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Call it chic or call it cringe: Clothing that bears the name of a city near or far has become a closet staple for many consumers in recent years.Once mostly reserved for impulse purchases from kitschy tourist shops while traveling, now clothing with the name of far-off places is just as likely to be purchased at home. Consider the iconic “I love New York” tee, a favored souvenir for nearly 50 years. Gone are the days when you would need to brave the Times Square crowds to get one. You can buy a similar-looking version from Walmart for less than…
Author Mark Kurlansky explains in his upcoming book, “To Catch a Fish,” what the sport reveals about our deep connection to the unseen side of nature. (Photo: Lee Cohen/Getty Images)Published March 29, 2026 06:50AMThe following is an excerpt from the new book, To Catch a Fish, by Mark Kurlansky.I have been fishing for as long as I can remember… and writing about it almost as long. I have caught bluefish and stripers in New England; trout in Idaho, New York, and Spain; barracuda in Senegal’s winding Saloum River; salmon in Alaska, Scotland, Japan, and Russia; and other fish in other…
On a foggy winter day at Austin’s airport three years ago, a FedEx cargo plane nearly crashed into a Southwest Airlines jet full of passengers after both were cleared to use the same runway. At the last moment, as the FedEx plane was landing, the pilot saw the outline of the other plane’s wing and pulled up, narrowly avoiding the disaster. An air traffic controller couldn’t see that the Southwest plane was sitting on the runway because of the heavy fog. Last fall, a test flight in Kansas City recreated the incident on a Boeing 757 outfitted with new software…
The journey to the titanium spork wound through Hollywood, forks with knives for handles, and a bizarre American craze for turtle soup.It’s a great eating utensil, and also a solid cooking one. (Photo: Adam Roy)Published March 29, 2026 06:00AMThere are very few items that I have taken on every single backpacking trip I have ever been on. I am always pursuing marginal gains in warmth, weight, or something else, swapping my tents for tarps for ponchos and acquiring so many backpacks that they’ve spilled out of my storage space and into the office where I’m writing this. But ever since…
The hardest part of teaching—or leading meetings—is sparking engagement. Getting people to engage enthusiastically with something new can be tough. It’s especially challenging if people are overwhelmed, super busy, or just tired.As we aim to stretch people’s thinking in a new direction, tools are just one part of the overall picture. But they can help. Last week I shared five tools for creating learning paths, interactive lessons, and new kinds of digital notebooks. Today’s follow-up recommendations focus on creative engagement.You don’t have to be a teacher to find these resources for opening up participation useful. If you lead a team, run meetings,…
The historically long security lines currently snaking through U.S. airports are the painful result of extreme circumstances. Callouts, no-shows, and resignations by Transportation Security Administration workers fed up with a lack of pay during a partial government shutdown, combined with a bump in spring break travelers, have created unusually congested airport security checkpoints.For the architects and airport authorities that work together to design these heavily regulated spaces, it’s the kind of convergence you can’t exactly plan for. But, according to some of the designers of these spaces, airports are increasingly incorporating design features that can help them manage extreme security…
A certified strength and conditioning specialist says these moves will help you perform your best. (Photo: Runner: Nitat Termmee/Getty; Design: Ayana Underwood/Canva)Published March 29, 2026 03:01AMAfter more than two decades coaching Olympic, pro, collegiate, and adult athletes, there’s one sentence I hear over and over from runners in their 40s: Why does this suddenly feel so much harder? Most assume they’re losing endurance. That their aerobic engine is fading. That age has finally caught up. You might be feeling the same way, but I can tell you that’s rarely the full story. I work with many athletes who still want…
Your back pain gets worse as you sit through a long meeting. Your wrist pain flares when you’re typing furiously to meet a tight deadline. During a busy shift at the grocery store, you feel a migraine coming on.Bad for your healthWith this in mind, we teamed up with two other management researchers, Kimberly Rocheville of Creighton University and Njoke Thomas of Boston College, to conduct a study that Academy of Management Journal published online in January 2026 and will include in an upcoming print edition.We interviewed 66 people between 2019 and 2021. All of them said that they were…
Immediately, after a keynote speaker I was coaching for a large conference finished her rehearsal I pulled her aside. “How much of your script was written by AI?” I asked. She looked up at me out of the corner of her eye and hesitantly said, “Most of it.” I delicately shared with her that I could hear it. She started several sentences with phrases like: “Here’s the thing,” “The truth is,” and the word “Unlock!” She sounded like a bot and not like a human, and, if I could hear it, I was certain the audience would too. Around the same…
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