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4 AI Prompts to Build a One-Person Business in 2026 (No Team, No Funding, No Guessing)

by Ben Angel on May 23, 2026 at 12:00 am

Find the bottleneck that could become your next multimillion-dollar idea.

Why This Veteran Founder Put Out a Music Video, Not a Discount Code, This Memorial Day

by Dan Bova on May 22, 2026 at 8:15 pm

Mat Best opens up about the loss, discipline, and sense of mission behind Black Rifle Coffee’s new “Folded Flag” video—and what entrepreneurs can learn from building a brand with grit and purpose.

Most Leaders Misunderstand Authenticity — and It’s Costing Them Credibility With Key Stakeholders

by Bradley Akubuiro on May 22, 2026 at 8:00 pm

Authenticity in leadership isn’t about self-expression but disciplined consistency. In a polarized environment, leaders who hold their ground earn trust, while those swayed by the wrong voices quietly erode it decision by decision.

After Some ‘Pretty Terrible’ Ideas, These Friends Started a College Side Hustle That Made $10K in 30 Days: ‘I Carry My Laptop Everywhere’

by Amanda Breen on May 22, 2026 at 7:46 pm

Harrison Nastasi and Justin Iannelli wanted to innovate in the snack aisle.

5 Lessons I’ve Learned From Resilient Companies Before Crisis Strikes

by Demos Parneros on May 22, 2026 at 7:00 pm

Every business will face disruption — companies that prepare early by building adaptable systems, strengthening leadership depthi and responding quickly to change are the ones that outperform when conditions get tough.

Sheryl Sandberg Says Your 10‑Year Career Plan Is Outdated — Here Are the 2 Things You Need Instead

by Sherin Shibu on May 22, 2026 at 6:45 pm

Sandberg spoke to Gen Z college graduates at a recent commencement ceremony.

The Invisible Barriers That Are Sabotaging Your Company’s Scalability

by Cyrus Claffey on May 22, 2026 at 5:00 pm

Learn how small frictions slow your company’s growth — and how you can remove unnecessary barriers to scale more effectively.

AI Is Describing Your Company Behind Your Back — Is It Being Honest?

by Jaxon Parrott on May 22, 2026 at 4:30 pm

AI engines are explaining your company before buyers click your site, read your pitch deck or talk to sales. If that answer is vague, outdated or missing, that is now your real first impression.

I Saw a $40M Revenue Business Say No to a Peak Exit — and Watched Its Valuation Get Cut in Half After “One More Year.” Here’s How to Get Timing Right

by Colin C. Campbell on May 22, 2026 at 4:00 pm

Every company has a moment when it’s most valuable. The question is whether you’ll recognize it or watch it pass. Timing is 50% of the value.

Before You Add Stablecoin Checkout, Fix These 5 Trust Gaps First

by Boris Dzhingarov on May 22, 2026 at 2:30 pm

A practical guide for businesses on fixing trust, refund, compliance, support and security gaps before adding stablecoin checkout.

DNA sequencing is rewriting our understanding of historic outbreaks, but it can’t tell the whole story

on May 23, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Techniques for analyzing DNA have advanced, enabling scientists to better understand disease outbreaks throughout history.

AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality.

on May 23, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Generative AI is destroying the baseline assumption that photographs bear some causal connection to reality. That’s bad news for democracy.

Levoit Sprout Evaporative Humidifier review: A great addition to nurseries and toddlers’ rooms

on May 23, 2026 at 11:00 am

The Levoit Sprout Evaporative Humidifier is quiet, easy to clean and effective at combating dry air — and it has a built-in night light, too.

Science news this week: Laotian ‘death jar’, climate change threatens rice crops, and an asthma drug treats tough cancer

by ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) on May 23, 2026 at 11:00 am

May 23, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend

How hot is Earth’s core?

on May 23, 2026 at 9:00 am

What’s the temperature in Earth’s core, and how did we figure that out?

Ebola outbreak in Central Africa will be a nightmare to contain, experts warn

on May 22, 2026 at 8:17 pm

Experts say the Ebola outbreak raging in Central Africa could be challenging to contain due to ongoing conflict in the region and a lack of vaccines and international aid.

