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Seven Great Reads From Our Editors     This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Today, we’ll introduce you to The Atlantic’s time machine. Plus, our editors selected seven great reads for you to dive into this weekend. Continued here

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10 Common Job Interview Questions and How to Answer Them     Interviews can be high stress, anxiety-driving situations, especially if it’s your first interview. A little practice and preparation always pays off. While we can’t know exactly what an employer will ask, here are 10 common interview questions along with advice on how to answer them. The questions include: Continued here

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Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?     The burdens of subordinates always seem to end up on the manager’s back. Here’s how to get rid of them. Continued here

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5 Affirming Phrases That Should Always Come Out of a Leader's Mouth     Here's what bosses should say to inspire others. Continued here

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Why These 6 Expert Marketing Tips Can Help You Stay Relevant in 2024     Small businesses are revamping marketing plans for 2024 with digital dominating, but traditional marketing continues to thrive. Continued here

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Neuroscience Just Explained Why Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Is So Memorable. It Can Work for You Too     The right music can help you make sure important information gets remembered. Continued here

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We Need To Talk About Toxic Incompetence In Leadership     Keep an eye out for this kind of behavior, because it could kill your company Continued here

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Walmart's New Store Changes is a Masterclass for     Store design and designing for the customer experience go a long way. Continued here

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3 Simple Ways to Teach Your Teammates to Have a Security-First Mindset Today     Avoid being the victim of a cybersecurity threat by teaching your staff to always be on the lookout. Continued here

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How to Keep Your Company Culture Strong Over Time     The strategies employed are not just theoretical -- they translate into tangible benefits for your long-term success. Continued here

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5 Ways to Practice Distanced Empathy--a Cornerstone of Effective Leadership     Leading effectively with both heart and mind. Continued here

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How to Ask Your Team a Question     The key to asking a question effectively is knowing when to stop asking and start listening. Continued here

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5 Pillars for Democratizing Data at Your Organization     Many companies have made becoming data-driven a goal, and yet many traditional organizations are still struggling to democratize data beyond the data experts. The authors state that companies must adopt a new management paradigm to truly democratize data, and offer 5 pillars to create a “data democracy”: 1) Broaden data access by rolling-out data catalogs and marketplaces, 2) stimulate the generation of data-driven insights through self-service, 3) level up data literacy with specific curricula for personas or role families, 4) advance data practices by creating communities, and 5) promote data through various corporate communication channels. Continued here

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Can GenAI Do Strategy?     This article presents a classroom experiment that compared a strategy developed by a team of MBA students in the traditional way with one developed using a virtual AI assistant, which was an interactive tool that linked a tried-and-tested strategy toolkit as a plug-in to the generative AI underlying Chat GPT. The results of the two independent processes were largely similar, with the AI-assisted strategy being, if anything, more original. The difference? The students took a week and the AI just 60 minutes. Continued here

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Taupo: The super volcano under New Zealand's largest lake     Located in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, the town of Taupo sits sublimely in the shadow of the snow-capped peaks of Tongariro National Park. Fittingly, this 40,000-person lakeside town has recently become one of New Zealand's most popular tourist destinations, as hikers, trout fishers, water sports enthusiasts and adrenaline junkies have started descending upon it.The namesake of this tidy town is the Singapore-sized lake that kisses its western border. Stretching 623sq km wide and 160m deep with several magma chambers submerged at its base, Lake Taupo isn't only New Zealand's largest lake; it's also an incredibly active geothermal hotspot. Every summer, tourists flock to bathe in its bubbling hot springs and sail through its emerald-green waters. Yet, the lake is the crater of a giant super volcano, and within its depths lies the unsettling history of this picturesque marvel. Continued here

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Message sticks: Australia's ancient unwritten language     The continent of Australia is home to more than 250 spoken Indigenous languages and 800 dialects. Yet, one of its linguistic cornerstones wasn't spoken, but carved.Known as message sticks, these flat, rounded and oblong pieces of wood were etched with ornate images on both sides that conveyed important messages and held the stories of the continent's Aboriginal people – considered the world's oldest continuous living culture. Message sticks are believed to be thousands of years old and were typically carried by messengers over long distances to reinforce oral histories or deliver news between Aboriginal nations or language groups. Continued here

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Did Australia's boomerangs pave the way for flight?     The aircraft is one of the most significant developments of modern society, enabling people, goods and ideas to fly around the world far more efficiently than ever before. The first successful piloted flight took off in 1903 in North Carolina, but a 10,000-year-old hunting tool likely developed by Aboriginal Australians may have held the key to its lift-off. As early aviators discovered, the secret to flight is balancing the flow of air. Therefore, an aircraft's wings, tail or propeller blades are often shaped in a specially designed, curved manner called an aerofoil that lifts the plane up and allows it to drag or turn to the side as it moves through the air.   Continued here

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Fearless wild turkeys are roaming US cities -     A few years ago, I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where large wild birds roamed the streets. Around the same height as my daughter, they feared no man, nonchalantly wandering through heavy traffic, into people's gardens, and across the campus of Harvard University.It's the same story elsewhere. A friend of mine – the journalist Bethany Brookshire – lives in Washington DC, and wrote last year about how the birds had been terrorising citizens there: some people had even been hospitalised. Another friend, who lives in Des Moines, told me the creatures had blocked traffic in front of a local school recently. Continued here

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Tyrian purple: The lost ancient pigment that was more valuable than gold     At first, they just looked like stains. It was 2002 at the site of Qatna – a ruined palace at the edge of the Syrian desert, on the shores of a long-vanished lake. Over three millennia after it was abandoned, a team of archaeologists had been granted permission to investigate – and they were on the hunt for the royal tomb.After navigating through large hallways and narrow corridors, down crumbling steps, they came across a deep shaft. On one side were two identical statues guarding a sealed door: they had found it. Inside was a hoard of ancient wonders – 2,000 objects, including jewellery and a large golden hand. But there were also some intriguing dark patches on the ground. They sent a sample for testing – eventually separating out a vivid purple layer from the dust and muck. Continued here

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How to Buy Your First Telescope     This beginner’s guide to telescope basics will help make holiday shopping a little more heavenlyToday is Black Friday, a modern event that evolved from the furious rush to buy holiday gifts for loved ones on the day after Thanksgiving. Stores have sales, people get up early to avoid the rush (and ironically create one) and, most sadly of all, people who are unprepared to buy astronomical equipment purchase something that usually winds up unused and collecting dust. To avoid that situation, let’s talk astronomical equipment. Continued here

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The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same?     The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.This podcast is Part 5 of a five-part series. Listen to Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here. The podcast series is a part of “The New Nuclear Age,” a special report on a $1.5-trillion effort to remake the American nuclear arsenal. Continued here

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Air-Conditioning Discovery Eliminates Harmful Gases     Heat pumps are ubiquitous in the form of air conditioners. Scientists just invented one that avoids harmful refrigerant gasesAir conditioners around the world compress and vaporize environmentally damaging gases to cool and heat air. But a new heat pump technology could change all that. Continued here