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2015 September
9/30/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Twitter’s CEO confirmed, Russian airstrikes in Syria, baby-making vacations
9/30/2015 - Twitter’s CEO confirmed, Russian airstrikes in Syria, baby-making vacations
9/30/2015 - Bollywood actresses are challenging sexist stereotypes by cheering on one of their own
9/30/2015 - The UK and Saudi Arabia struck a dodgy deal to get on the UN human rights council
9/30/2015 - First person essays aren’t always as authentic as they seem
9/30/2015 - India has now achieved the rare feat of owning a space observatory and a Mars orbiter
9/30/2015 - Jack Dorsey is about to be named the permanent CEO of Twitter
9/30/2015 - The blood diamond trade is tearing the Central African Republic apart
9/30/2015 - Secret Swiss accounts have their harshest impact on the world’s poorest economies
9/30/2015 - Chinese researchers are selling genetically altered micropigs as pets
9/30/2015 - A series of bombs in the Chinese city Liuzhou killed seven people today
9/30/2015 - This suspended glass bridge in China is stunning—if you dare to walk on it
9/30/2015 - Meet the incredible young women standing up with Malala for human rights
9/30/2015 - Few retailers have as much riding on back-to-school shopping as ailing Aeropostale
9/30/2015 - The UN has over 170 agenda items and the current refugee crisis is not one of them
9/30/2015 - Ralph Lauren’s decision to step down as CEO just made him $6 million richer on paper
9/30/2015 - Danish moms are being asked to send their adult kids on baby-making vacations
9/30/2015 - Nigeria’s former tech minister is now a venture capitalist
9/30/2015 - Companies that aren’t prepared for remote working could be in trouble
9/30/2015 - Germany is helping refugees integrate by distributing Arabic versions of its constitution
9/30/2015 - Elizabeth Warren reveals the financial industry’s efforts to secretly influence lawmakers
9/30/2015 - Apple is finally bringing its music to China with the domestic launch of Apple Music
9/30/2015 - Why is late-night television still a boys’ club?
9/30/2015 - How men react when their masculinity is questioned
9/30/2015 - Anti-gay marriage clerk Kim Davis secretly met the Pope in DC
9/30/2015 - Mexicans are the top immigrant group in the US, not just now, but in history
9/30/2015 - Good news: Robots will no longer crush us like fragile eggshells when they hold us
9/30/2015 - Wearables are gaining widespread acceptance. Now for the real challenge
9/30/2015 - Want a more sustainable world? Let women lead the way
9/30/2015 - Here are Wall Street’s five worst trades this quarter
9/30/2015 - Uber with a five-minute wait? Jailed execs? Europe’s war with the taxi app is getting nasty
9/30/2015 - This school has banned all technology in the classroom—and at home
9/30/2015 - Despite the cost and complexity, womb transplants are happening
9/30/2015 - A tumor stole every memory I had. This is what happened when it all came back
9/30/2015 - L.L. Bean’s duck boots are ugly—so why do they keep selling out?
9/30/2015 - Charts: The euro zone’s neverending youth unemployment nightmare
9/30/2015 - Japan promised to pay firms for promoting women to senior jobs. Not one took up the offer
9/30/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Uber’s European woes, Italians find more jobs, untouchable Mars water
9/30/2015 - Uber’s European woes, Italians find more jobs, untouchable Mars water
9/30/2015 - Narendra Modi’s India has become more competitive—but still lags most Asian economies
9/30/2015 - Scientists hope stem cells will help the blind see again
9/30/2015 - Who won the battle of monsoon forecasts: The Indian Meteorological Department or Skymet?
9/30/2015 - In South Africa, corruption is a “public-private partnership” that protesters want broken up
9/30/2015 - The Kenyan government is starting to use its people for cheap funding
9/30/2015 - The business of dating apps is disrupting Indian culture
9/30/2015 - Elon Musk releases the Tesla Model X—an electric SUV built for women
9/30/2015 - Photos: After years of civil war, Côte d’Ivoire is booming
9/30/2015 - It costs as much to attend a Premier League game in England as to travel to a match in Germany
9/30/2015 - Video: Hop aboard China’s first self-driving bus
9/30/2015 - Now China’s officials are getting into trouble for not spending enough money
9/30/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Uber on trial, Google’s new gadgets, Christmas drones
9/30/2015 - Uber on trial, Google’s new gadgets, Christmas drones
9/29/2015 - Indonesia provides “nice air” most of the time, and all you do is complain about the pollution
9/29/2015 - Uber on trial, Ralph Lauren resigns, Ikea robot assembly
9/29/2015 - Ralph Lauren is stepping down as CEO of his empire
9/29/2015 - Canada is trying to cut the price of a $525,000-a-year drug, and is getting sued for it
9/29/2015 - Watch: All the things we do in our athleisure in one hilarious video
9/29/2015 - HBO and Snapchat are reportedly helping the US government counter ISIL propaganda
9/29/2015 - New phones, Chromecasts, and everything else Google announced today
9/29/2015 - The striking difference between companies with women on their boards and those without
9/29/2015 - Axel Springer is paying a massive premium to buy Business Insider
9/29/2015 - Japan just joined the global market meltdown
9/29/2015 - Edward Snowden is finally on Twitter—and he only follows one other account
9/29/2015 - Technology is not ruining our kids. Parents (and their technology) are ruining them
9/29/2015 - Lululemon’s new leggings feature a “hugging” setting
9/29/2015 - Where immigrants are welcomed, and reviled, across Europe
9/29/2015 - Asians are poised to become the biggest immigrant group in the United States
9/29/2015 - Spotify and Pandora are doing their best to blow off Apple Music as a rival
9/29/2015 - Nepal says it will make Everest safer by banning old, disabled, and inexperienced climbers
9/29/2015 - A real-life astronaut reviews the Matt Damon film “The Martian”
9/29/2015 - Juárez banned songs about drug kingpins, but it’s hard to squash a multimillion-dollar industry
9/29/2015 - The International Criminal Court is discovering why dictators are really hard to prosecute
9/29/2015 - Hitachi says it can predict crimes before they happen
9/29/2015 - How much do Apple, Google, and Amazon know about each others’ projects?