Landmark finding that showed brains of kids with ADHD mature later was actually a mirage in the data, new research finds

on May 22, 2026 at 6:15 pm

A “foundational” study found that the brains of children with ADHD matured later, but that finding was likely a mirage tied to issues with how the children were followed over time.

Seal pups were dying from a ‘corkscrew killer’ on a Canadian island. It turned out to be cannibals.

on May 22, 2026 at 4:00 pm

Dead seal pups on a Canadian island have been found with mysterious spiral-shaped injuries for years. The wounds were thought to be the work of sharks or boat propellers, but new research confirms a different cause.

Scientists claimed the world’s oldest rock art is 67,800 years old. But is the science behind that estimate flawed?

on May 22, 2026 at 3:00 pm

A technique that has rewritten the timeline of prehistoric art may be overestimating the ages of cave paintings, some scientists say.

Can AI really simulate human thinking? Research casts doubt on an influential study, suggesting an advanced model was just really good at memorizing patterns.

on May 22, 2026 at 12:00 pm

A study published in July 2025 claimed the Centaur AI model could simulate and predict human behavior with astonishing accuracy. A counter study raises doubts.

One of Neptune’s 16 moons is not like the others, James Webb telescope finds — and it could be key to fully understanding the solar system

on May 22, 2026 at 10:30 am

Neptune has a complicated life story, and its moon Nereid might be the only one left standing from the planet’s multibillion-year history.

There’s a new T. rex from the dinosaur age — and it ruled the seas with a skull-crushing bite

on May 21, 2026 at 8:13 pm

The newly described mosasaur Tylosaurus rex spanned up to 43 feet (13 meters) long and may have been one of the fiercest marine predators of the dinosaur age.

800-year-old ‘hugging skeletons’ are genetically confirmed as Poland’s only medieval same-sex double burial

on May 21, 2026 at 8:04 pm

Two skeletons found in an embrace next to a 13th-century Polish cathedral were both women, an ancient DNA analysis confirms, but their relationship remains a mystery.

‘I have no doubt that life is out there’: Why radio astronomers are convinced alien contact is only a matter of time

on May 21, 2026 at 6:21 pm

In the book “The Echoing Universe: How Radio Astronomy Helps Us See the Invisible Cosmos,” astrophysicist Emma Chapman describes the hidden corners of space that only radio waves can reveal — and makes the case for contacting aliens.

Great Pyramid of Giza is remarkably resilient to earthquakes —‬ and it’s due to the ancient Egyptians’ ‘extraordinary’ engineering knowledge

on May 21, 2026 at 3:00 pm

The Great Pyramid of Giza has survived for more than 4,600 years despite nearby earthquakes, and new research reveals why.

China’s real-life ‘transformer’ mech is a giant humanoid robot that can switch from bounding on 4 legs to walking on 2

on May 21, 2026 at 3:00 pm

The new ‘mecha’ robot, which weighs over 1,000 pounds and stands nearly 10 foot tall, is designed for urban mobility.

How can we prevent AI models from cannibalizing themselves when human-generated data runs out? Scientists say they’ve found the answer.

by roland.moore-colyer@futurenet.com (Roland Moore-Colyer) on May 21, 2026 at 10:00 am

Researchers have found that introducing human-made data into AI training can help to prevent AI model collapse.

Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows

on May 20, 2026 at 10:28 pm

Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on “when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal.”

Scurvy-plagued whalers’ remains discovered at ‘Corpse Point’ in Svalbard

by kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) on May 20, 2026 at 7:43 pm

Skeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor.

Common asthma drug helps fight hard-to-treat cancers, including aggressive breast cancers, early study finds

on May 20, 2026 at 5:23 pm

Scientists found that blocking a protein best known for its role in asthma enhances cancer immunotherapy in preclinical models.

Crypto trader sees Hyperliquid, AI tokens leading next altcoin rally

by AI Boost on May 23, 2026 at 2:19 pm

Hyperliquid’s surge and renewed interest in AI-focused crypto projects are signaling a broader return of risk appetite in altcoins, says Michael van de Poppe.

Clarity Act could spark a boom in crypto ‘yield-as-a-service’

by Will Canny on May 23, 2026 at 1:00 pm

The bill’s restrictions on yield-bearing crypto products may push the industry away from passive “hold-to-earn” models and toward AI-driven, compliant yield infrastructure, according to STBL Chief Commercial Officer Joe Vollono.

