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Hermèsâ hand-illustrated website is the ultimate luxury
If you visit the Hermès website in search of a scarf or a handbag, youâll be greeted by a collection of whimsical sea creatures swimming across...
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Workers might hate performance reviews less if they looked like this
The dreaded performance review draws the ire of employees and managers alike. Workers fret that reviews fail to capture the full scope of their...
The real reason famous men in old portraits always raised their right hands, but never their left
Posing in portraiture is an art in itself. In classical paintings of powerful figures such as royalty and generals, artists carefully considered...
Inside Americaâs First Destination Ski Town
In the heart of Idaho, about 150 miles east of Boise, the steep slopes of Bald Mountain tower over a sun-kissed valley. For roughly a century,...
Why culture is strategy
Weâve grown strangely comfortable separating things that were never meant to be separated: leadership from management, vision from execution, and...
Left-handed people share their little struggles that right-handed people probably don't know about
According to the largest (so far) meta-analysis ever done on handedness published in 2020, approximately 10.6% of the population is left-handed....
Woman calls out Champion for ill-placed pleat on new sweatpants and people are cackling
Pleats just make things cuter...most of the time. Pleated skirts and dresses give the clothing more movement and can make the entire outfit feel a...
American teacher in Spain describes how different her school is from the U.S. system
What it means to educate a human being has been debated since ancient times, and despite entire systems of schooling being devised and revised...
The book that could change how kids learn about digital privacy
Lorrie Faith Cranorâs latest effort to educate people about privacy is a short, colorfully illustrated book written for an audience who probably...
5 wildlife documentaries to watch for free this holiday season
The holiday season can be a whirlwind of festivities, family gatherings, and endless to-do lists. A little downtime can feel like a rare luxury....
10-year-old girl goes viral with soothing virtuoso song on her 'UFO' handpan drum
A 10-year-old musician named Sprites has gone viral for her incredible performance on the handpan, a percussion instrument that produces evocative...
Gaurav Geraâs Inspiring Journey: From Viral âShopkeeperâ to Dhurandhar Actor
From quick, scroll-stopping videos that made millions laugh to a serious, almost unrecognisable performance in Dhurandhar, Gaurav Geraâs journey...
Discover Arizonaâs Majesty
Arizona is wild in its environmental diversity, boasting five of the six distinct types of ecological biomes. Tundra, forest, woodland, scrub,...
Couple in Japan invents a nearly perfect cat litter box that solves many common problems
No matter how much cat owners love their furry felines, they all have one complaint in common: the cat box. No one loves managing a litter box....
When Friends Become Lovers: H.G. Wells on Navigating Blurring Boundaries
Relationships are the great creative work of our lives. They are, like every creative endeavor, a process demanding both systematic intentionality...
Photo of the Week: Indian Wildlife Photographer Beats 109 Countries To Take World No 1
Time behaves differently in the wild. At Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, moments stretch and compress in ways that resist haste. Birds wait. Water...
The best design books of 2025
Itâs easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland, everything from brands to buildings...
Teacher challenges his young student to repeat sexist 'chopped' comment for the best reason
When teacher Jonathan Adriel overheard one of his male students repeatedly calling a female classmate âchoppedâ (a new term for âuglyâ), he...
Drew Barrymore's viral hot flash offers a rare glimpse into what so many women go through silently
Back in 2023, Drew Barrymore experienced her first perimenopausal hot flash in front of a live television audience. And even though the viral...
Kids asked their parents to 'dance like it's the 80s' and they absolutely delivered
Once you reach a certain age, you resign yourself to the fact that young people will no longer think you're cool. And that's OK. But sometimes...
A man edited himself into a classic 'Shrek' scene and made it the ultimate wedding proposal
If you were to pick a film as the natural backdrop for a real-life marriage proposal, it probably wouldnât be 2001âs Shrek, an animated...
Adults share their parents' most laugh-out-loud 'gramnesia' moments, and it's so relatable
"Gramnesia" is a term coined by Gen Xers and Millennials to poke fun at the way their parents seem to suddenly forget how truly difficult it is to...
Tape Artist Turns Grand Gallery Rotunda Into Vibrant Psychedelic Wonderland
Tape Artist Turns Grand Gallery Rotunda Into Vibrant Psychedelic Wonderland Art doesnât have to be contained inside gallery framesâit can spread...
North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame in Mooresville, North Carolina
The relationship between racing and North Carolina took a momentous turn in 1949, when NASCAR started up at Charlotte Motor Speedway, turning the...
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