Lifestyle
Reader's Digest US
Snap Dynamite Fireworks Photos
An expert’s cell phone camera tips.
2 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
Take Me Out to the Blackberry Patch
A game where the real action took place off the field.
4 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
As American As Apple Pie?
Turns out that none of the ingredients in our favorite dessert are native to the United States. Yet history made it ours. How?
3 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Price Of Freedom
A recovered account of World War II opens a grandson’s eyes to how the sacrifice of one altered the fate of many.
6 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
Giving Care Givers A Vacation
Heather McHugh won $500,000 and had an intelligent idea:
3 min |
September 2016
Reader's Digest US
A Different Kind Of Genius
When I was young, my father was ashamed of his humble factory job. Years later, when I visited his workplace, I discovered pride.
3 min |
September 2016
Reader's Digest US
Folding Like a Genius Will Change Your Life
THE SECRET TO FOLDING CLOTHES is this: Never give up.
1 min |
September 2016
Reader's Digest US
Animal House
AnnMarie Roberts is the last hope for many a friendless beast.
2 min |
May 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Case Of the Facebook Bully
Do rude comments about a high school student qualify as hate speech?
2 min |
May 2017
Reader's Digest US
I've Come To Clean Your Shoes
What does someone who has suffered a sudden trauma and grief most need?
4 min |
May 2017
Reader's Digest US
Sowing Hope
A church community looks to feed itself with the help of an old foe: the land
2 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Hunger App
ON HER FIRST DAY tutoring students from low-income families at an after-school program in New York City, Alyssa Kapasi noticed how many kids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruit in the cafeteria.
1 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Case Of The Wedding Couple Out For Revenge
When they didn’t get their album right away, they trashed the photographer—all over the Internet
2 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
News From The World Of Medicine
News From The World Of Medicine
3 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
Gadzooks! The Surprising Sources Of Great Sayings
WHEN EXACTLY do “the cows come home”? Who was the first person to “steal someone’s thunder”? English is full of colorful expressions that have lost the connection to their delightful origins. That said, when you learn the checkered past of some of these phrases, you might think twice about using them.
2 min |
June 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Great Forgetting
Our first three years are a blur, and we don’t recall much before the age of seven. It turns out those early memories aren’t merely tucked away.
5 min |
February 2017
Reader's Digest US
Scientists Share 50 Food Facts Live Longer ((And Lose Weight Too)
Scientists Share 50 Food Facts Live Longer ((And Lose Weight Too)
10 min |
February 2017
Reader's Digest US
Sign The Friendly Skies
CLARA DALY was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight en route from Boston to Los Angeles when a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”
1 min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest US
'Breathe For Her'
He was the last person who should have run into a burning building—he has lung disease. But that didn’t stop him.
3 min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest US
Unsolved!
These seven baffling mysteries have obsessed detectives, scholars, and explorers for years. Are the answers out there?
10+ min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest US
The True Feeling Of Success
A man reexamines his life and discovers some unappreciated moments of joy.
4 min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest US
The Dog That Came Back From The Dead
On a run in the Rocky Mountains, the author’s dog, Merle, fell 800 feet, injured beyond hope. But he wasn’t done yet.
9 min |
February 2019
Reader's Digest US
Bridge Builder
A young man saves a suicidal stranger simply by showing he cares.
3 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
Bald Is Beautiful!
Bald Is Beautiful!
1 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Baby Catchers
The Baby Catchers
1 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Most Handsome Man In The World
The author’s grandmother wanted the world to see her husband not as an aging farmer with false teeth but exactly as she did.
3 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Joys Of Keeping An Address Book
​The contacts list in a smartphone is convenient, but it can’t hold memories the way a handwritten directory can.
4 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
6 Keyboard Shortcuts For Faster Web Browsing
No mouse? No problem! Save time navigating the Internet with these quick tricks.
1 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
Keep Internet Spies Out Of Your Home
“Smart” devices equipped with cameras and microphones can be easy targets for hackers
5 min |
November 2018
Reader's Digest US
Wish You Were More Creative? Just Pretend!
Thinking you aren’t gifted may be what’s blocking your inner artist
3 min |