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Why Americans Stopped Reading
Plus: Mind-reading dogs, Amsterdam's historic tall ships, and the boy who founded his own country
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Alexander Verbeek
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You're Not Alone: 40% Have Quit News for This Simple Reason
Plus: Sex-changing birds, wildfire-fighting goats, and a 600-ton church takes a road trip
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Alexander Verbeek
8
Discovering the Secret to Aging Well
Plus: Universal virus protection, DNA rewrites English history, and JFK's art makeover
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Alexander Verbeek
10
While Trump Returns Empty-Handed from Alaska, Scientists Are Delivering Breakthroughs Americans Actually Need
Plus: Medieval knights under ice cream parlors, rescued corals thriving, and why oil spills quietly became a conservation success story
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Alexander Verbeek
7
Social Security at 90: How Trump's Cuts Are Dismantling FDR's Legacy
Plus: Six planets parade the sky, energy from evaporation, and why your next toothpaste might be made from hair
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Alexander Verbeek
4
When America's Closest Friends Stop Visiting: How Trump's Trade War Is Costing the US $12 Billion
Plus: European tourism surging, ocean bacteria that destroy cancer, and a manatee's surprising journey north
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Alexander Verbeek
5
Ten Stories to Make You Feel Hopeful: Drinking Coffee May Be Protecting Your Heart (Plus Nine Other Reasons for Optimism)
Stories of hope and human progress
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Alexander Verbeek
12
This Common Vaccine May Cut Dementia Risk by 20%
Plus: Robot bunnies take on monster pythons, Churchill's platypus mystery, and Greenland's explosive ice secret
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Alexander Verbeek
12
What Time Do Americans Finally Fall Asleep? The Answer Reveals a Hidden Problem
Plus: Rare lion cubs born to extinct-in-wild species, unknown humans make epic sea crossing, and the fish that sparked a wildfire
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Alexander Verbeek
10
From 10,000 Steps to 8 Glasses: Which Health Rules Are Actually Myths
Your daily dose of hopeful stories to counter the chaos, and how to get all of them for 20% off
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Alexander Verbeek
6
Why This European Still Believes in Hope After 60 Years of Watching America
How a daily dose of hopeful stories can counter the chaos, and how to get all of them for 20% off
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Alexander Verbeek
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What Europeans Just Learned About Trump That Every American Should Know
Plus: 9,000-year-old female society, nuclear wasps, and a 30-year-old baby's birth
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Alexander Verbeek
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