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05/30/2026

Longbeard founder Matthew Harvey Sanders built a chatbot to answer questions from church documents. Now he’s training an AI model to help people navigate Catholic doctrine, moral dilemmas and spiritual life.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sofiachierchio/2026/05/29/this-startup-is-building-chatgpt-for-catholics/?utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB
Photo: Dan Kitwood via Getty Images

05/11/2026

Whether you’re trying to get seven hours of sleep a night or take an hour-long run every morning, consistency is the key to building healthy habits. And now a new study suggests that having stable daily patterns of rest and activity may be linked to slower biological aging.

Scientists already knew that sleep can influence aspects of health that are affected by aging, such as cognition, metabolism and the body’s ability to repair damaged cells. At the same time, not getting enough rest is linked to accelerated aging and a heightened risk of age-related conditions, such as dementia. But the new findings suggest that getting the same amount of rest and activity each day without interruption—in other words, getting longer, sustained periods of rest and activity—may be a key to healthier aging. http://spklr.io/6042EzzKG

05/10/2026

I’m a Princeton professor. Many students know nothing about Christianity.

05/09/2026

Named after Condé Nast’s founder, the Met Costume Institute’s elegant new galleries were designed to host immersive fashion exhibitions

05/09/2026

Nearly half of the artists in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale said they did not want to be considered for the show’s top honors this year, marking yet another unprecedented development in an edition roiled by controversies of all kinds.⁠
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Fifty-two artists—just under half of the artists in the Koyo Kouoh–curated “In Minor Keys”—signed the statement published by e-flux on Saturday, which noted that they had done so “in solidarity with the resignation of the jury selected by Koyo Kouoh.” Those artists include such well-known names as Alfredo Jaar, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Otobong Nkanga, and Walid Raad.⁠
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Published on the day when the Biennale typically holds its Golden Lion ceremony—something that did not happen this year because there was no jury to help run it—the statement was also signed by the artists who had done national pavilions for 16 countries. Among the national representatives who signed were France’s Yto Barrada, Lithuania’s Egle Budvytyte, and the Netherlands’s Dries Verhoeven.⁠
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Read more: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-artists-decline-consideration-visitor-lions-1234784841/

05/09/2026

On this day in 1886, Dr. John S. Pemberton, a pharmacist and inventor, sold the first Coca-Cola at Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. Pemberton’s bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, coined the name. His handwriting was the basis for the Coca-Cola logo.

In the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division, the U.S. Patent Office Trademarks Collection documents the visual identity of American companies between about 1869 and 1911. Within that collection you can find the 1893 Coca-Cola trademark registration featuring the distinctive cursive, pictured here.

05/09/2026

LEGO just made one of the sweetest tributes imaginable, updating its famous 4 to 99 age range to 4 to 100+ in honor of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, with the touching message, “Updated for you, Sir David

It’s a small gesture, but a beautiful one, celebrating a man whose voice, storytelling, and love for nature have inspired generations around the world for decades.

Sometimes the simplest tributes hit the hardest, and this one feels like a perfect salute to a true living legend

05/04/2026

In a world that moves faster than any job description can keep up with, the most valuable person on your team isn’t the one with the most prestigious degree—it is the one who refuses to stop being a student. Never underestimate an employee who practices self-education in their free time. When so...

04/20/2026

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Literacy is more than a skill. It is a foundation for people to acquire broader knowledge, skills and values, foster a culture of lasting peace and build harmonious relationships with oneself, others and the planet.

To contribute to this effort, the call for nominations for the 2026 UNESCO International Prizes is now open, recognizing outstanding initiatives that promote literacy worldwide.

Since 1967, the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes have rewarded more than 500 projects and programmes undertaken by governments, non-governmental organizations and individuals. Through these prestigious Prizes, UNESCO supports effective literacy practices and encourages the development of dynamic literate societies.

Apply before 1 June 2026: https://www.unesco.org/en/prizes/literacy