questions about the early seafarers of the Pacific Islands.

Real Simple

Does Your Room Feel Like It’s Missing Something? Here Are 10 Designer-Approved Ways to Quickly Elevate the Space

No more “blah” spaces. Designers give us their best tips for quickly and easily elevating boring rooms.

Context

Syria Is Changing but Its Children Need International Help Now

More than 7.5 million Syrian children need aid with many chronically malnourished. But as needs soar, funding is drying up

Eater

The Best Coolers for Every Type of Summer Chiller

Whether you need a massive, dad-coded vault or a chair with a built-in beer stash (because getting up sounds hard), these coolers will rule your warm-weather kickbacks

Parents

TikTok Bans #SkinnyTok, but Experts Say More Is Needed

TikTok has banned the hashtag #SkinnyTok due to its connection with unhealthy weight loss content. But experts in treating disordered eating are concerned that step is not enough to impact the negative messages kids are getting online.

CNBC

China’s Homegrown Coffee Giants Are Brewing up a U.S. Expansion

Facing intensifying competition at home, Luckin Coffee is set to take its most significant international leap yet with plans to open a branch in Lower Manhattan.

The Atlantic

How I Accidentally Inspired a Major Chinese Motion Picture

A decade ago, I wrote a story about transcending cultural boundaries through sports. Now it’s a movie with a very different message.

Smithsonian Magazine

The 15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2025

From a barbecue capital in Texas to the site of the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War in New York, these spots are worthy of a visit this year

Esquire

The Definitive Guide to Digital Watches

We love a mechanical watch. Who doesn’t!? But there are times when you’ll need a quartz-powered, easy-to-read screen. Here’s what you need to know and the best in the market.

Ars Technica

A History of the Internet, Part 2: The High-Tech Gold Rush Begins

The Web Era arrives, the browser wars flare, and a bubble bursts.

PS

7 Ways to Tweak Your Skincare Routine for Winter

PS makes wellness more accessible through real-life stories, first-person perspectives, and expert-backed information. Our staff of journalists and subject-matter experts research, report, and produce articles, videos, and social content that help people

Life Hacks

Tips for better living

Vox

We’re Secretly Winning the War on Cancer

The quiet revolutions that have prevented millions of cancer deaths.

Men's Health

Inside the Brave New World of Streetlifting

The love child of calisthenics and weightlifting is about to make all of us rethink what it means to be strong.

Men's Health

I Thought I Knew What Strength Looked Like. Then I Experienced Streetlifting.

It totally changed the way I approach my training.

The Week

Average Retirement Savings by Age: How Do You Stack up?

Determine whether you're being appropriately frugal or going overboard.

The Week

Orthorexia Nervosa: When Clean Eating Goes Too Far

Disordered eating focused on extreme healthy eating has been on the rise in recent years, researchers have found.

HuffPost

‘Dry Begging’ Is a Form of Emotional Manipulation That Sounds All Too Familiar

Read this if you regularly hear statements like “I wish I had a partner who cooks” or “some people would be thrilled to have someone who loves them so much.”

IEEE

Getting Past Procastination

Create systems that allow you to be consistently productive.

HuffPost

This Sweet TikTok Trend Is Actually Helping People Deepen Their Friendships

You might be really shocked to see what your friends’ reactions are.

The Conversation

Your Brain Learns From Rejection − Here’s How It Becomes Your Compass for Connection

Rejection can feel physically painful. It also provides a lesson for your brain on whom to connect with and how.

Kiplinger

What Boomers and Gen Xers Can Learn From Younger Colleagues

Whether you’re a baby boomer or Gen Xer, your younger colleagues’ approach to work may help you find a new job or be happier in the one you’ve got.

Newsweek

Millions of Americans See Credit Scores Plunge

The credit scores of millions of Americans have plummeted in the first quarter of the year as a result of rising student loan delinquency rates, following the end of a years-long pause on federal payments.

Vox

First Comes Marriage. Then Comes a Flirtatious Colleague.

What to do when your partner wants an open marriage and you don’t.