9/29/2015 - Study: White people deny their privilege even when confronted with proof
9/29/2015 - Robots are about as bad as humans at assembling IKEA furniture
9/29/2015 - You probably aren’t tipping enough for your coffee
9/29/2015 - Deloitte no longer wants to know which university its job applicants attended
9/29/2015 - The NSA designed some strange, security-themed love notes for you to share
9/29/2015 - Volkswagen’s value destruct-o-meter: $55 billion and counting
9/29/2015 - The 2015 MacArthur “geniuses” include Ta-Nehisi Coates and a third-generation puppeteer
9/29/2015 - Study: Teens who eat a Western diet suffer poor academic performance
9/29/2015 - Being stereotyped makes you more likely to act badly
9/29/2015 - Adblockers: the only way out of the ad industry’s short-sighted greed
9/29/2015 - Photos: Hong Kong demonstrators marked one year since the pro-democracy “umbrella movement”
9/29/2015 - If there is liquid water on Mars, no one—not even NASA—can get anywhere near it
9/29/2015 - Google is bringing free WiFi to train stations in India—but there’s a catch
9/29/2015 - A terrifying robot baby is teaching scientists about baby feelings
9/29/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Tesla’s SUV debuts, India slashes interest rates, glowing sea turtles
9/29/2015 - Tesla’s SUV debuts, India slashes interest rates, glowing sea turtles
9/29/2015 - Why the things you love about a new partner will drive you crazy in two years
9/29/2015 - Ads have started watching you back, which is not creepy at all
9/29/2015 - Why an Indian film has never won an Oscar
9/29/2015 - Nollywood’s runaway success has inspired a New Nollywood in Nigeria and beyond
9/29/2015 - Read the full text of Xi Jinping’s first UN address
9/29/2015 - “My name is Raghuram Rajan and I do what I do”
9/29/2015 - These temples in Pakistan are now Islamic schools
9/29/2015 - China climbs the UN peacekeeper charts by committing 8,000 troops
9/29/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Tesla’s SUV, China’s UN pledge, glowing sea turtle
9/29/2015 - Tesla’s SUV, China’s UN pledge, glowing sea turtle
9/29/2015 - Zambia’s economy is in trouble—and the government is lashing out at a rating agency
9/28/2015 - Yahoo has decided it’ll spin off Alibaba—even without the blessing of the IRS
9/28/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Tesla’s SUV, Obama vs Putin, “Netflix and chill” button
9/28/2015 - Tesla’s SUV, Obama vs Putin, “Netflix and chill” button
9/28/2015 - “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” is a wholesome, modern day “The Brady Bunch”
9/28/2015 - Look, it’s the world’s first glowing sea turtle
9/28/2015 - The iPhone 6S Plus is the best computer I’ve used—and a reason to upgrade every year
9/28/2015 - No sun, no wind, no problem: How one plant makes renewable energy reliable
9/28/2015 - Why the US should give Putin free rein in Syria
9/28/2015 - Google Maps and Aclima just committed to mapping air pollution in California
9/28/2015 - Whole Foods is firing 1,500 workers to offer you lower prices
9/28/2015 - US Senator Elizabeth Warren: “Black lives matter. Black citizens matter. Black families matter.”
9/28/2015 - An actual supermodel posted this note on Instagram after facing one too many body-shaming comments
9/28/2015 - Mining giant Glencore’s shares just got Volkswagen’d
9/28/2015 - To all the men on Tinder I might have loved
9/28/2015 - Volkswagen’s ex-CEO is being investigated for fraud amid the automaker’s huge emissions scandal
9/28/2015 - NASA finds its “strongest evidence yet” that water flows on Mars
9/28/2015 - Gender inequality is costing the world $28 trillion
9/28/2015 - Good news for Chipotle carnitas lovers: Your nightmare is almost over
9/28/2015 - Parents want Welch’s to stop selling children fruity candy like it’s actual fruit
9/28/2015 - Iran’s persecution of the Baha’i has been met by silence from Rouhani–and the world
9/28/2015 - John Oliver beautifully “roasts” alleged pig-lover David Cameron
9/28/2015 - Why most smokers develop lung problems—and a lucky few don’t
9/28/2015 - The Pope sides with Kim Davis, and says refusing gay marriage is a “human right”
9/28/2015 - A Nigerian human rights group blames Saudi Arabia for the hajj deaths
9/28/2015 - Driving–even living near traffic–makes us dumb, sick and lonely
9/28/2015 - Banksy’s Dismaland will be stripped for parts to provide shelter to refugees in France
9/28/2015 - Future millennial CEOs: Keep these career lessons in mind
9/28/2015 - In this school, children will grow up believing bathrooms have no gender
9/28/2015 - Is the UN Security Council’s reform motion too little too late?
9/28/2015 - Netflix has invented a “Netflix and chill” button
9/28/2015 - Which is the better place to work, Google or Facebook?
