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"Your local trash pandas aren't just getting used to digging through your trash can; they are actually starting to physically change in response to continued life around humans. In a study published last month in Frontiers in Zoology, researchers found that raccoons living in urban areas have shorter snouts than their rural counterparts do — a classic trait of domestication. … The concept of domestication may bring to mind a human-driven process of artificial selection, but that is not an accurate view, according to the paper. Domestication can start to occur without direct human involvement, as animals adapt to human environments. In the case of raccoons, trash availability may be enough to kickstart those changes."

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"Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it. Writing can shift your mental state from overwhelm and despair to grounded clarity — a shift that reflects resilience. Psychology, the media, and the wellness industry shape public perceptions of resilience: Social scientists study it, journalists celebrate it, and wellness brands sell it. They all tell a similar story: Resilience is an individual quality that people can strengthen with effort. … In my work as a professor of writing studies, I research how people use writing to navigate trauma and practice resilience. I have witnessed thousands of students turn to the written word to work through emotions and find a sense of belonging. Their writing habits suggest that writing fosters resilience. Insights from psychology and neuroscience can help explain how."

"An effusion of pink carnations, bulbs of lavender, roses in radiant hues, yellow tulips, and bright green ferns make up the archetypal sugar flower bouquets that adorn Julie Simon's cakes. A product of the artist's wildly fecund creative vision, they make her creations look more like paintings than pastry. Simon, a 'bespoke cake artist' in Los Angeles, crafts prelapsarian visions out of gum paste, fondant, edible modeling paste, and cake. Although she has been a professional cake artist for only a year, her client roster already includes L.A. royalty. For the first birthday of Kylie Jenner's daughter Stormi, Simon baked a cake that looked like the crowning glory of an Elizabethan princess's nursery. A tiered cake in pastel pink and blue, with a gilded carousel whose sugar horses actually trotted up and down, it was a literal moveable feast."

Remember when your biggest worry was saving Princess Peach before bedtime? The Retropian Color is basically a cheat code for reliving your pixelated glory days. It comes with 1,000+ retro games preloaded — no cartridges, no internet tantrums, just instant SNES-GBA-PS1 magic. It's the gaming console 10-year-old you dreamed of and 30-something you can finally afford. [Ad]

"If you've ever lived with a cat, you know they're often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery about these lovable felines — with answers that could narrow down when cats first hopped onto humanity's lap. A large team of researchers examined the DNA of well-preserved cats located near human sites stretching back over 10,000 years. The oldest specimens weren't closely related to the cats we call pets today, they found, while the lineage that gave rise to domestic cats may have only reached Europe 2,000 years ago. The findings rebuff a prevailing theory about when cats first became domesticated, but also raise more questions about how it truly occurred."

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