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Reader's Digest US
IF YOUR Block COULD Talk
Fascinating facts about the streets where we live
7 min |
July - August 2021
Reader's Digest US
Feel Happy, Even When You're Not
As simple as it sounds, plastering on a smile can be the first step toward cheering yourself up
3 min |
July - August 2021
Reader's Digest US
THE BEST DESSERT IN EVERY STATE
Apple pie belongs to all of us, but every region has its signature treat. With help from our friends at Taste of Home, we’ve found the 50 best.
10+ min |
July - August 2021
Reader's Digest US
A WORLD OF GOOD
HUNGER IN AMERICA GROWING HOPE IN AN URBAN GARDEN
2 min |
July - August 2021
Reader's Digest US
THE SNAKE CHARMERS
Invasive Burmese pythons are squeezing the life out of the Everglades. An unlikely sisterhood of the swamp is taking them on.
9 min |
July - August 2021
Reader's Digest US
Your Brilliant Smartphone
Unlock your device's most helpful tricks and secrets with these 25 tips
10+ min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
A Dementia That Can Be Cured
“I couldn’t even sign my name,” says an ex-teacher. It took years for doctors to spot the real cause.
8 min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
13 Things Scent-sational News About Smell
In early 2020, ear, nose, and throat doctors around the world saw an unusual number of patients who had unaccountably lost their sense of smell. Many of these specialists then developed the same condition, and some became very ill. Suddenly, the stepchild sense took center stage.
4 min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
I Cry for the Mountains
After a wildfire swept through the land where his family raised their cattle for more than a century, a rancher takes a tour of what’s left—and what might come next
10+ min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
OUR LITTLE GIRL CHIKA
What is a real father? An orphan in Haiti teaches bestselling author Mitch Albom a wonderful new definition.
6 min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
Robots Gone Wild
What happens when you train a machine to take over for humans? It screws up—just as humans do.
3 min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
Fighting for Country and Beethoven
During a stressful time, a National Guardsman still finds a way to lead his class
3 min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
THE TEACHER WHO WRESTLED A COUGAR
When a wild cat springs from the woods to prey on her young students, a daycare owner instantly moves to protect them. A classic RD drama.
9 min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
I Am Soy …A Proto- Protein with a Problem
THE FOOD ON YOUR PLATE
4 min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
SO YOU'VE HAD IT ROUGH? GOOD!
HOW WE APPROACH HARDSHIP COULD TELL US HOW LONG WE’LL LIVE
8 min |
June 2021
Reader's Digest US
Putting a Ring Back on It
It was July 2014. We were building a smaller house and getting ready to move when my husband became very ill. He had to spend nine weeks in assisted living, leaving me to do everything in our new home. By nighttime, I felt as if I was moving in slow motion.
3 min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
National Teacher Of The Year
Tabatha Rosproy, age 33, Winfield, Kansas
1 min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
I Am Mangoes … A Sweet Treat at Its Peak
One summer day in the early 2000s, Pennsylvania dentist Bhaskar Savani sat outside the arrivals gate at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport waiting for his father to emerge.
4 min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
Don't waste your money on these 23 things
Avoiding unforced spending errors will let you save for the stuff you really want
10+ min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
¡Fantástico! Top Folk Remedies from Around the World
We asked Reader’s Digest editors at our international editions to share their popular home health treatments. Here are the ones that check out with scientific research.
8 min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
The Art of The “Good” Meltdown
Under stress from every front, we’re having more meltdowns. Here’s how to lose it the right way.
6 min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
A Grizzly Encounter
On a trail near a mountain named for his grandfather, a lone hiker crosses paths with a bear three times his size—and with one enormous appetite
10 min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
Rescue On The High Rise Bridge
With his truck dangling 70 feet above a roiling river and a storm whipping 50-mph winds, a trapped driver’s only hope is a team of trained emergency rescuers—who are stuck in traffic
10 min |
March 2021
Reader's Digest US
The Food On Your Plate
I Am Pistachios … An American Success Story
4 min |
March 2021
Reader's Digest US
THE BIKER WITH A BIG HEART
Her son’s organ donation saved his life. So he rode 1,426 miles to meet her.
10+ min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
Starting a New Chapter
Some people don’t find their true direction in life until they are halfway through it
9 min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
Off the Beaten Path
When a hiker falls 75 feet from a mountain cliff, a young stranger goes to extremes to save her
3 min |
April 2021
Reader's Digest US
Go Ahead, Do Nothing
We push ourselves to work harder, but taking a break can often fuel a burst in productivity and creativity
4 min |
March 2021
Reader's Digest US
Swish Burn Love
It’s not pretty, and it’s not sweet: how brown Listerine became no. 1 in Americans’ hearts and mouths
6 min |
March 2021
Reader's Digest US
24-Karat Nuggets About Gold
Pure gold is so ductile (translation: stretchy), a single ounce of it can be drawn out into a thread 50 miles long without breaking (at which point it also would be too thin to see). If you did this to all of the existing gold in the world, it would wrap around the earth 11 million times.
3 min |