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.

A WORLD OF GOOD

HUNGER IN AMERICA GROWING HOPE IN AN URBAN GARDEN

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.

Robots Gone Wild

What happens when you train a machine to take over for humans? It screws up—just as humans do.

Fighting for Country and Beethoven

During a stressful time, a National Guardsman still finds a way to lead his class

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.

I Am Soy …A Proto- Protein with a Problem

THE FOOD ON YOUR PLATE

SO YOU'VE HAD IT ROUGH? GOOD!

HOW WE APPROACH HARDSHIP COULD TELL US HOW LONG WE’LL LIVE

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.

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.

Don't waste your money on these 23 things

Avoiding unforced spending errors will let you save for the stuff you really want

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.

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

The Food On Your Plate

I Am Pistachios … An American Success Story

THE BIKER WITH A BIG HEART

Her son’s organ donation saved his life. So he rode 1,426 miles to meet her.

Swish Burn Love

It’s not pretty, and it’s not sweet: how brown Listerine became no. 1 in Americans’ hearts and mouths

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.

When Mom Broke Her Leg

To her great surprise, everyone else stepped up

We Found a Fix

9 Tricks to Improve Your Life*

The Arrow That Saved My Life—Twice

After a freak backyard accident almost kills her, a Texas woman is taken on a miraculous medical journey

13 Things: Get a Healthy Home

Most of us have spent more time at home recently than we ever imagined possible.

“Don't Give Up”

Her heartbroken hometown needed a sign, so she gave them one

WHY ARE MILITARY FAMILIES ON FOOD STAMPS?

Some of America’s bravest are going hungry. Why aren’t we doing more to help them?

This Team Is a Disaster

Sports franchise names that make their fans want to call a mover

THEY GOT AWAY WITH MURDER

Five whodunits that continue to confound the law

TAKING THE LEAP

A woman in search of a life with less fear confronts her three biggest triggers—all at once

HEROES IN THE HEARTLAND

It has been 25 years since a truck bomb ripped through a federal office building in Oklahoma City. The tales of courage and survival amid the horror that day are as searing and inspiring as ever.

A Very Special Tax Break

When a Detroit man heard a woman was about to lose her house, he opened his heart—and his wallet

9 Tricks To Improve Your Life

9 tricks to improve your life*

Substituting Chicken for Beef Doesn't Lower Cholesterol

If you’re trying to reduce your cholesterol, cutting back on red meat is a good idea— but don’t replace it with white meat, says a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers compared LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol levels among three groups of people over a three-month period: one ate mostly lean beef, one mostly lean chicken or turkey, and one mostly plant proteins. Only the plant-based diet reduced LDL.