9/28/2015 - How America ended up with a student debt disaster, in three easy charts
9/28/2015 - The world’s refugees should be given international passports
9/28/2015 - Schools are teaching kids to meditate so that they’ll be more focused and less stressed
9/28/2015 - Thomas Piketty has been given the chance to craft some actual policies
9/28/2015 - Russia dislikes Apple’s same-sex emoji couples as much as it hates the real thing
9/28/2015 - After eight futile years, Shell has given up drilling for oil in the Arctic
9/28/2015 - How the refugee crisis makes Europe feel
9/28/2015 - Therapy could prevent healthy kids from developing anxiety disorders
9/28/2015 - Google wants to DJ your next party with a new Chromecast for music
9/28/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Obama meets Putin, Olympic skateboarding, supermoon waves
9/28/2015 - Obama meets Putin, Olympic skateboarding, supermoon waves
9/28/2015 - Uber’s biggest Asian competitors have already raised about $7 billion—and could soon merge
9/28/2015 - Photos: A total lunar eclipse turned a supermoon blood red—for the first time in 33 years
9/28/2015 - Embattled at home, Narendra Modi seeks love and endorsement in San Jose
9/28/2015 - South African companies can’t seem to crack Nigeria’s tough consumer market
9/28/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Obama and Putin chat, Catalonian votes, supermoon waves
9/28/2015 - Obama and Putin chat, Catalonian votes, supermoon waves
9/28/2015 - Why Narendra Modi’s San Jose speech sounded like the one at Madison Square Garden
9/27/2015 - Chinese president Xi Jinping will arrive at the UN armed with a list of things he wants changed
9/27/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Catalonia votes, Putin at the UN, the supermoon, and habitable exoplanets
9/27/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Catalonia votes, Putin at the UN, the supermoon, and habitable exoplanets
9/27/2015 - Modi and Zuckerberg’s big Facebook town hall had tears but little substance
9/27/2015 - Watch Narendra Modi’s town hall at Facebook HQ
9/27/2015 - A Japanese sushi chain is getting rid of its conveyor belts
9/27/2015 - Pope Francis is not a progressive—he just has terrific PR
9/27/2015 - Inside Chipotle’s extremely intense, 39-point checklist for good management
9/27/2015 - These are the top 10 books Americans tried to ban last year
9/27/2015 - Another European mayor has filmed an aggressive warning to refugees coming to his city
9/27/2015 - Syrian refugees once had lives that were just the same as ours
9/27/2015 - How I found closure after confronting my rapist online
9/27/2015 - WhatsApp is now the primary platform for political trash talk in Tanzania’s election campaign
9/26/2015 - All graduates get paid more—but for women, the premium is much higher than for men
9/26/2015 - Could allowing alcohol sales in “dry” US counties cut the number of meth labs?
9/26/2015 - Theoretical astrophysicists have discovered that millions of planets are more habitable than we realized
9/26/2015 - This is the skill that determines your child’s future employability
9/26/2015 - This little-known “no-visa zone” in the Arctic connects Europe to Russia
9/26/2015 - Quartz Weekend Brief—Volkswagen’s future, memories of Everest, Quartz turns three
9/26/2015 - Weekend edition—Volkswagen’s future, memories of Everest, Quartz turns three
9/26/2015 - Premium pet food is really expensive—and not actually better for your pet
9/26/2015 - The AP will no longer use “skeptics” to describe people who don’t believe in climate change
9/26/2015 - If you like football, you should welcome migrants
9/26/2015 - All car companies cheat on emissions tests—it’s just that most do it legally
9/26/2015 - One year later, Mexico City refuses to let memory of the 43 missing students die
9/26/2015 - Weekend edition—Volkswagen’s future, memories of Everest, Quartz turns three
9/25/2015 - Weekend edition—Volkswagen’s future, memories of Everest, Quartz turns three
9/25/2015 - Neymar just ran into tax trouble—a problem all too common now for soccer’s global superstars
9/25/2015 - Now women can be Navy SEALS, too
9/25/2015 - That device also defeated the public’s trust in the Volkswagen brand
9/25/2015 - Banker bros are getting their revenge on Soho House
9/25/2015 - Video game competitions are about to become network sports events
9/25/2015 - You can now watch Netflix in ~virtual reality~
9/25/2015 - What’s wrong with this picture: Fossil fuel companies want to advise governments on climate change
9/25/2015 - The Pope, Xi, and Obama walk into a bar: Who lectures the other two on human rights?
9/25/2015 - China’s new carbon market is a huge opportunity and a potential disaster
9/25/2015 - The cost of letting the Arctic melt has been revealed—and it’s staggering
9/25/2015 - A magnetic pulse to the brain will change your views on criminal punishment
9/25/2015 - Amazon’s “Transparent” flash sale on Prime membership today is great strategy
9/25/2015 - Virtual reality might actually be accessible to the masses
9/25/2015 - FIFA boss Sepp Blatter is now under criminal investigation in Switzerland
9/25/2015 - Study: Viable pregnancies may be getting misdiagnosed as miscarriages
9/25/2015 - Mecca belongs to all Muslims, and Saudi Arabia shouldn’t be allowed to run it
9/25/2015 - You might want to turn off this new iOS 9 setting if you don’t have unlimited data
9/25/2015 - Google’s most expensive search keywords are for ambulance-chasing lawyers
9/25/2015 - The psychology of poverty helps explain why it’s so hard to escape
9/25/2015 - The Dalai Lama says any female successor would have to be “very attractive”
9/25/2015 - The way to fix outrageous drug pricing in the US is simply to do what all other rich countries do
9/25/2015 - Companies are finally going to offer this cheap benefit that makes a big statement
9/25/2015 - John Boehner’s resignation shows the wheels have come off the Republican party
9/25/2015 - Here’s how to find a career that is both personally satisfying and will make a difference
9/25/2015 - I have a PhD in economics and still don’t consider myself a “math person”
9/25/2015 - At the heart of every good startup is an important problem
9/25/2015 - This abandoned Mad Men-era terminal at JFK airport will reopen as a hotel
9/25/2015 - This airline wants to safely fly refugees into Europe. Here’s why it needs to exist
