Lifestyle
Reader's Digest US
My Professor, My Mentor, My Rock
Decades after they met in the classroom, a remarkable teacher counsels her student on one of life’s most difficult lessons.
4 min |
April 2017
Reader's Digest US
8 Things You Should Never Do On An Airplane
Flying isn’t always enjoyable,but these tips will help make for a smoother trip.
2 min |
April 2017
Reader's Digest US
50 Everyday Mistakes
And How To Fix Them
10+ min |
April 2017
Reader's Digest US
Sergeant Turner's Ride Home
S.SGT. JONATHAN TURNER served his country for 17 years, which included seven tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.
1 min |
July/August 2017
Reader's Digest US
America's Children Need You
The well-being of children shouldn’t be a political issue. Their success needs to be the common commitment of our national life.
4 min |
July/August 2017
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
Pain Relievers
Steven Pete has broken 70 bones—and never felt a thing. Now scientists hope his freak genetic condition will help people with the opposite issue: constant agony.
9 min |
May 2018
Reader's Digest US
She Lifted A Finger
He walks up to her, in dire need of medical attention. She, a young mother, is already feeling overwhelmed. But after she reaches out to this person in need, there is no turning back.
7 min |
May 2018
Reader's Digest US
Basketball Cop
A tense confrontation turns into a game changer for one officer and the teens in the community he serves.
2 min |
April 2018
Reader's Digest US
“The Mountain's On Fire!”
MATTHEW LAYTON was 20 minutes from home in Sevierville, Tennessee, on a cold November night in 2016 when he got a frantic cell phone call from his mother. “The mountain’s on fire,” she screamed, “and Brian’s up there!”
2 min |
April 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Case of the Illegal Vegetable Garden
A Florida town tells a couple to move their crops behind their house. Their reply: Lettuce be.
2 min |
April 2018
Reader's Digest US
Letting In Some Light
He warms the holidays for families too filled with grief to celebrate on their own.
3 min |
December 2017/January 2018
Reader's Digest US
How To Survive Anything!
Expert advice on navigating life’s perils—great and small
10+ min |
May 2019
Reader's Digest US
Fighting Trauma The Military Way
Don’t let distress sideline you. Turn it into a strength instead.
3 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest US
Forgiveness Is Job One
The boss had every reason to turn his back. Instead, he befriended a troubled man—and hired him.
3 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest US
Your Amazing Body!
Your fingerprints can predict some health issues. Looking at the sun can make you sneeze. You grow a new skeleton every ten years. Science hasn’t uncovered every mystery, but what it has discovered will blow your mind.
10+ min |
June 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
Fascinating Facts That Are False!
25 tall tales that are impossibly true …… and 25 facts that are actually myths
6 min |
February 2019
Reader's Digest US
Every State's Best Food!
Reader’s Digest and Taste of Home asked people across the country to pick the most delicious food in every state
10+ min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
Corn - The Most Important Crop In The Land
Say you were to stroll through a quintessentially American landscape one summer morning, looking across vast fields of shimmering, swaying cornstalks a dozen feet tall.
3 min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
Help Your Pet Live Longer
With the right care, you can enhance the quality—and quantity—of life for your furry friends
5 min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
When Disaster Strands Two American Tourists In The Jungle, They Have One Hope
When disaster strands two American tourists in the jungle, unable to walk and unlikely to be found, they have one hope: a phone with a dying battery
10 min |
July - August 2019
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
Bridge Builder
A young man saves a suicidal stranger simply by showing he cares.
3 min |