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Archaeologists Found 4 Nazca Mummies in the Wrong Place. It Could Turn the Story of an Ancient Empire ‘Upside Down’

Northern Arizona University, working with Peru’s Ministry of Culture, has uncovered four pristine mummies that could upend the conventional wisdom around the Wari Empire’s ancient conquests.

AI Is Changing Your Company Culture Whether You Planned for It or Not. Here’s How to Shape What Happens Next.

AI is changing how people work together. Leaders can shape those changes to reinforce the culture they want.

When Performance Dips, Leaders Often Blame Culture. Here’s What They Should Look at Instead.

A performance problem you're calling "culture" is usually a decision you haven't named yet.

Want Happier Customers? Make Your Employees Happy First.

How internal company culture and physical workspace directly impact the bottom line and long-term loyalty.

IBM talent exec says it's better to be a specialist, not a generalist, in the AI era

Aparna Nair, the chief talent, leadership, and culture officer at IBM, said that "the world of generalists is long gone."

I grew up in Paris. Here are 12 of the biggest mistakes I see tourists make when they visit.

As a Paris local, I say avoid common tourist mistakes and go off the beaten path to experience the French food and culture beyond the Eiffel Tower.

How Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has brought the culture wars to the military

<em>The New York Times</em> reporter Greg Jaffe says Hegseth has disproportionately blocked promotions of Black and women senior officers, and he's also been purging the military of transgender people.

I embraced girlboss culture in my 20s. It didn't take long to realize I wanted out.

When I was first starting out, I thought that burnout was just a given when you were ambitious and worked hard. Now I've learned how to find balance.

3 fired OpenAI researchers release letter saying their axing will leave ‘chilling’ effects on company culture

The ex-OpenAI researchers disputed the grounds of their firings and said the impacts will leave current workers afraid to speak up on safety risks.

Afrobeats singer Ayra Starr on making history at her NFL half-time show

The Nigerian star will become the first African artist to headline the show at an international NFL game.

As a Florida native, I skip Tampa's crowded beaches for this beautiful, lesser-visited spot

I'm from Florida. My favorite place to visit here is Tarpon Springs, which has great Greek food, lots of culture and charm, and beautiful beaches.

Being chronically online is part of the job description for this top influencer marketer

Sophia Sesto is Poppi's VP of Culture. It's her job to be chronically online and find creators that keep the prebiotic soda relevant.

How Mediocrity Quietly Creeps In — and How to Hold High Standards That Protect Your Profits and Culture

High standards do more than help you win, because they keep the wrong people, projects and habits from quietly draining your company's time, focus and profits.

Delightful Virtual Pet Sim/RPG Dog Online Is Bringing Back 2000s Internet Culture

The mysterious browser game, which is like Neopets mixed with an in-depth retro RPG, is one of 2026's hidden gems

Watch: Why does Prince Harry want to 'work it out' with his father and brother?

Noor Nanji breaks down Prince Harry's interview with GQ Magazine, after he said he wants to "reconcile" with his family.

As a $5 Trillion Generational Handoff Begins, Buyers Can Afford to Be Picky. Here’s What They’ll Pay More For.

As $5 trillion in businesses change hands across generations, owners who build a visible, transferable culture can reduce buyer risk, command a premium, and position their companies to thrive beyond the founder.

When parenting advice becomes too much

Many parents feel overwhelmed by the amount of parenting information available

Cornell students voice frustration at public hearing over rape case

The BBC's Nada Tawfik was at the hearing, where the university's Student Assembly led a discussion around safety concerns and sexual violence on campus.

Badge vs Scoreboard

Our world is shaped by contagious and competitive games. Along the way, we invent scoreboards that change the culture, and badges that we award to various players. An example: How did we end up with weddings that cost $200,000? It’s a great example of a runwa…

A book can’t change your life

But you can. Especially if your community is there to help. All help is self-help, multiplied by the expectations, support and compassion of the people around you. Willpower and self-control are a mystery–we’re influenced far more by our situation, by the cul…

Modern vanity

“Vanity” has the same root as “in vain.” Emptiness. Staring at the mirror, focusing on our appearance. It’s an empty pursuit of a not-very-worthwhile goal. But modern vanity is amplified. Culture hooked the toxic emotion of shame to vanity. Now, instead of a …