9/25/2015 - People have linked their brains to play “20 Questions” using just their thoughts
9/25/2015 - Meditation can improve your life and work, but you have to do it like you mean it
9/25/2015 - Netflix knows how long it takes to “hook” you on a show, down to the exact episode
9/25/2015 - Pope Francis would love the obscure theories of this dead Romanian economist
9/25/2015 - I survived the deadliest day in Everest’s history, and I’m still surviving it
9/25/2015 - Chinese companies welcomed Xi Jinping to the US with some very expensive New York Times spreads
9/25/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—China embraces carbon trading, super blood moon, your cloud of microbes
9/25/2015 - China embraces carbon trading, super blood moon, your cloud of microbes
9/25/2015 - Volkswagen’s best shot at a comeback now has the automaker right where Elon Musk wants it
9/25/2015 - Bill Gates on the most important thing the United Nations has done in this century
9/25/2015 - The pioneering photographer who influences almost every Indian Instagram user
9/25/2015 - Pluto’s surface looks like “dragon scales” in NASA’s new high-res color photos
9/25/2015 - Lessons from Thomas Piketty for South Africa, one of the most unequal countries in the world
9/25/2015 - Modi’s India is moving—but not fast enough to impress the US, or beat China
9/25/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Fed hike timing, Nike’s bumper earnings, comet weather system
9/25/2015 - Fed hike timing, Nike’s bumper earnings, comet weather system
9/25/2015 - A record number of Arctic-going vessels have permits to travel the ice-free route north of Russia
9/24/2015 - California capitalism is starting to look a lot like Polish communism
9/24/2015 - It appears Porsche’s leader now has the very tough task of halting Volkswagen’s free fall
9/24/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Fed hike timing, new VW CEO, McDonald’s organic burger
9/24/2015 - Fed hike timing, new VW CEO, McDonald’s organic burger
9/24/2015 - Steven Soderbergh is making an interactive “choose your own adventure” project for HBO
9/24/2015 - The 54 countries with faster LTE than the US
9/24/2015 - McDonald’s reveals its first organic hamburger
9/24/2015 - Iran blames the Saudis for the Mecca stampede; the Saudis blame the pilgrims
9/24/2015 - This recently surfaced medieval map captures the geography of love
9/24/2015 - Hajj 2015: Millions gather in Mecca to worship, in stunning photos
9/24/2015 - Watch: Google’s new CEO Sundar Pichai gives a warm Silicon Valley welcome to Modi
9/24/2015 - We don’t really know what motivates families to circumcise their daughters
9/24/2015 - Who will be the next James Bond? All of the internet rumors in one timeline
9/24/2015 - There’s one particular company that would really hate Hillary Clinton’s drug price plan
9/24/2015 - Volkswagen’s crisis could be good news for the company’s value—in the long term
9/24/2015 - Watch a video of this crazy device that makes virtual reality feel real
9/24/2015 - The pope’s visit to New York City
9/24/2015 - Grexit, the unfortunately named software startup, is changing its name
9/24/2015 - Janet Yellen is kind of like the Pope of money, and she needs a miracle
9/24/2015 - Wells Fargo is getting sued for mortgage discrimination—again
9/24/2015 - The Pope’s one sentence about immigration got a standing ovation from US Congress
9/24/2015 - Are this season’s “pussy bow” blouses feminist?
9/24/2015 - The paltry sum paid to a writer for 178 million streams of his hit song
9/24/2015 - The Pope calls for the global abolition of the death penalty, saying “every life is sacred”
9/24/2015 - This coveted architecture prize has been awarded to a woman—for the first time since 1848
9/24/2015 - Has the modernization of the pilgrimage to Mecca gone too far?
9/24/2015 - The White House confirms: Obama and Putin will meet in New York next week
9/24/2015 - Kigali is “Africa’s cleanest city,” but that comes at a heavy price
9/24/2015 - Watch a paraplegic man walk again for the first time in five years—with no robotic help
9/24/2015 - True “pro-life” conservatives should support lifesaving fetal tissue research
9/24/2015 - All women’s contraceptives are terrible
9/24/2015 - You are expelling a million microbes an hour, and they could be used to identify you
9/24/2015 - Mao, Bolívar, and the Romanovs: The enduring political power of corpses
9/24/2015 - At least 700 people died in a stampede during the Muslim holy pilgrimage to Mecca
9/24/2015 - The Brazilian real is sliding down a painfully familiar path
9/24/2015 - Do humans stand a chance in Earth’s sixth mass extinction?
9/24/2015 - This new 3D printer adds stunning laser-cut precision to your DIY craft projects
9/24/2015 - How to happily endure 20,000 days with another human being
9/24/2015 - Charted: How much venture capitalists are to blame for San Francisco’s rising rents
9/24/2015 - The best way to calm your child is the simplest
9/24/2015 - The essential to-do list for the aspiring entrepreneur
9/24/2015 - If Congress truly support US troops, they’ll avoid a government shutdown
9/24/2015 - The many different words men and women use to describe themselves on OKCupid
9/24/2015 - A man who tracked five years of sneezes might have a fix for your pollen allergy
9/24/2015 - Why are we still calling them phones?
9/24/2015 - In photos: 70 years of India’s growing clout at the United Nations
9/24/2015 - After 51 years, Colombia’s bloody, cocaine-funded civil war is almost over
9/24/2015 - The EPA is under fire for approving pesticides without confirming how harmful they are to bees
9/24/2015 - UN peacekeeping needs a major technological update
9/24/2015 - Arab denial of Western superiority has backfired in the Middle East
9/24/2015 - PSA: You can’t have sex with your robots
9/24/2015 - Fidgeting at work may actually be great for your health
9/24/2015 - The world’s largest green roof, with an orchard and a vineyard, is planned for Silicon Valley
9/24/2015 - Colombia-Farc agreement, Hajj stampede, Japan’s centenarian sprinter
9/24/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Colombia-Farc agreement, Hajj stampede, Japan’s centenarian sprinter
9/24/2015 - An Infosys veteran is India’s most prolific angel investor
9/24/2015 - Can Chinese smartphones spark India’s long overdue manufacturing revolution?