Bitcoin tanks to $74,300 as spot ETFs bleed $2.26 billion in two weeks

by Omkar Godbole on May 23, 2026 at 10:19 am

U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds have seen more than $2.26 billion in outflows over the past two weeks.

F2Pool founder who controls 11% of bitcoin’s hashrate to lead first SpaceX mission to Mars

by Olivier Acuna on May 22, 2026 at 7:47 pm

Chun Wang, the first Mission Commander for SpaceX’s first commercial spaceflight to Mars, is crucial for the future transport of millions of tons of cargo and a million citizens to the Red Planet.

Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova is leaving company amid revenue slowdown

by Will Canny on May 22, 2026 at 7:40 pm

Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova is leaving the firm after more than five years, as the trading platform navigates a sharp decline in crypto revenue and works to lessen its dependence on digital asset market cycles.

SEC Commissioner Peirce counters views that crypto rule will foster synthetic tokens

by Jesse Hamilton on May 22, 2026 at 6:20 pm

Hester Peirce, the commissioner behind the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, made statements on the now-delayed proposal, perhaps tamping down mistaken beliefs.

Why Minnesota is empowering local banks to fight Wall Street for crypto revenue

by Olivier Acuna on May 22, 2026 at 5:53 pm

A local banker told CoinDesk that in light of Wall Street’s aggressive push into the crypto industry, Minnesota’s financial institutions could not afford to remain on the sidelines.

Tom Emmer brushes off law enforcement concerns over Clarity Act

by AI Boost on May 22, 2026 at 4:30 pm

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said concerns from law enforcement groups about crypto developer protections are being overstated.

Congress hits Polymarket and Kalshi with a massive insider trading probe

by Olivier Acuna on May 22, 2026 at 3:27 pm

Rep. James Comer is demanding internal records from the prediction market CEOs, warning that government employees could be using classified information to make “huge profits”.

The agentic CFO in your pocket

by Joseph Chalom on May 22, 2026 at 2:57 pm

Chalom explains that retail investors have never had the opportunity to access and manage their own digital treasury desk. Until now.

Live markets: Bitcoin heads lower late Friday as Warsh takes over at Fed

by Stephen Alpher on May 22, 2026 at 2:24 pm

Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Fed chairman in a White House ceremony early Friday afternoon.

IREN co-founder says AI’s biggest bottleneck is infrastructure, not chips

by James Van Straten on May 22, 2026 at 1:20 pm

Dan Roberts outlines IREN’s strategy to build a vertically integrated AI platform spanning power, data centers, GPUs and enterprise software.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: NEAR surges 19.4% as index trades flat

by CoinDesk Indices on May 22, 2026 at 1:14 pm

Internet Computer (ICP), up 4.3% from Thursday, joined NEAR Protocol (NEAR) as a top performer.

Trump Media moved but ‘did not sell’ $205 million in bitcoin amid rising losses on crypto bets

by Helene Braun on May 22, 2026 at 1:08 pm

DJT’s bitcoin strategy remains under pressure as the company sits on hundreds of millions in unrealized crypto losses and widening quarterly deficits.

Tom Lee says trillions in tech IPO supply won’t crash the S&P 500

by James Van Straten on May 22, 2026 at 12:57 pm

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee argues that trillions in new IPO supply from SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI could ultimately be absorbed by underallocated investors.

OKX and ICE are bringing ‘never-expiring’ oil futures to 120 million crypto users

by Olivier Acuna on May 22, 2026 at 12:48 pm

The new partnership comes as Hyperliquid’s oli futures contracts that never expire have been a huge success with over $1.6 billion in 24-hour trading volume.

Bitcoin left behind in the geopolitical melee

by Omkar Godbole on May 22, 2026 at 11:31 am

Your day-ahead look for May 22, 2026

Ark Invest buys $12.5 million of Bullish stock in four days

by Jamie Crawley on May 22, 2026 at 10:45 am

Ark frequently uses broader digital asset downturns, which tend to pull crypto equities lower, as an entry point into cryptocurrency companies.

