Still got leftovers in the fridge from the holiday weekend? Here’s a mindset shift for motivating yourself to actually use them up rather than tossing them in the trash: Think of it as a challenge versus an annoyance. “It ends up being this fun game where you are creating something from what seems like nothing and solving this puzzle, and then you get to eat it,” chef and cookbook author Margaret Li told NPR. Read more tips on getting better at finishing leftovers.
This new science exhibit is the closest thing to walking aboard America’s first space station
Tech
Permanently Lost Luggage Dropped by 90% in 2025: Report
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With summer comes a slew of travel hacks circulating on the World Wide Web, some sillier than others. But a recent report showed there’s one that’s certainly worth the hype: packing a tracking device in your checked bag.
New data collected from SITA WorldTracer, a baggage automation system used by 500 airlines at around 2,800 airports, has shown that bags with gadgets like Apple AirTags are significantly less likely to be permanently unrecoverable. In just one year since SITA’s bag tracking systems integrated with Apple’s “Find My” network, the number of permanently lost bags decreased by 90%,and bags were reunited with their owners 26% faster.
“Baggage is shifting from a logistical problem to a digital service,” Nicole Hogg, SITA’s portfolio director for baggage, said in a statement. “Passengers expect to know where their bag is at every moment, and they’re increasingly willing to help us track it.”
Our tip? Even if you plan to take your bag as a carry-on, it’s not a bad idea to tuck a tracker in a zipper pouch. You never know when you’re going to be asked to check it! Get more travel hacks for your next trip.
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10 Things to Try If You Use Amazon Prime
Do you shop on Amazon? If so, you might be missing out on huge savings and a chance to earn extra cash on every purchase you make.
The experts at FinanceBuzz rounded up 10 different hacks that could help you save money, earn cash, cancel unwanted subscriptions, and much more. Click below to see how you can get more bang for your buck on Amazon and beyond.
Inside the Nation’s Largest Air Quality Monitoring Network
Open Air Chicago
Nearly 300 air quality monitors are spread throughout Chicago, collecting data in what’s the largest network of its kind in the country. Fittingly called Open Air Chicago, the project provides real-time, hyper-local pollution information via an online interactive map, so locals can stay informed about when it’s safe to be outside (and when they should consider wearing a mask or staying inside).
The monitors — all spread less than a mile apart — measure ground concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5. Both pollutants are linked to childhood asthma and cardiovascular issues, and PM2.5 is also associated with a higher prevalence of dementia. Air quality is then scored with a number (the lower the number, the cleaner the air) and visualized with color-coded cartoon faces (green for good, yellow for moderate, and red for bad).
City officials launched the network last fall in response to a 2023 civil rights settlement following community concern over the relocation of the General Iron scrap-metal shredding operation. “This is Chicago working in good faith,” Oscar Sanchez, director of the Southeast Environmental Task Force — one of the advocacy groups behind the case, told Grist. “We’re here to ensure that there’s publicly available information so people are not gaslit about their experience.”
Sports
Why Do Baseball Players Put Black Marks Under Their Eyes?
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This article was written by Adam Annaccone, a clinical associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas at Arlington, for The Conversation.
Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. Bases loaded. The winning run is standing on third base. The pitcher winds up and throws. The batter swings and sends a high fly ball into the air. The center fielder races back, looks up at the sky, and then says the sentence no baseball fan wants to hear: “I lost it in the sun.”
For baseball players, seeing the ball clearly can be the difference between making a game-winning catch and watching the winning run score. That is one reason many athletes put black marks under their eyes before a game.
Baseball, football, and other outdoor athletes apply black stripes under their eyes because they hope it might reduce the glare from the sun or bright stadium lights. But the use of eye black comes down to tradition as much as it does science. Learn more.
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Inspiring Story
Kind as can bee
In Singapore, bee rescuer Clarence Chua gently relocates nests — sometimes with his bare hands — to his apiaries to prevent the buzzing pollinators from being exterminated. “What I like about them is if you respect them and you don’t threaten their safety, they are totally OK with you being at close quarters with them,” said Chua, estimating he’s saved over 6 million bees in six years.
Photo of the Day
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America wasn’t the only one celebrating its semiquincentennial over the weekend: Vienna’s Albertina Museum was also founded on July 4, 1776, and thus marked its 250th birthday on Saturday. To kick off the festivities, a very pink and very big rabbit sculpture made by conceptual artist Ottmar Hoerl was crane-lifted to the museum’s roof — a playful homage to Albrecht Dürer’s famous “Young Hare” masterpiece, on rare public display at the Albertina through Oct. 11.
While the iconic painting is usually kept away in the museum to ensure its preservation for future generations, Visiting Vienna notes, “the original wouldn’t be worth preserving at all if we couldn’t see it now and then. And so the hare pops out of its secure burrow every few years or so.”
These are the Rolls-Royce of Hearing Aids (and They’re Under $100)
The internet is buzzing over these revolutionary, low-cost hearing aids. They are incredibly small — nearly invisible — and designed for all-day comfort. The affordable, high-quality device is improving lives every day by restoring confidence and making crystal-clear sound accessible to all. Why wait? Start hearing clearly for under $100.
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