Costco’s organic chicken isn’t what it seems
Packages of chicken breasts at a Costco Wholesale store in San Diego. | Kevin Carter/Getty Images Organic chicken costs on average more than twice as...
Category : Culture
Meta glasses are killing the vibe
Meta glasses are much maligned. Is it fair? | David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images The comical charm of Meta’s new AI-enhanced, smart glasses is...
The surprisingly undisciplined trick to escaping social media
If you’re looking to wean yourself off social media and replace it with a more productive habit — and who among us isn’t — a...
Hollywood’s outsize influence on baby names
The name “Tristan” grew in popularity after Brad Pitt played a character with that name in the 1994 movie Legends of the Fall. | Katelyn...
Welcome to America’s post-World Cup hangover
We were all so happy when the World Cup was fun. And now… | Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images Just a few weeks ago, Americans were...
Spoiler! How prediction markets broke reality TV.
Aubry Bracco eventually won Survivor, but did Kalshi and predictive markets spoil her win months in advance? | CBS via Getty Images We live in...
How F1 pushes the human body to its limits
F1 races are exhilarating. While racing alongside 21 other cars, an F1 driver can reach speeds of up to 231 mph, making it one of...
Why does Odysseus have a Boston accent?
Matt Damon as Odysseus and Zendaya as Athena in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. | Universal Pictures After the first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s new film...
The most surprising winner of the World Cup was American public transit
World Cup fans en route to a Scotland vs. Haiti match in Boston. | Erin Clark/The Boston Globe Much like its indifference toward soccer, America’s...
How singing with other people can help you move through grief and despair
I used to think I could change the world. More than that: because I could, I felt the responsibility to do it. I was 22...