Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in Women’s Health Magazine, PopSugar, VeryWell Mind, ...

In the Washington bureau of the Providence morning Journal (circ. 45,767) and evening Bulletin (145,255), Bureau Chief Frederic W. Collins got a routine offer. He was invited to appear (for $125) on a ...

The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health desk has had a busy 2025: Our writers have spent the year probing the limits of human consciousness and gene-editing technology, studying the ubiquity of ...

Santa inspired by St. Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop known for kindness and secret gift-giving. Santa's red suit popularized by Coca-Cola, earlier depictions showed him in bishop's attire. Santa's ...

Do you know what'll always save you from awkward silences at a work function? Or make you the shining star at any dinner party? A funny, interesting, and slightly niche fun fact. As it turns out, ...

The season is known as both “fall” and “autumn.” The word “autumn” comes from Latin, while “fall” originated in 17th-century Britain as a shortening of the phrase “fall of the leaf.” While both are ...

Experience ‘Old Florida’ on Cabbage Key, a Tiny Island Only Accessible by Boat It's hard not to love a solid quirky fact, especially when it's about your home state. Florida has many fascinating facts ...

The popular maxim that “facts don’t care about your feelings” has become a touchstone of modern debate. It suggests that truth is harsh and objective, immune to the influence—or distortion—of emotion.

Depression—also called clinical depression or major depressive disorder (MDD)—is a debilitating mental illness that impacts between 250 and 300 million people worldwide, regardless of age. Depression ...