Crypto majors stuck in tight range as altcoin rotation picks up steam

by Oliver Knight on May 22, 2026 at 10:23 am

Bitcoin holds between $76,000 and $78,000 while AI tokens and HYPE surge; derivatives signal calm conditions with volatility selling dominating options markets.

ZachXBT flags $520K Polymarket exploit on Polygon, team says funds are safe

by Omkar Godbole on May 22, 2026 at 9:39 am

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has highlighted a suspected security breach involving Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market platform.

Mars Fungi Could Make Red Planet Regolith Fertile for Crops

by Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti) on May 23, 2026 at 2:56 am

You’re on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you’ve been tasked with establishing the first self-sustaining food crop on a Martian settlement. You’re nervous because you’re using a new type of fungi called beneficial fungi, which you’re told will help enhance Martian regolith, enabling it to be used for growing crops. You were privately told that doing this will not only get a high school named after you, but you will successfully feed future settlers without the need to bring food from Earth. But you really only care about having your name on a high school.

SpaceX’s Next-Gen Starship Passes Its First Flight Test Despite Snags

by Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog) on May 22, 2026 at 11:42 pm

SpaceX’s next-generation Starship V3 rocket got off to a glorious start for its first test flight, and although not all of its engines fired fully according to plan, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the mission “scored a goal for humanity.”

Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 4: We Owe Dust Our Lives

by Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter) on May 22, 2026 at 11:16 pm

No dust, no way to cool a collapsing gas cloud. No way to cool it, no stars. No dust, no first rung on the ladder from grain to pebble to planet. The substance I spent two articles complaining about turns out to be the substance that makes me possible.

NASA’S Juno Makes Closest Ever Approach To Jupiter’s Moon Of Thebe

by Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce) on May 22, 2026 at 10:11 pm

NASA’S Juno spacecraft images Jupiter’s tiny moon of Thebe in a recent close approach.

A Beautiful Death: How a Dying Star Created the Crystal Ball Nebula

by Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive) on May 22, 2026 at 7:06 pm

Planetary nebula are created when a dying star sheds it outer layers. The gas is lit up by the star and all the gorgeous, changing detail is exposed. NGC 1514, the Crystal Ball Nebula, is about 1500 light years away and contains a binary pair in its center. The orbits and winds from the stars create the Crystal Ball’s beautiful form.

Supermassive Black Holes Can Render Exoplanets Uninhabitable at Great Distances

by Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive) on May 22, 2026 at 3:19 pm

Life on Earth relies on energy from astrophysical sources. But what if the astrophysical source isn’t a star, but a supermassive black hole and its active galactic nuclei? Life needs shelter from their powerful energy, and the only shelter is distance. New research shows that SMBH and their AGN could strip away exoplanet atmospheres and destroy their ozone at vast distances.

Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 3: Tiny Chemistry Labs

by Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter) on May 22, 2026 at 2:16 pm

Two hydrogen atoms can’t form an H2 molecule on their own in empty space. They need a surface. The universe has only one surface available, and it’s something I have just spent two articles complaining about.

Both Hemispheres of 3I/ATLAS Observed Simultaneously by JUICE and Europa Clipper

by Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams) on May 22, 2026 at 12:21 am

The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) instruments aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft and NASA’s Europa Clipper made unique observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in late 2025. SwRI leads the UVS instruments on both spacecraft, simultaneously imaging both hemispheres of the comet and detecting the comet’s ultraviolet emissions.

Crypto Investor Works on a Plan to Ride SpaceX’s Starship Around Mars

by Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog) on May 22, 2026 at 12:16 am

Chinese-born cryptocurrency investor Chun Wang has become the latest deep-pocketed space enthusiast to set his sights on a trip around Mars. But first, he wants to take a ride around the moon on SpaceX’s Starship. And SpaceX is willing to work with him.

The Magnetar at the Heart of a Superluminous Supernova

by Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive) on May 21, 2026 at 3:39 pm

Superluminous supernovae are the royalty in the supernova world. They’re up to 100 times brighter than a standard supernova, and astrophysicists want to know why. New research shows that magnetars are responsible.

Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 2: The Astronomer’s Headache

by Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter) on May 21, 2026 at 2:16 pm

Dust scatters light, absorbs light, re-emits light, and ruins everything. It’s why our maps of the Milky Way were wrong before 1930, and it’s why one of the biggest cosmological announcements of the 2010s quietly evaporated.

