Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings and even ancestral remains. Many were not freely given but taken during colonial times, through force, manipulation, theft or violence. For decades, they have sat in storerooms and display cases, classified into categories like anthropology, natural history or ethnology, separated...
On Tuesday, Mexico’s futbol landscape entered a transformative chapter with the announcement that Ollamani, S.A.B. entered into a strategic partnership with General Atlantic, a leading global investment firm. The alliance creates a newly formed entity, Grupo Águilas, that unites ownership of Club América, Estadio Banorte, and the adjacent real estate to accelerate growth, innovation and...
A dynamic new “consumer class” emerging from Africa is attracting international attention. With the prospect of rising incomes and a young population, international consulting firms see the continent as the next frontier for consumer goods. Global entrepreneurs even warn of the increasing savviness of African buyers. But the influence of African consumers on global markets...
Obituaries preserve what families most want remembered about the people they cherish most. Across time, they also reveal the values each era chose to honor. In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we analyzed 38 million obituaries of Americans published from 1998 to 2024. We identified the values...
The holidays are the perfect time to gather friends and family, and nothing sets the mood like a thoughtfully crafted cocktail. This season, elevate your celebrations with San Martín Tequila, an exceptional spirit that blends craftsmanship with a refined, artful aesthetic. You don’t need an elaborate bar setup to impress. These simple, popular cocktail recipes...
The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round – showing the Mediterranean to the East – but its inclusion set a precedent which continues to shape our understanding of state borders today, a new Cambridge study...
Few workers face more scrutiny than professional athletes. Every movement is measured, every outcome quantified, and every performance evaluated against objective standards. So when UC Berkeley Haas researcher Tim Sels wondered how America’s deepening political polarization was affecting workers’ performance, he turned to one of the most comprehensive data sets on individual human performance: the...
The artist Leandro Erlich has installed the first phase of Reefline, a submerged installation that aims to regenerate coral and marine biodiversity along South Beach A large installation by the Argentine artist Leandro Erlich, consisting of 22 submerged marine-grade concrete cars on the ocean floor that seem to drift towards nowhere as the current flows through...
Ahead of their presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach, we catch up with creative director, Kiya Tadele Yatreda (ያጥሬዳ) is an Ethiopian art collective led by creative director, Kiya Tadele, known for merging traditional craftsmanship with digital practice. Building handmade sets and costumes, Yatreda reinterprets historical figures, cultural knowledge, and myth through a distinctly Ethiopian...
A review of Patrick McGee, “Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company” (Scribner, 2025). From its early days, one of Apple Computer’s greatest strengths had nothing to do with its technology or design but, rather, with its ability to leverage cultural tropes in influential advertising campaigns. On New Year’s Eve 1983, the...
