Clockwise from top left: Sizing your chicken to keep it healthy. Educator Mo Pandiarajan excitedly shows his students how to examine specimens with a foldscope, a paper microscope. Bolivian skateboarders will show off their skills at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., in June. Photographers were captivated by a couple holding hands on Pocitos Beach in Montevideo, Uruguay. Clockwise from top left: NPR’s Andy Rementer. NPR’s Viraj Nayyar. Ben Dela Cruz/NPR. NPR’s Gustavo Minas Hide caption
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Clockwise from top left: NPR’s Andy Rementer. NPR’s Viraj Nayyar. Ben Dela Cruz/NPR. NPR’s Gustavo Minas
We’re big fans of that classic Louis Armstrong song.
“When you smile, keep smiling and the whole world will smile with you.”
Here are some goat and soda stories that made us smile in 2024. It’s been a year full of harsh headlines, but I would like to share them with you as a happy moment at the end of the year.
Do photos make you happy? We asked photographers and here’s what they sent us
Fold the paper. Insert the lens. This $2 microscope will change the way kids see the world
‘Never lose courage’: Paralympic athlete who could barely walk as a child wins two track and field medals
Bolivian women skateboarding in indigenous costumes
How a bunkbed acrobat from a Brazilian favela became the world’s second-best female gymnast
Forget about the gym! Chicken sizing keeps you healthy. Bonus: fresh eggs
