How to make friends by lying to them
Sometimes the best way to make friends is to lie. Around the world, people are gathering together to try to figure out if the person...
Category : Culture
The “super influencers” powering the post-Trump right
Though the preoccupations of the right’s new social thinkers may have arisen alongside Donald Trump, they themselves are not necessarily Trumpy. | Giorgio Viera/AFP via...
What makes a song flop?
Drake performs on stage at Wireless Festival 2025 in London. | Simone Joyner/Getty Images for ABA Quite a few music artists are in their flop...
A sad country song about Texas could become the biggest hit ever
Ella Langley performs at a country music festival in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 4, 2026. | Jason Kempin/Getty Images If you haven’t yet heard about...
Dolly Parton was even more generous than you knew
Dolly Parton proved that helping others is not only easy to do, but can be a lot of fun. | Katherine Bomboy/NBC Dolly Parton was...
Is the food at the farmers market safer?
What we eat and where it comes from is a critical part of human health. According to a 2025 survey, 59 percent of Americans think...
Phone-free social events are a thing now (and they are amazing)
Richie Bell stood at the door of an East Village bar, nervous for a singular reason: he had to hand over his phone to a...
Can you read this study and still love football?
Michael Coats Jr. of the Cleveland Browns tackles Ray Davis of the Buffalo Bills during a preseason game on August 22, 2026. | Nick Cammett/Getty...
Pumpkin spice lattes — and the backlash, and the backlash to the backlash — explained
An anthropomorphized Pumpkin Spice Latte with a spooky black cat. | @TheRealPSL/Twitter Editor’s note, August 25, 10:15 am ET: This article was originally published in...
Sophie Cunningham and the WNBA culture wars
Indiana Fever players Caitlin Clark, left, and Sophie Cunningham, right, during a WNBA game against the Atlanta Dream on August 16, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia....