Pocket’s Top Stories of September 2023

Trainers share the most beneficial strength training exercises to do every day if you're craving some movement.

Experts say, even if it claims to be “microwave-safe.”

Hank Asher was a drug smuggler with a head for numbers — until he figured out how to turn Americans’ private information into a big business.

They make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes—and it shows.

Speaking up for yourself in a medical setting is a skill. Here’s what to know.

There is growing evidence that simple, everyday changes to our lives can alter our brains and change how they work. Melissa Hogenboom put her own brain in the scanner to find out.

In his standup specials, the former “Patriot Act” host often recounts harrowing experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. Does it matter that much of it never happened to him?

In an exclusive excerpt from my forthcoming biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire.

Some coach seats have perks that could make your flight more enjoyable—here's how to choose the best one for you.

From classic bottle episodes to daring formal experiments, these are the best installments of television that stand up entirely on their own.

In a new book, former Secret Service agent Paul Landis, largely silent for 60 years, says he found a bullet in Kennedy’s limo. A sometime presidential historian explains why that’s so significant, if true.

We learned to do laundry from our parents, but things are different now.

Engineers at the tech giants built tools years ago that could put a name to any face but, for once, Silicon Valley did not want to move fast and break things.

New variants will pose a challenge, but early signs suggest the shots will still boost antibody responses.

Nothing threatens adult relationships like when some friends have kids and others don’t.

Converging lines of research suggest that we might be misunderstanding something we do every night of our lives.

Finding that, at 28, she didn’t seem to have the close tribe of confidants that other people in her life did, one writer decided to investigate why—by reaching out to four of her ex-best friends.

We studied the primary physical, chemical, to biological methods of meat tenderization so you can choose the technique that best fits your needs.

Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures.

Why are married people happier than the rest of us?

The captivating stories that Pocket readers saved most last month.