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In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event. Early ...

2025 was a year that posed a lot of questions for movie lovers: Did the success of Sinners prove that there was still a mass audience hungry for original (read: non-IP) stories on a blockbuster level?

The cost to pump a gallon of gas in the US is the cheapest in more than four years but remains well above President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring the price below $2. Gasoline prices across the US ...

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Imagine that the NBA is starting from scratch, only using players from the 2020 through 2024 draft classes. How would the draft play out? We have the answer to that very question. B/R NBA experts Dan ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...