canada Canadian teenager carves name into Japanese treasure: faces severe penalties Mark Frauenfelder

Culture Creative industry workers suffer the most stolen wages, according to UNESCO Thom Dunn

ireland The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes Séamus Bellamy

italy Italian authorities seeking woman who "mimicked sex" with Bacchus statue in photos Allan Rose Hill

Idiot tourist carved his name into an ancient Pompeii house Allan Rose Hill

Extraterrestrials Ancient statue of extraterrestrial was unfortunately neither David Pescovitz

france France now has baguette-scented baguette postage stamps Rusty Blazenhoff

music Chechnya bans fast and slow music, including Russian nat'l anthem Natalie Dressed

olympics French waiters have their own Olympics! Natalie Dressed

History University offering master's degree in magick and the occult David Pescovitz

treasure hunting Person with metal detector finds stash of 1,500-year-old gold jewelry David Pescovitz

flags Here is the 2023 "Best Countries" list from US News and World Report David Pescovitz

History Demoscene wins UNESCO cultural heritage recognition in Netherlands Rob Beschizza

dalai lama Podcast explores the "Dalai Lama Spectacle" Jennifer Sandlin

mississippi Come for the pickles, stay for the agricultural history lesson Jennifer Sandlin

religion Survey reveals the numbers of Christian Nationalists Elías Villoro

music Watch Native American rock band Redbone perform "Come out and get your love" (1974) Elías Villoro

Internet Sunken Roman city ruins finally get an internet connection Thom Dunn

books The Red Deal calls for climate solutions beyond the scope of state action Elías Villoro

Ancient Apocalypse debunked Society for American Archaeology asks Netflix to reclassify Ancient Apocalypse as "science fiction" Jennifer Sandlin