Study Shows How Sunspot Activity Speeds Up Reentries

by David Dickinson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/david-dickinson) on May 21, 2026 at 1:52 pm

It’s getting crowded up there. Over the past few years, the advent of SpaceX’s Starlink and other players in the mega-satellite constellation game are adding an exponential load of satellites and orbital debris to the low Earth orbit environment. But all that goes up, must eventually come down. Now, a new study looks at solar activity over time as a predictor for how reentries trend.

SNAPPY CubeSat Takes Flight to Test Space-Based Neutrino Detectors

by Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick) on May 21, 2026 at 12:26 pm

Neutrinos, the second most common fundamental particles in the universe, are notoriously difficult to detect. So far we’ve only been able to do so by building giant vats of water far underground with hundreds of photodetectors watching for brief flashes of light. But a new CubeSat mission hopes to change that dynamic and enable the neutrino detectors of the future a much less constrained and expensive existence – in space.

Future Mars Rovers Could Mimic a Swimming Motion to Traverse the Planet’s Surface

by Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive) on May 20, 2026 at 10:33 pm

Some animals can move efficiently beneath granular surfaces. These include the sandfish (Scincus scincus), a lizard native to the Sahara. It can burrow into the sand and then literally “swim” through the desert sand to hunt or escape predators. German researchers are working on a rover wheel design that mimics that swimming motion. In testing, the wheel system outperformed regular wheels.

Resolving the Kardashev’s Conundrum Using a Bitcoin-Inspired Metric

by Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams) on May 20, 2026 at 10:31 pm

A new study reevaluates the Kardashev Scale using a new framework that includes the Bitcoin network as a means of measuring the trajectory of human development.

Hellish Venus-Like Planets May Be More Prevalent Than True ExoEarths

by Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce) on May 20, 2026 at 10:08 pm

Exoplanet hunters are keen to find the next extrasolar earthlike planet, one that may harbor life as we know it. But preliminary results from a new study indicate that our galaxy may be filled with a plethora of exo-Venuses. Yet as one exoplanetary researcher notes: the template for such exo-worlds — our own Venus — has been ‘criminally underexplored.’

NASA’s Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target

by Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive) on May 20, 2026 at 8:42 pm

Spacecraft often use planets for gravity-assist or “slingshot” maneuvers. NASA’s Psyche mission used Mars for that purpose during a May 15th flyby. The flyby accelerated the spacecraft and aimed it at its eventual destination, the asteroid 16 Psyche. The flyby was also an opportunity to take some pictures of Mars, and to test and calibrate the spacecraft’s science instruments.

A New Study on Coronal Holes Improves Space Weather Forecasting

by Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams) on May 20, 2026 at 6:27 pm

New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy graduate student Khagendra Katuwal studied 70 coronal holes on the sun to better understand the connection between solar activity and space weather. His paper was recently published in The Astrophysical Journal.

It Looks Like Europa Doesn’t Have Plumes of Water Vapour After All

by Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive) on May 20, 2026 at 6:12 pm

In 2014, researchers presented the discovery of water vapour plumes being emitted from Jupiter’s moon Europa. This caused quite a stir; it meant that the moon’s buried ocean was accessible without contending with the thick ice shell that concealed it. But new research by the same researchers questions those detections.

Hearing the Heavens – Book Review of The Echoing Universe

by Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick) on May 20, 2026 at 5:34 pm

Typically when we think of astronomy, we think of pictures of M87 captured on a backyard telescope or the soaring colorful peaks of the Eagle Nebula seen by Hubble. But perhaps the most influential type of astronomy of the last 100+ years doesn’t directly result in the stunning pictures we’re so accustomed to today. It captures radio waves from some of the most interesting objects in the universe. And in her new book, The Echoing Universe: How Radio Astronomy Helps Us See the Invisible, Dr. Emma Chapman, a radio astronomer at the University of Nottingham, tracks how these longest wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum have influenced the practice of astronomy and our understanding of our place in the universe.

