Poets Have Picked the Most Beautiful Word in English

Poets Have Picked the Most Beautiful Word in English

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 17, 2026, 4:45 pm

English speakers may be sleeping on "diaphanous." The language-learning app Babbel asked 1,500 members of the Poetry Society of America to pick the most beautiful word in English, tapping into a…

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Op-Ed: I Tried the Cold Plunge, and Fine, I Found a Reset

Op-Ed: I Tried the Cold Plunge, and Fine, I Found a Reset

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 14, 2026, 2:59 pm

Simmering in a 200-degree sauna like "a slice of leftover pizza" and then dunking herself in near-ice water is not how New York Times columnist Taffy Brodesser-Akner pictured self-care. "You do not…

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Guy Admits His Beer-Drinking Quest Is 'a Bit Concerning'

Guy Admits His Beer-Drinking Quest Is 'a Bit Concerning'

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 15, 2026, 5:15 pm

Some friend requests are stranger than others. Marcus Wright's came with a mission to help drink a whole lot of brewskies. The Wall Street Journal reports on "1 Million Beers," a WhatsApp group where…

King on Banned Book: 'What's Wrong With These People?'

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 15, 2026, 4:30 pm

A Stephen King collection that gave Hollywood two of its most enduring films is now off-limits in Utah's public schools. Different Seasons , the 1982 book that spawned The Shawshank Redemption and…

Engineer Cracks Adobe HQ's Longtime Semaphore Puzzle

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 15, 2026, 3:30 pm

For three years, four spinning circles atop Adobe's San Jose headquarters have been quietly hiding a Renaissance secret. The company now says that software engineer Brian Vincent finally cracked the…

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Olive Garden Brings Back an 'Absurdly Good Deal'

Olive Garden Brings Back an 'Absurdly Good Deal'

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 15, 2026, 1:30 pm

Olive Garden is dusting off a fan favorite, and this time it's stretching the offering to 13 weeks. Per Quartz , the chain says its Never-Ending Pasta Pass will return for the first time since 2019,…

Op-Ed: How I Stopped Doomscrolling

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 14, 2026, 9:40 pm

Social media didn't leave Meher Ahmad's life; she shoved it into a single armchair. In a New York Times opinion piece, the editor describes her "Summer of Ludd," a low-tech workaround for the endless…

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Chick-fil-A Wants You to Dress Like a Cow for Free Food

Chick-fil-A Wants You to Dress Like a Cow for Free Food

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 13, 2026, 3:43 pm

Chick-fil-A is dusting off the cow costumes after a seven-year break. The chain is bringing back Cow Appreciation Day on Tuesday, reports Quartz , with a free entrée for anyone who shows up dressed…

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Behold, the Return of the 'Peanut Butter Floor'

Behold, the Return of the 'Peanut Butter Floor'

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 11, 2026, 7:41 pm

More than 800 pounds of peanut butter—enough for around 15,000 sandwiches—has been spread across the floor of a museum in the Netherlands in tribute to Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers, who died last…

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Ho, Ho, Ho! It's Christmas in Denmark

Ho, Ho, Ho! It's Christmas in Denmark

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 9, 2026, 10:00 pm

Europe might be sweltering through heat waves, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Danish city of Aalborg. As the AP reports, dozens of Santas, Mrs. Clauses, and elves from around the…

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