9/24/2015 - India wants to give the world its next youth Scrabble champion—after Pakistan
9/24/2015 - The Pope addresses Congress, Modi in New York, Japan’s centenarian sprinter
9/24/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—the Pope addresses Congress, Modi in New York, Japan’s centenarian sprinter
9/24/2015 - Thank you, readers—Quartz turns three years old today
9/24/2015 - Missing from the US-China tech summit class photo: Uber, Google, and women
9/23/2015 - The US’s tech elite assembled to meet China’s president—and posed for an amazing class photo
9/23/2015 - Sorry to break it to you, Priyanka Chopra, but you’re a feminist
9/23/2015 - VW CEO resigns, Pope Francis addresses Congress, Japan’s centenarian sprinter
9/23/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—VW CEO resigns, Pope Francis addresses Congress, Japan’s centenarian sprinter
9/23/2015 - See: Facebook is bringing immersive, 360-degree VR videos to your newsfeed
9/23/2015 - Watch: Westerners in China call Xi Jinping “super charismatic” and “so cute” in this propaganda video
9/23/2015 - UBS CEO urges bankers to take more risks
9/23/2015 - Draconian US copyright rules made it easier for Volkswagen to cheat
9/23/2015 - An Islamic militant group in Bangladesh released a worldwide hitlist of secular bloggers
9/23/2015 - The UN needs to help Sri Lanka come to grips with its 26-year civil war
9/23/2015 - SMS texting is helping solve Africa’s health infrastructure problem
9/23/2015 - Mexican laborers in the US are cleverly playing the world’s financial markets
9/23/2015 - An upcoming season of “Serial” will reportedly be about US army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl
9/23/2015 - Volkswagen’s emissions scandal is pulling down platinum prices
9/23/2015 - This stunning photo of Earth from space shows Los Angeles shining like a supernova
9/23/2015 - Twitter’s board needs to get over the fact that Jack Dorsey is running two companies
9/23/2015 - Watch: Stephen Colbert expertly returned Donald Trump to his rightful position as a comedy side show
9/23/2015 - Volkswagen’s CEO resigns amid emissions-cheating scandal
9/23/2015 - Carly Fiorina proves being a female candidate doesn’t make you good for women
9/23/2015 - A new, enormous 3D printer whips cheap homes out of mud
9/23/2015 - How much diplomatic power does the Pope have? More than you’d think
9/23/2015 - What’s Jeb Bush got against net neutrality, anyway?
9/23/2015 - People’s secret confessions and existential crises are on display in a UK train station
9/23/2015 - You really only use three apps on your phone
9/23/2015 - An Apple Watch saved a teen’s life—and then Tim Cook offered him an internship
9/23/2015 - Burkina Faso’s interim president is back in charge after a week-long coup
9/23/2015 - What to do when someone tells you your faith makes you less of an American
9/23/2015 - Women, more than men, see the downsides of getting promoted
9/23/2015 - Xi Jinping’s Seattle dinner: Japanese ingredients and cheap wine
9/23/2015 - Remember the monkey selfie? PETA are suing to give the monkey the rights to it
9/23/2015 - Photos: The rainbow beauty of Lithuania’s Soviet-era “garage towns”
9/23/2015 - What if work was about the actual value of your passion?
9/23/2015 - This is the most important employee benefit coming to American workplaces since 401(k)s
9/23/2015 - New Zealand’s rugby team pays homage to indigenous culture without appropriating it
9/23/2015 - Can Xi Jinping achieve anything concrete on his US travels?
9/23/2015 - Another source of well-paying, middle-class jobs in the US is under threat
9/23/2015 - Silicon Valley shouldn’t let China strong-arm it into spying
9/23/2015 - An open letter to Europe from the Czech people
9/23/2015 - In San Francisco, tech bus drivers are sleeping in their cars
9/23/2015 - Yogi Berra became a baseball legend, but it was a hug that made him immortal
9/23/2015 - There’s arsenic in our rice—and here’s an easy way to get it out
9/23/2015 - World leader visits, China’s poor manufacturing, $1,500 sandwiches
9/23/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—World leader visits, China’s poor manufacturing, $1,500 sandwiches
9/23/2015 - Burundi’s political crisis is making one of the poorest countries on earth even worse off
9/23/2015 - The Scots have 400 words for snow—including “nizzer,” “spitterie,” and “flaggie”
9/23/2015 - There’s a new early warning tool for predicting genocide. Guess which country comes out on top?
9/23/2015 - India’s new currency notes will help millions of visually disabled transact better
9/23/2015 - The internet may have reached peak language
9/23/2015 - An elite Indian school has an absurd rule—boys and girls must be separated by a meter
9/23/2015 - Bollywood just won’t back movies on women, says director of Angry Indian Goddesses
9/23/2015 - Why Wall Street is pouring millions into India’s real estate sector
9/23/2015 - The Chinese Communist Party released a video of English speakers praising Xi Jinping
9/23/2015 - The bad stuff that Xi Jinping’s rosy speech in Seattle neglected to mention
9/23/2015 - World leader visits, China’s poor manufacturing, lethal selfies
9/23/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—World leader visits, China’s poor manufacturing, lethal selfies
9/23/2015 - Tour the posh New York real estate linked to a US investigation of Malaysia’s prime minister
9/23/2015 - The song “Happy Birthday” now belongs to everyone, a US federal judge has ruled
9/22/2015 - A first look at the Chinese operating system the government wants to replace Windows
9/22/2015 - A blueprint for ending world poverty can indeed change the world
9/22/2015 - Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing a Black Panther comic series for Marvel
9/22/2015 - It’s true, New York built a really ugly chair for the Pope
9/22/2015 - Quirky, the startup behind the coolest gadgets we never knew we needed, is bankrupt
9/22/2015 - World leader visits, Volkwagen’s swelling scandal, lethal selfies
9/22/2015 - Africa’s extensive mobile phone network is turning out to be crucial for its healthcare systems
9/22/2015 - Los Angeles, teeming with homeless people, declared a state of emergency
9/22/2015 - The new iPhone is as fast as a MacBook
9/22/2015 - Volkswagen’s scandal hits other European car stocks
9/22/2015 - Why connecting the billions of people who are offline requires more than just cables (or even drones)
9/22/2015 - Tanzania’s presidential race is not as tight as previously thought—not even close
9/22/2015 - More proof that when it comes to hiring, it’s who you know that matters
9/22/2015 - Why we can’t stop US drug companies from charging astronomical prices
