In the summer of 2015, the developers of an open-source programming language called WebAssembly decided the project needed a logo. So one of the developers,…
10,000 words ranked according to their Trumpiness
There is a lot separating voters for and against Trump: broadly speaking, they differ based on race, gender, and education, to name a few. A…
The disengaged plurality: 42% of eligible US voters stayed home
We tend to talk about the United States presidential election in terms of halves. One half of the country voted for Donald Trump, the story…
If you like sunlight, daylight saving is probably making your life better
In most of the United states, there are about 4,600 hours of available sunlight each year. For the eight months that clocks are ahead, the…
Quiz: Science finds most men misread whether a woman is sexually interested. Do you?
Is she interested? That’s the question scientists just asked a bunch of men. Researchers at the University of Iowa had men look at photos of…
Quartz’s debate drinking game—updated in real time so you know exactly when to drink
Here’s the full list of carefully curated words, phrases, and actions, you can look forward to for the third presidential debate between Donald Trump and…
Programmers really hate open floor plans
Offices with open floor plans have become ubiquitous in the tech industry. The idea is that eliminating physical barriers between workspaces also eliminates intellectual or…
This is what happens when we build walls and fences to keep people out
It’s been over a year since Donald Trump announced his US presidential run in a speech that promised to build an “impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful,…
Quartz’s debate drinking game—updated in real time so you know exactly when to drink
Here’s the full list of carefully curated words, phrases, and actions you can look forward to for the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and…
Trump’s tape makes “October surprises” of recent elections seem quaint
During every presidential election year in the United States, seemingly without fail, a damaging piece of news about a candidate arrives in October. Leaves will…
Polls show that Trump’s vulgar video has done very little to sway voters
Following the release of a 2005 video that revealed Donald Trump making vulgar, predatory comments about women, many Republican lawmakers began withdrawing their support for…