nostalgia

There's a scientific reason you can't stop listening to the songs you loved as a teen. – Photo credit: Canva

Making Sense of Science, Science

Therapist explains surprisingly scientific reason we never stop loving the songs from our youth

Evan Porter

3/19/2026
Youth-led party for community engagement, MEDEA, Tanzania Captured by James Roh for Pura

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Culture, Education, Empowered Women, Equality, Family, Identity, Modern Families

The next generation of female leaders has arrived. Here’s how they’re making sure they (and every girl) get a chance to learn.

Sarah Watts

3/8/2026
Boomers and Gen Xers discuss the things they don't miss from the 1980s and 1990s. – Photo credit: Images via Canva

Culture, Generations

Boomers and Gen Xers share 30 things they don’t miss from the ’80s and ’90s

Emily Shiffer

3/13/2026
A landline telephone and a lit cigar. – Photo credit: Canva

Culture, Generations

Gen Xers and Boomers recall 18 unforgettable sounds and smells from the ’80s that disappeared

Cecily Knobler

3/11/2026
Times Square in 1973 was pretty "sleazy." – Photo credit: Dan McCoy/Wikimedia Commons

Culture, Generations

Gen Xers and Boomers share ‘grimy’ parts of the 70s they were happy to leave behind

Annie Reneau

2/28/2026
People are blown away by this '80s video of people grass skiing. – Photo credit: YouTube screenshots via Warren Miller Entertainment

Internet, Pop Culture

Perfectly ’80s video of guys ‘summer skiing’ down a grassy hill is blowing people’s minds

Ryan Reed

2/13/2026
90sKidforLife shares 10 lies everyone's parents told in the era. – Photo credit: via 90sKid4lyfe/TikTok (used with permission)

Family, Parenting, Popular

Millennial shares the lies that every kid’s parents told them in the ’90s

Tod Perry

2/12/2026
Left: A woman holding money. Right: A toy house in a person's hand. – Photo credit: Canva, Karola G from Pexels (left) / Doina Gherban’s Images (right)

Culture, Joy, Popular

Woman creates 1940s-inspired home to pay off her mortgage in just 8 years

Ryan Reed

2/11/2026
Internet, Pop Culture

Boomers and Gen Xers share nostalgic childhood memories that young people today will never have

Annie Reneau

2/9/2026
A pink landline, a hand reshelving an encyclopedia, and child getting a Band-Aid on their arm. – Photo credit: Canva

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Gen Xers and Boomers share the things kids today will never experience and it’s pure nostalgia

Annie Reneau

2/9/2026
A young couple dances. – Photo credit: Canva, annastills (main image) / anlomaja (text box)

Music, Pop Culture

Gen X and Millennials share the slow-dance anthems that make them nostalgic for high school

Ryan Reed

2/8/2026
When memories are triggered, the whoosh of nostalgia hits hard. – Photo credit: via Seattle Municipal Archives/Flickr

Community, Joy

19 super-specific memories that are giving people instant childhood nostalgia

Tod Perry

2/6/2026
A Mrs. Fields cookie shop, a can of Aqua Net, and a teenager smoking. – Photo credit: via Phillip Pessar/Flickr, Simon Evans/Flickr, George Kelly/Flickr

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Someone asked, ‘What did the ’80s smell like?’ and the scent memories are a time warp

Tod Perry

2/4/2026
Lady Gaga records a new rendition of Mr. Rogers' "Won't You Be My Neighbor" for a Super Bowl ad. – Photo credit: Courtesy: Reddit/Rocket

Music, Pop Culture

Lady Gaga recorded a stunning version of Mr. Rogers’ ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor,’ and it’s a must-listen

Denise Quan

1/30/2026
12 discontinued childhood food items people would pay good money to eat one more time – Photo credit: Canva

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

12 discontinued childhood food items people would pay good money to eat just one more time

Jacalyn Wetzel

1/28/2026
Millennials are playfully cringing at the outdated slang they still love. – Photo credit: Canva, pixelshot (main image, cropped) / SkaHero42 from pixabay (text box)

Humor, Joy

Millennials share the charmingly outdated generational slang that they still can’t get enough of

Ryan Reed

1/24/2026