How volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...
Science News

A volcanic eruption might have helped bring the Black Plague to Europe

A volcanic eruption may have triggered a deadly chain of events that brought the Black Plague to Europe in the 14th century.
Hindustan Times

Let’s rate this U, for Uncomplicated: Deepanjana Pal on the Telugu film The Girlfriend

The fuss over the new Rashmika Mandanna movie is baffling. She’s only playing a woman who wants some rather ordinary things. When Rahul Ravindran’s new Telugu film, The Girlfriend, was released in ...
CNN

Amid anti-immigration sentiment and policies, the US Latino population grows and cultural traditions remain

In a country where some 68 million Latin Americans — nearly 20% of the population — are redefining their place in public life, Latino identity in the United States is at a turning point. Growth no ...
Sports Illustrated

Cal-Stanford Game Survives Amid College Football’s Disappearing Traditions

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State faced each other every year for 114 consecutive seasons from 1910 to 2023 in a series simply called Bedlam. They didn’t face each other in 2024, and won’t play each other ...
Times of Malta

Culture is Europe’s first line of defence

Whenever people participate in culture, they treasure freedom and accept differences. And wherever a diverse cultural landscape flourishes, populism and extremism are deprived of their breeding ground ...
Hindustan Times

‘Life changing’: Priyanka Chopra talks about her new era in Indian cinema; learning Telugu for film with Mahesh Babu

Priyanka Chopra held a Q&A session with fans on X before her first look from the SS Rajamouli film was released. Here's what she said. Actor Priyanka Chopra’s first look as Mandakini from SS Rajamouli ...
World Politics Review

Recipes of Ruin: Food Traditions and the Struggle for Cultural Identity

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This Neo-Western Psychological Thriller Series Made 1 Major Change Between Seasons To Make It Better

From the moment that Dark Winds launched on AMC, fans were floored by the Tony Hillerman adaptation. Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon brought Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee to life in a way that ...
The Economist

Has culture in the 21st century become samey and dull?

Music without instruments and lyrics without meaning. Endless reboots, sequels and superheroes in the cinema. After a burst of magnificent TV dramas in the noughties, every glitzy new show is hailed ...
Medscape

Europe’s Changing Chemsex Scene Spells Trouble for STIs

PARIS — The landscape of “chemsex” in Europe is changing and could be putting users at a higher risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to new findings presented last week at the ...
Yahoo

Prince William Hints at Changing Royal Traditions When He Becomes King

Now that his father, King Charles, is on the throne, Prince William has never been closer to becoming king himself, and it sounds like he's already putting a lot of thought into the way he wants to do ...