9/22/2015 - China arrests an American businesswoman for stealing state secrets, just as its president visits the US
9/22/2015 - Tesla still has to beat Apple, Google, and the entire auto industry to win the electric car market
9/22/2015 - Deutsche Bank had a forum on women in business and called it “Men Matter”
9/22/2015 - Taylor Swift’s “1989” may be the best thing that happened to indie artists
9/22/2015 - Super-agent Andrew “The Jackal” Wylie may inherit another large chunk of the world’s literary talent
9/22/2015 - How Big Shampoo conditioned us to buy products our hair—and environment—don’t need
9/22/2015 - Israel will use supposedly “non-lethal” sniper rifles against rock-throwers
9/22/2015 - Bank of America just filed a patent that would let you send money using bitcoin
9/22/2015 - Earth’s gravitational pull is reshaping the surface of the moon
9/22/2015 - The world’s first self-driving public shuttle is smart, efficient, and adorable
9/22/2015 - This classroom in a suitcase puts 40 kids online via virtually unbreakable tablets
9/22/2015 - If you’re under 30, you’re probably thinking about investing all wrong
9/22/2015 - A drugs firm defends raising the price of life-saving HIV medication by a mere 5,000%
9/22/2015 - A 91-year-old woman has been charged with 260,000 counts of accessory to murder at Auschwitz
9/22/2015 - Americans are throwing away tons of “ugly food” each year, causing widespread food insecurity
9/22/2015 - Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has a “highly curable” form of cancer
9/22/2015 - Americans couldn’t eat enough vegetables even if they wanted to
9/22/2015 - SodaStream is offering 1,000 jobs to Syrian refugees—but Israel won’t let it happen
9/22/2015 - There’s still a happily ever after for couples who have a baby before marriage
9/22/2015 - These pictures show what really happens in the background of stylized Instagram shots
9/22/2015 - Delta is opening airport spas its customers can’t use
9/22/2015 - 18 things you should do immediately to best prepare for the next five years
9/22/2015 - When it comes to trading dodgy stocks, the UK and China deserve each other
9/22/2015 - There’s a very simple reason why no carmaker can seem to rule the industry for long
9/22/2015 - Volkswagen admits that its cheating software is in 11 million cars worldwide
9/22/2015 - Telling stories out loud helps children learn to read
9/22/2015 - The Syrian war is prompting the first-ever withdrawal from the doomsday seed vault
9/22/2015 - The Pope vs. Kim Davis
9/22/2015 - For $10,000, you can now print your own pound of human flesh
9/22/2015 - Bridge players are outraged to be told that bridge isn’t officially a sport
9/22/2015 - The end is nigh: Robots and drones are working together
9/22/2015 - Pope and Xi US visits, Volkswagen’s troubles grow, moon shrinkage
9/22/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Pope and Xi US visits, Volkswagen’s troubles grow, moon shrinkage
9/22/2015 - Hajj 2015: The precarious balance between pilgrimage and consumerism may be shifting
9/22/2015 - If you care about climate change, it’s getting easier to find companies to invest in
9/22/2015 - Narendra Modi has been going to places no Indian prime minister has set foot in decades
9/22/2015 - Why I wouldn’t bet my house on LTE in Africa
9/22/2015 - Africans’ financial lives—from getting paid to taking out loans—are happening on mobile phones
9/22/2015 - Business Insider is reportedly worth $560 million, twice the price of the Washington Post
9/22/2015 - Serum Institute: How an Indian horse breeder built Asia’s largest vaccine company
9/22/2015 - Finally, India will produce fewer lousy, incapable engineers every year
9/22/2015 - Pope and Xi in the US, Volkswagen’s criminal probe, moon shrinkage
9/22/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Pope and Xi in the US, Volkswagen’s criminal probe, moon shrinkage
9/21/2015 - Working for a Chinese boss is great, ordinary Americans explain in this slick new pro-China video
9/21/2015 - Pope and Xi in the US, Volkswagen’s criminal probe, Stonehenge for sale
9/21/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Pope and Xi in the US, Volkswagen’s criminal probe, Stonehenge for sale
9/21/2015 - Choice questions from Donald Trump’s disastrous Twitter interview
9/21/2015 - You can now unlock your iPhone 5S for free
9/21/2015 - Hollywood’s come a long way, baby—but it’s definitely not a meritocracy
9/21/2015 - Apple’s electric car project has been upgraded from experiment to happening
9/21/2015 - Charts: Latinos in the US really need a Viola Davis
9/21/2015 - The US egg industry is losing its fight to keep chickens in cages
9/21/2015 - There is no such thing as having it all—and no workplace can change that
9/21/2015 - Jon Hamm’s overdue Emmy win is a case study on how to overcome career failure
9/21/2015 - Former Israeli soldier: The occupation of Palestine “is the institution of war as a way of life”
9/21/2015 - Saudi Arabia is preparing to behead and crucify a 21-year-old activist
9/21/2015 - France is now censoring your Google search results, wherever you are
9/21/2015 - New outbreaks of polio are “vaccine-derived”—but that doesn’t mean vaccines caused polio
9/21/2015 - Tiny particles in the air have been linked to early death, in one of the biggest US studies ever
9/21/2015 - Has LinkedIn’s editorial strategy been a huge missed opportunity?
9/21/2015 - In Cuba, the pope should not shy from criticizing the Castros
9/21/2015 - These charts show the stark differences in what men and women want from each other
9/21/2015 - 100 years ago today a doting husband bought Stonehenge for his wife
9/21/2015 - Kickstarter is taking altruism a step forward by vowing to never go public or sell
9/21/2015 - Why Nigeria’s newest start-ups are sprouting outside the megacity of Lagos
9/21/2015 - US conservatives are using abortion to threaten another government shutdown
9/21/2015 - Carly Fiorina’s debate win propels her into second place behind Donald Trump
9/21/2015 - Why very few companies can pull off a logo redesign like Google’s
9/21/2015 - Ahmed truthers are on a mission to prove his story was a hoax
9/21/2015 - Thomas Piketty says Europe needs to get real about what’s possible for Greece
9/21/2015 - Almost half of Kenyan teachers make less than $230 a month
9/21/2015 - Today it cost Volkswagen $17 billion to say “sorry”
9/21/2015 - 21 top-notch pieces of career advice from teachers at Stanford Business School
9/21/2015 - The “Waze left” may be coming to an end
9/21/2015 - The UN is using virtual reality and an immersive “wormhole” to connect diplomats with Syrian refugees
9/21/2015 - The best entrepreneurs are like brilliant artists in these four ways
9/21/2015 - Quiz: Is it an ’80s band or super PAC?