Sonequa Martin-Green Talks ‘Boston Blue’ and Hoping Tom Selleck Makes an Appearance

by Julianne MacNeill on May 23, 2026 at 1:30 am

Sonequa Martin-Green didn’t take joining the beloved Blue Bloods universe lightly. In fact, the actress felt prepared to take on such a pivotal role.  “We were all a little bit nervous because we didn’t know whether we would be accepted or not,” Martin-Green explained exclusively to Woman’s World. “ But they loved us.” Martin-Green, who

Plantar Fasciitis Treatment That Works in Seconds: What Doctors Swear By

by Allison Nemetz on May 23, 2026 at 1:00 am

If you experience the fiery heel pain of plantar fasciitis, you need relief now. What works fastest? Experts share their picks for the most effective stretch, the best shoe, the fastest-acting splint, even the top anti-inflammatory tea to try. Keep reading for the plantar fasciitis treatments that help ease pain and inflammation fast.   What is

Your Summer Movie Club Starts Here: Hallmark’s June 2026 Movie Guide

by Raquel Lekic on May 23, 2026 at 12:30 am

As we head into summer, it can feel as though every weekend is booked to the brim with activities, parties, weekend getaways and obligations. And finding the time for lowkey get-togethers with your girl gang? Nearly impossible. However, one look at the Hallmark Channel’s June lineup will have you reaching out to your crew. From

Grab These Beautiful Hobby Lobby Butterfly Finds Before They Go!

by strotter on May 23, 2026 at 12:00 am

Does the sight of butterflies instantly put a smile on your face? Here’s some good news: Hobby Lobby’s shelves are lined with so many spectacular finds featuring the winged beauties that are budget-friendly too. With craft kits, decorations, gardening supplies and so much more up for grabs, the retailer has a little something for everyone.

The Best Aldi Finds This Week Are Perfect for the Beach

by Allison Nemetz on May 22, 2026 at 11:30 pm

As my family gets ready for our annual trip “down the shore”—shout out Ocean City, New Jersey!—we needed some key essentials. Luckily, Aldi Finds this week had us covered. We scored a comfy Aldi beach lounger and ultra-absorbent Aldi beach towels. I even got an adorable beach bag I’m obsessed with. If you and your

One Island, Two Countries, Zero Reasons Not to Visit Sint Maarten Right Now

by strotter on May 22, 2026 at 11:00 pm

Welcome to Sint Maarten/St. Martin—the Caribbean island with a delightfully split personality. One tiny island, two countries, three currencies, five languages and 150+ restaurants. French countryside on one side, Dutch city life on the other and zero reason to choose between them with direct flights on affordable airlines like JetBlue. Where to stay: All-inclusive luxury

These Michigan historical novels are impossible to forget

by lmaxbauer on May 22, 2026 at 10:30 pm

Michigan is a state of beautiful contradictions—where harsh winters give way to sun-soaked summers and Detroit’s industrial grit meets the Upper Peninsula’s untamed natural beauty. These contrasts over time are rife for storytelling—even Ernest Hemingway himself liked to vacation here. So it’s no surprise that Michigan provides the perfect backdrop for unforgettable historical fiction. These

CFP Explains Inherited Retirement Accounts—and Who They Help Most

by Carissa Mosness on May 22, 2026 at 10:00 pm

If you’ve recently inherited a retirement account from a loved one—or think you might someday—there’s something important you need to know: The rules have changed dramatically, and the clock may already be ticking. Over the past few years, two landmark pieces of legislation have quietly reshaped the way inherited retirement accounts work, and missing a

Eili Lilly’s Retatrutide Weight-Loss Results Rival Bariatric Surgery

by Cailey Griffin on May 22, 2026 at 9:30 pm

When it comes to weight loss, moving the scale can feel daunting. You’re trying to figure out the best diet plan, exercise routine and how to maintain positive mental health through it all. It can feel even more overwhelming when you have a larger amount of weight to lose. But there’s a new treatment that

Girl Scout Cookie Corn Dogs Turn a State Fair Classic Into Pure Magic Make

by Carissa Mosness on May 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm

Get ready to fall in love with the ultimate comfort food mashup! These Tasty Trefoils Corn Dogs transform classic Girl Scout cookies into a crispy, golden coating that takes your favorite carnival treat to a whole new level of delicious. The secret? Crushed Trefoils add a subtle sweetness and irresistible crunch to traditional cornmeal batter,