Why do Greek statues have such small penises? — Quartz
Don’t pretend your eyes don’t hover, at least for a moment, over the delicately sculpted penises on classical nude statues. While it may not sound like the most erudite subject, art historians haven’t completely ignored ancient Greek genitalia either. After all, sculptors put as much work into penises as the rest of their artwork, and it turns out there’s a well-developed ideology behind those rat
Xiaomi is looking less and less like Apple, and more and more like Muji — Quartz
When Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi begins trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange Monday (July 9), investors will be betting on whether founder Lei Jun can deliver on his unusual three-pronged business model. Some have compared it to Apple, noting its mix of revenue streams from hardware and software, and foray into streaming content via its apps. But in recent years, as it opens more of its M
The hypnotic, unsettling “Annihilation” explores the human impulse to destroy things — Quartzy
Shortly before venturing into a mysterious uninhabited biome known only as “The Shimmer,” a psychologist and a biologist take a few minutes to discuss the difference between suicide and self-destruction. Most people aren’t consciously suicidal, the psychologist explains. They are, however, self-destructive in some way or another (like choosing to venture into a mysterious uninhabited swampland kno
The English language: All the difficult pronunciations of English in "The Chaos" poem by Gerard Nolst Trenité — Quartz
Read these aloud: Tomb, bomb, comb. Now: Wallet, mallet, chalet. One of the most annoying parts of learning English is memorizing its endless inconsistencies in spelling and pronunciation. As a result of the language’s mélange of German, French, and Latin ancestry, words spelled almost exactly the same way are sometimes expected to be pronounced differently, while words spelled completely differen
Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea — Quartz
With a few minor exceptions, there are really only two ways to say “tea” in the world. One is like the English term—té in Spanish and tee in Afrikaans are two examples. The other is some variation of cha, like chay in Hindi. Both versions come from China. How they spread around the world offers a clear picture of how globalization worked before “globalization” was a term anybody used. The words th
Trickle down economics is wrong, says IMF — Quartz
This post has been corrected. Adding another nail to the coffin of Reaganomics, a recent study published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that, contrary to the principles of “trickle-down” economics, an increase in the income share of the wealthiest people actually leads to a decrease in GDP growth. “The benefits do not trickle down,” the authors of the study write, directly
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