9/21/2015 - Another prominent critic of Malaysia’s embattled prime minister has been detained
9/21/2015 - How to plan—and pull off—a career pivot
9/21/2015 - Russia, where separatism is illegal, hosted a conference for foreign separatist groups
9/21/2015 - Two charts show why the Syrian refugee crisis is only going to worsen
9/21/2015 - This free online encyclopedia has achieved what Wikipedia can only dream of
9/21/2015 - Burkina Faso has a draft deal to end the coup—but that doesn’t mean order will be restored
9/21/2015 - In Japan, you can rent “Handsome Weeping Boys” to wipe away your tears
9/21/2015 - Syriza’s fresh mandate, Apple’s China hack, humming giraffes
9/21/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Syriza’s fresh mandate, Apple’s China hack, humming giraffes
9/21/2015 - A living reminder of India and Africa’s 4,000 years of shared history: The mighty Baobab tree
9/21/2015 - In 2025, Delhi’s air will be the world’s deadliest—killing over 30,000
9/21/2015 - China’s awful internet speed has spread malware to millions of smartphones
9/21/2015 - The real-life stats behind Viola Davis’s emotional Emmys speech about diversity on television
9/21/2015 - The “Black Mirror” episode that imagined David Cameron’s dalliance with a pig
9/21/2015 - Yes, Beijing’s marathon was polluted, but it wasn’t the scene of seven heart attacks
9/21/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Syriza re-elected, Pope Francis in Cuba, humming giraffes
9/21/2015 - Syriza re-elected, Pope Francis in Cuba, humming giraffes
9/20/2015 - The evolving relationship between the US and China, charted
9/20/2015 - The secret to Anna Wintour’s success isn’t “bitchiness”
9/20/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—World Peace Day, rugby’s big upset, the sounds giraffes make
9/20/2015 - World Peace Day, rugby’s big upset, the sounds giraffes make
9/20/2015 - In photos: The journey of Jagmohan Dalmiya, architect of Indian cricket’s commercial rise
9/20/2015 - A guide to Narendra Modi’s trip to New York and Silicon Valley
9/20/2015 - Greeks have reluctantly re-elected Alexis Tsipras and Syriza
9/20/2015 - How to watch the Emmys without cable
9/20/2015 - Encrypted communication means we may never find aliens, says Snowden
9/20/2015 - Neuroscience backs up the Buddhist belief that “the self” isn’t constant, but ever-changing
9/20/2015 - A furniture startup promises four-minute assembly minus the harrowing trip to IKEA
9/20/2015 - The frightening spread of antibiotic resistance around the world, visualized
9/20/2015 - How the forces behind fashion decided it’s time for women to show a lot more shoulder
9/20/2015 - Why does this brilliant, bestselling book have such a cheesy cover?
9/20/2015 - Islam is just as European as Christianity
9/20/2015 - We need to pay more attention to our grandparents’ sex lives
9/20/2015 - Burberry’s new collection will debut on the vanishing photo app Snapchat
9/20/2015 - Quartz Africa Weekly: African Innovators take over Nairobi, Burkina Faso’s putsch
9/19/2015 - The next frontier in television: TVs that watch you back
9/19/2015 - Virgin snake gives birth for the second time in two years
9/19/2015 - Almost every NFL player who donated his brain to science had brain disease
9/19/2015 - Obama nominates the US military’s first openly gay leader
9/19/2015 - To deal with its concussion crisis, the NFL is starting to learn from rugby
9/19/2015 - Scientists have programmed robots to build bridges without human help
9/19/2015 - Video: An awe-inspiring model of our solar system, built to scale
9/19/2015 - Greece could sure use a philosopher-king right about now
9/18/2015 - Weekend edition—The ad-block wars, dark-web drugs, 0.01% fashion
9/18/2015 - Some Best Buy stores are now accepting Apple Pay
9/18/2015 - A crusade to rescue the dying accent mark on the internet
9/18/2015 - Four things non-Greeks should know about the Greek election
9/18/2015 - VW has been ordered to recall almost half a million cars over a deceptive algorithm
9/18/2015 - We’ve been admiring Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings for decades through one very specific lens
9/18/2015 - Why Etsy engineers send company-wide emails confessing mistakes they made
9/18/2015 - The creator of the best-selling iPhone ad blocker just pulled it from the App Store
9/18/2015 - With a big new influx of design students, China sets its sights on New York fashion
9/18/2015 - Rates, crates, and cranes: The 10 most important economic charts of the week
9/18/2015 - Audi is going after Tesla in the luxury electric car market
9/18/2015 - Slovenia is becoming the latest hotspot in Europe’s migration crisis
9/18/2015 - The refugee tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman has an amazing new job in Spain
9/18/2015 - Who actually buys couture, anyway?
9/18/2015 - The best infographics of 2015, and why we can’t stop looking at them
9/18/2015 - UK researchers studying miscarriage have reignited a global debate on editing human DNA
9/18/2015 - China is bringing sophisticated censorship to the US for president Xi’s state visit
9/18/2015 - Terrorists around the world love this classic Casio wristwatch
9/18/2015 - Reliable data is the answer to Africa’s $1 trillion agriculture opportunity
9/18/2015 - These tweaks to your morning routine will make your entire day more productive
9/18/2015 - Don’t laugh at the scientist who allowed bees to sting him repeatedly on his genitals
9/18/2015 - With this ultra-thin cloth, we’re getting closer to a real-life invisibility cloak
9/18/2015 - Twitter makes the case it’s bigger than Facebook (really)
9/18/2015 - Mapping who drinks wine or beer in America, by tweets
9/18/2015 - These are the highest-paying MBA concentrations
9/18/2015 - Elon Musk’s politics are as enigmatic as his businesses
9/18/2015 - Don’t let Ashley Madison and Tinder fool you, millions of women use online dating
9/18/2015 - Photos: Soldiers crush protests in Burkina Faso
9/18/2015 - Sex robots are actually going to be good for humanity
9/18/2015 - The UN once planned to drain the Mediterranean in the name of peace
9/18/2015 - Science said a popular antidepressant was safe for teens—and then changed its mind
9/18/2015 - Podcast: Monsanto’s super-broccoli is bred for market domination. What could go wrong?