Thin friction and thicker walls

Civilized culture is based on a thin sort of friction. You don’t yell at the library, act boorish at a restaurant or hassle a minor celebrity at the supermarket. It’s just not done. The result of these human layers and inferences are cues and norms that add u…

Our genie problem

The djinn go back millennia, powerful and elusive creatures of the supernatural. They show up across time and culture. Three hundred years ago, Charles Perrault retold a short story about a headstrong woodcutter and his wife. On being granted three wishes fro…

'Culture of fear': Cornell faculty debate no-confidence resolution

A professor leading the effort says the school treats rape as a "PR problem."

Rape allegations spark outrage and soul-searching over campus culture at Cornell

By Maria Tsvetkova ITHACA, New York, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Cornell University student Sophia Riley Sim skipped classes this week, consumed by allegations in a lawsuit that several members of a fraternity raped a young woman in 2024 and troubled by how her univers…

MTV used to rule pop culture. Now it mostly breaks through once a year.

MTV, the 45-year-old network and music video pioneer, was once the arbiter of cool. They played all the hottest new songs from some of the biggest stars the country has ever seen: Madonna, David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Prince. They ushered in the era of bo…

‘Common Side Effects’ is Trippier Than Ever in Season 2 Teaser

Marshall and Frances have more than the DEA to worry about when 'Common Side Effects' returns in January 2027.

This 4,700-Year-Old Shipwreck Could Be the Oldest Ever Found—and Its Jars Still Have Residue Inside

The researchers call it a “time capsule at the bottom of the sea.”

Billionaire Collector of Legendary Studio Names Uses None of Them

Oh, *now* you want to forge your own path.

Rétromobile Brings Paris’s Classic Car Salon to NYC

A new way to explore automotive art and culture For half a century, Paris’s Rétromobile has been an indoor gathering for car collectors, restorers, and culture enthusiasts. Now, the event is crossing …

Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen but AI is totally worth it

Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way. The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and "other bad things" as costs society should expect to tolerate because "people will d…

More Indigenous Languages Come to iPhone and iPad Keyboards in New Apple Update

Some schools are using these keyboards to help students learn these endangered languages.

‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Lifts the Lid on Its Second Season

Bill Nighy and Rosemary DeWitt will appear as guest stars on the 'Star Trek' series when it returns in March.

I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken

The industry’s approach to safety guarantees more failures.

How the Culture War Put Public Schools at Risk

Allegations about “woke nonsense” imperiled a crucial source of Americans’ common identity.

We are going to kill "unalive"

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Cornell agrees to outside review of how it handled alleged sexual assault: Governor

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the outside review, saying what happened raised "serious questions about Cornell campus culture."

I Urge You to Urge Others to Watch the ‘SNL’ Segment About Dario Amodei

The Anthropic CEO is apparently part of pop culture now.

A TV Show Where Teens Actually Act Like Teens

Culture and entertainment recommendations including Derry Girls, Moonstruck, and more

Vurt wants you to look at vertical videos as a genre of their own

From Disney Plus to HBO Max, almost every major established streaming service is experimenting with ways to get into vertical content. It's clear that these companies see video-focused social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram as existential threats. I…

Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI

In its 26th season premiere, the procedural legal drama paints a damning picture of power-mad AI CEOs.

If You Can Finish This Crossword, You've Officially Been Paying Attention To This Week's Pop Culture Chaos

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My Entire Media Diet Got Turned Into A Pop Culture Crossword And It's Honestly Too Accurate

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This Pop Culture Crossword Was Made For People Who Live In Oversized Sweaters And Cry To Conan Gray

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This Crossword Is Basically A Documentary Of Everything The Internet Cared About This Week

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You're About To Do A Crossword About All The Things I Can't Stop Talking About

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This Pop Culture Quiz Game Is Calling On Characters You Haven’t Thought About Since You Were 10

Your childhood pop culture memory is doing a surprising amount of heavy lifting today.View Entire Post ›

‘Star Trek’ Legend Robert Picardo Hopes the Franchise Will Endure

The actor has played the Doctor in various 'Star Trek' projects since the 'Voyager' era.

