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Only 22% of US adults have a close friend 15 or more years their senior or junior, AARP survey finds
The share of American adults who count someone at least 15 years their senior or junior as a close friend has fallen…
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Culture, behavior, and the everyday trends that shape how we live.
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More than a quarter of all US loyalty points go unspent each year, and a 10,000-person global consumer report puts the wasted savings at $10 billion annually
Walk into any grocery store, coffee shop, or big-box retailer and the offer is almost automatic: scan your card, earn your points.…
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Americans still dine out but order less as restaurants hold the top spot in discretionary spending
Americans continue to dine out, but they are watching every dollar they spend when they do. The National Restaurant Association's Q2 2026…
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A resort fee of around $42 a night shows up on millions of US bookings after the advertised rate, but a new federal rule that forced full price transparency still left hotels free to raise the charge
Picture a hotel room that looked like a bargain when you booked it. The nightly rate was right there on the screen,…
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Pinterest’s 2026 hobbies report finds Americans trading screen time for hands-on crafts
Americans are putting down their phones and picking up embroidery needles, fermentation jars, and watercolor brushes in numbers that Pinterest's new trend…
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Searches for crochet classes and sewing stores surged as younger Americans trade screens for analog crafts
American consumers are picking up hooks, needles and fabric shears at a pace that data companies say is without recent precedent. Searches…
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Most Gen Z workers in a 44-country survey of 22,595 people skip the fast-track race, and the data reveals a generation sequencing ambition rather than abandoning it
Picture a young professional turning down a promotion while the room falls silent. It happens more often than older colleagues expect. The…
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Among adults under thirty, 63% are deliberately slowing their digital lives, and behavioral science finds that choosing stillness over stimulation restores what constant connectivity crowds out
Picture a Saturday morning with no alarm, no notifications, and nothing queued up to watch. For most of us that scene feels…
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More than half of US singles say they are happier alone than in past relationships, Kinsey Institute study finds
More than half of American singles say they are happier on their own than they were in past relationships, according to the…
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Tap-to-pay and the decades-long dismantling of 4 friction layers the brain once used to slow overspending, and the consistent finding that shoppers who switch back to cash for one week spend less
A hand rises, a phone hovers, and the terminal beeps once in under a second. No bill counted out. No PIN typed.…
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Most Americans back foreign language learning in schools, but only 40% of public schools offer Spanish classes
A large majority of Americans believe children in the United States should learn a language other than English, yet the schools those…
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Sitting in traffic cost the average US driver 49 hours last year, and a global mobility scorecard puts the national bill at $85.8 billion in lost time
The light turns green and nothing moves. A minute passes, then two. The car ahead inches forward half a length and stops…