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How Ikea Tricks You Into Buying More Stuff
The home furnishings giant enlists a maze-like layout, cheap food, and crafty psychology to get you to fill up your cart.
The home furnishings giant enlists a maze-like layout, cheap food, and crafty psychology to get you to fill up your cart.
Precious stones hold the stories of continents, oceans, and cultures.
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Assuming that you should be worried about them in the first place.
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From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
The young Tahiti surfer will become the WSL’s youngest competitor when she takes on the fearsome break she can see from her family home.
As judges scout new restaurants in the U.S., an anthropologist investigates the elite, Eurocentric history of the Michelin Red Guide.
Celebrating his 45th birthday this year, the yellow eating machine revolutionised video games – and has even been used in science. What has made him and his adventures so addictive?
In August 1964, three civil rights activists were found dead in the Deep South. The public’s response provided the impetus for new civil rights legislation in America.
From Saudi Arabia to Qatar, rulers have used modern air conditioning to control landscapes and lives, forgoing traditional methods of keeping cool.
Nearly half of kids in the U.S. live in households below the middle class as inflation and the end of Covid relief hit working parents; a $2.90 raise that cuts government benefits.
When disagreeing with you becomes someone’s entire personality.
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Younger travelers are skipping Beijing in favor of Chongqing due to its unusual, Instagram-friendly terrain.
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The Gaming Copilot will help you during games.
Child car seats save lives. But for years, Americans didn’t embrace them.
From skydiving trips in Dubai to Michelin-starred meals in Paris, some companies are rewarding top performers with once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences.
In its inaugural season, Golden State is competing for a playoff berth and has the highest franchise valuation in the league. What does the WNBA’s newest franchise mean for the future of the sport? And what will it take to bring a title to the Bay?
This year, I made a conscious decision to stop doing anything I didn’t want to. But what was I giving up in the long-term?
We’ve long understood the broad strokes of lightning, but the what kickstarts the process—and allows for some of its weirdest quirks—was a mystery until now.
U.S. home prices are dropping the most in the South and West, according to a new report from Realtor.com.
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Labor force participation among women has started falling again in 2025.
Have you ever stayed in a relationship, because you felt like it would be too hard to find another partner? This episode is for you.
You don’t need a gym membership to get sweaty.
I feel bad for the servers…and even worse about our relationship.
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If you want to stay on an anxious person’s good side, don’t tell them to calm down.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel warning following an outbreak of a mosquito-borne illness called chikungunya in China.
Though noise sensitivity is often dismissed by doctors, it can have long-term effects on our mental and physical health.
A federal agency ratcheted up its estimate of debt tied to Trump’s spending law.
USA TODAY spoke with over 20 people who say they became severely addicted to kratom − a plant ingredient found in products sold at gas stations, liquor stores and smoke shops across the country by various companies.
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