Robert Eggers Has His Next Movie and It’s Not Something You’d Ever Guess

The history-obsessed filmmaker is turning to Shakespeare after 'Werwulf.'

British Museum boss 'sorry' for Bayeux Tapestry visitor issues

Changes to how visitors see the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition were made after concerns over long queues and overcrowding.

If You Can Get A Perfect Score On This Pop Culture Game, I’m Impressed

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Americans Are Sharing The Biggest Culture Shocks They Experienced In Other Countries And It's Super Interesting

"I was 16 years old, ordering a beer at McDonald's."View Entire Post ›

A 1917 Dada magazine defended a urinal as art, and now you can read it free

Today, Open Culture posted about the International Dada Archive, which has a great collection of scanned pamphlets and zines from the Dada art movement in the early 20th century. I could only find one magazine in English in the collection, called The Blind Ma…

Your Letterboxd History Might Save You In This Pop Culture Quiz Game

Your years of watching movies with wildly different vibes are about to be surprisingly useful.View Entire Post ›

19 Pop Culture Questions Only ‘80s Kids Will Be Able To Answer

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This Pop Culture Game Is Basically A Test Of How Many Different Fandoms You Know

The categories are hiding in plain sight, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to make themselves easy to spot.View Entire Post ›

I Give It About 30 Seconds Before This Pop Culture Grid Starts Messing With You

Today’s grid is one bad assumption away from sending you straight into a dead end.View Entire Post ›

Bill Nighy wins best host at British Podcast Awards

The actor has become an agony uncle in what award organisers called an "irresistibly endearing series".

Are Wormholes a Scientific Dead End?

Wormholes have long been a staple of popular culture and science, but excitement over these theoretical "time machines" seems to have simmered recently.

“Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg

In Tuva Björk’s documentary, the patrolmen hired to protect the city’s wealth operate in a culture of paranoia, inequality, and fragile but well-armed masculinity.

Doxxing Jane Doe

Who is Jane Doe? Online vigilantes have tried to expose the Cornell University student who filed a lawsuit accusing seven fraternity members of gang rape, and in so doing have invited a torrent of abuse on several other women. Her lawyers say three women have…

“The Swan” Gets a Superficial Reckoning

A new documentary about the reality series, which gave participants extreme makeovers before pitting them against one another in a beauty pageant, fails to grapple with the show’s cruelty, or with the culture that enabled it.

'Neanderthals Among Us' by Peter Sahlins Review

Neanderthals Among Us: The Making of a Prehistoric Human by Peter Sahlins charts the ascent of an idea from prehistory to popular culture.

Smart people don't think others are stupid

Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.

The Relationships You Need to Build in Your First 60 Days as a New CEO

Learn who to talk to, what to listen for, and why most new CEOs get this wrong.

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A visual exploration of golf's courses, culture, style, and traditions.

David Ellison goes minimalist with his new name for his Paramount-Skydance-Warner-Bros-Discovery empire

David Ellison has a new name for the company that will result from the $110 billion mega-merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Ofcom Concedes Defeat in the 4chan Case

Insofar as a political organization like Ofcom is even capable of admitting defeat, it did so in the 4chan enforcement today. In testimony before the Commons Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Comm…

Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president

Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics announced the appointment of Doug Field as president in a major coup for the EV company's secretive robotics startup. Field was a VP of special projects at Apple, where he was the de facto head of the company's ultimately unsucces…

The 25 best places to visit in 2027, according to Lonely Planet

From national parks in Kenya to California's ancient redwood forests, these are the 25 places to add to your 2027 travel bucket list.

Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Wednesday, Oct. 21, #1950

Need a Wordle hint today? Get spoiler-free hints for NYT Wordle No. 1,950 on Wednesday, Oct. 21, then the answer, plus yesterday’s word.

“Influencers are the private equity of culture: draining...

“Influencers are the private equity of culture: draining whatever’s ‘cool’ until higher prices and worse experiences push out the original fan base. Then they move on to the next thing, leaving the or

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Oct. 20 #757

Need a Connections: Sports Edition hint today? Get a hint for each color group in NYT Connections: Sports Edition No. 757 on Tuesday, Oct. 20, then all four answers.

Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? I’ve been hanging...

Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? I’ve been hanging with my friend Matt while he’s here in Tokyo for a trip, which he refers to as his “America is Cooked Tour” as he keeps running across things that

Abolish Frat Culture. “This is going to be uncomfortable...

Abolish Frat Culture. “This is going to be uncomfortable for anyone with a kid in a fraternity to hear: If your son finds himself in a group that would send a ‘free pussy’ text, it’s too late. The gro

15,000 VHS Tapes and Counting: Meet the Guys Preserving the Weirdest Parts of the Analog Era

Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett have spent decades watching old VHS tapes, searching for the outrageous and strange human stories hiding inside.

I moved from Texas to Europe 11 years ago. Here are my 5 biggest pros and cons of living abroad.

Leah Young moved from Texas to Europe, first to Spain and later to France. Here are her pros and cons of moving abroad.

Cornell president calls gang rape allegations 'deeply disturbing'

Cornell president Michael I. Kotlikoff said his university "must do better" in a video statement. "This is a defining moment in Cornell's history," he added.

I wanted to live in the US, then had a game-changing visit to Europe. Here's why I chose Germany.

An Indian man who dreamed of studying in the US changed his mind after he visited Europe. He built his career in Germany, and has time for fitness and travel.

I visit South Korea almost every year. Seoul is great, but I recommend heading to these 4 lesser-known cities instead.

I was born in South Korea and have gone back to visit every year. Skip Seoul to see some of my favorite lesser-known cities, like Suwon and Gyeongju.

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, Oct. 8

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram and Answers for Thursday, Oct. 8, #949

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Did AI Just Erase an Entire Swedish TV Show?

The TV network that airs the show says a backup system failed, but the raw material still exists.

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Oct. 20

Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Mini Crossword for Oct. 20, 2026.

I Almost Brought My Iced Coffee Into An Interview Because I Was So Distracted By These Hilarious Posts About Office Culture

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Pete Hegseth Declares Victory Over Wokeness and Beards In Wild Speech

Pete Hegseth gave an hourlong speech about culture war nonsense and religious fervor, and he still really hates beards.

Against Brute Force: D.H. Lawrence on the Superpower of Vulnerability

"Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy."

Nicolas Cage Didn't Sign Amazon's AI Waiver For 'Spider-Noir'. Series Cancelled.

"Nicolas Cage is speaking out against Amazon," reports Variety. Amazon developed the series Spider-Noir for Prime Video, but then allegedly asked Cage to sign an AI waiver: "Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in OpenAI,…

The Best Indigenous Peoples' Day Trivia Questions to Reframe How You See American History

Test your knowledge and celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with 55 Native American trivia questions spanning history, culture, innovations, and sovereignty.

If You Love ‘Tokyo Ghoul,’ You Should Check Out ‘Choujin X’

Sui Ishida’s new horror‑adjacent battle shonen might be Viz’s best ongoing series that almost no one is talking about. Let's change that.

A Spear Wound Likely Killed This Neanderthal, but It Tells a Very Human Story

“What is particularly remarkable is that we see evidence of two contrasting facets of human nature—care and violence—juxtaposed in the same individual.”

VHS Horror Tale ‘Posthumous’ Adjusts the Tracking on Generational Trauma

Josh Tanner’s supernatural tale taps into old-school technology for its tale of modern grief.

Scotty Cameron Phantom OC Spec III Putters

Scotty Cameron named his Phantom OC Spec III putters after a term borrowed from car culture, where a "Spec III" build refers to a fully optimized tier of aftermarket performance upgrades. Cameron gave two of his established OC putters, the...

'On The Run'

Nick Butter holds the record for running a marathon in every country on Earth, a project that took him 23 months to complete. His book On the Run turns that experience into a wider survey of global running culture, covering...

JD Vance defines socialism with bigotry, not economics or socialism

"I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports." — JD Vance's personal definition of socialism. Sycophant and Vice President of the U…

Krill Announce First Album in 10 Years, Secret Language

New song “Dominate” surveys “a US TV culture of watching gladiator-like scenes of rule by power. It’s about war, it’s about basketball, it’s about childhood.”

From Britney Spears To Kanye West, Here Are 19 Of The Most Unhinged Moments In VMA History

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