9/18/2015 - Inside the world’s only sanctuary for exiled journalists
9/18/2015 - A Hungarian mayor sends a threatening message to refugees with this weird homemade action video
9/18/2015 - The Intel-powered “wings” on this dress expand when your adrenaline spikes
9/18/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—The Pope in Cuba, yet another Greek vote, space toothbrushes
9/18/2015 - Here’s everything you need to know about rugby
9/18/2015 - The psychology behind why couples always fight when assembling Ikea furniture
9/18/2015 - Surviving an earthquake as a child could make you a bolder CEO, says study
9/18/2015 - Narendra Modi’s most popular move so far: Sending millions of Indians to the toilet
9/18/2015 - Why MF Husain painted Hindu figures (but not Muslim ones) in the nude
9/18/2015 - America’s founding fathers would have hated the Trump campaign’s approach to religion
9/18/2015 - The internet is making racial insensitivity in pop culture almost impossible to fight
9/18/2015 - Mapping who drinks wine or beer in Europe, by tweets
9/18/2015 - The CEOs facing off during Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to the US show the importance of tech
9/18/2015 - Why India’s $168 billion river-linking project is a disaster-in-waiting
9/18/2015 - The stars are lining up for Indian astrology startups, but investors are still wary
9/18/2015 - Kellogg’s is betting $450 million on selling packaged food to Africa’s growing middle class
9/18/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Fed stays pat, Greek election, Japanese parliament brawl
9/18/2015 - The world could run out of one of the most effective snake bite medicines by 2016
9/17/2015 - Uber got two economics PhDs to explain how supply and demand works
9/17/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Fed stays pat, Greek election, Japanese parliament brawl
9/17/2015 - Pinterest, which just hit 100 million users, is growing much faster than expected
9/17/2015 - Worried about the safety of drone delivery? NASA has your back
9/17/2015 - What did we learn from the GOP debate?
9/17/2015 - The most popular paid iPhone app right now is an ad blocker
9/17/2015 - A lawsuit claims Microsoft’s infamous stack rankings made things worse for women
9/17/2015 - Swedish social experiment highlights the benefits of a six-hour work day
9/17/2015 - The Federal Reserve just decided not to raise interest rates
9/17/2015 - We’re live-charting the Fed’s big decision
9/17/2015 - Streaming wars: Amazon launches an improved Fire TV to rival the new Apple TV
9/17/2015 - How anxiety about terrorism impacts female candidates in elections
9/17/2015 - How overconfidence can set your business back years
9/17/2015 - The $500 million US effort to train anti-ISIL rebels has yielded “four or five” fighters
9/17/2015 - A Swiss health insurer is testing fitness trackers that could penalize inactive people
9/17/2015 - Photos: Japan’s lawmakers have a fistfight over pacifism
9/17/2015 - The story of the elite presidential guard that overthrew Burkina Faso’s government
9/17/2015 - This is how long your kids should be spending on extracurricular activities
9/17/2015 - Norway rewards Brazil with $1 billion for keeping the Amazon full of trees
9/17/2015 - Australia takes a stand against anti-vaxxers with a proposed $11,000 penalty
9/17/2015 - Amazon is now selling cheap tablets by the six-pack
9/17/2015 - Worried about paying for college? Get your daughter to play ice hockey
9/17/2015 - What I learned after spending a surreal few days as a Western tourist in North Korea
9/17/2015 - If you’re white, science says you’re probably a racist. Now what?
9/17/2015 - Amazon is trying to convince suspicious Mexican shoppers to buy online
9/17/2015 - What Elon Musk is really like as a boss
9/17/2015 - Walmart’s mobile chief just joined PepsiCo to lead its new e-commerce push
9/17/2015 - How companies are using LEGOs to unlock talent employees didn’t know they had
9/17/2015 - Roomba advances robot intelligence with a model that can map your house and remember where it’s cleaned
9/17/2015 - When it comes to casting models for fashion shows, inclusivity is in
9/17/2015 - Rosa Parks or Margaret Thatcher? The best and worst Republican suggestions for which woman to put on the $10 bill
9/17/2015 - China’s first high-speed train in the US will connect Los Angeles to Las Vegas
9/17/2015 - All those migrants arriving in Germany are actually set to boost its economy
9/17/2015 - Storing your thoughts in the cloud actually makes it easier to learn
9/17/2015 - Neurosis isn’t a disorder—and it may be a prerequisite for greatness
9/17/2015 - A $100 million investment in Lyft is the latest step in the growing anti-Uber coalition
9/17/2015 - On the streets of Kabul, despair and hope
9/17/2015 - Do you want your subway map to look pretty, or to reflect reality?
9/17/2015 - Photos: Disney’s ridiculous collection of random “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” products
9/17/2015 - Are those Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the dead child really offensive?
9/17/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—The Fed decides, Chile’s massive tsunami, robot garbage collectors
9/17/2015 - Here’s how you can find out if you were spied on by the UK and US governments
9/17/2015 - Burkina Faso, the hope of an “African Spring,” is in the middle of a military coup
9/17/2015 - These beautiful idols of Hindu elephant god are making their way to homes all across India today
9/17/2015 - Rich people increasingly prefer to get their financial advice from robots
9/17/2015 - A wish list from Indian entrepreneurs ahead of Modi’s Silicon Valley visit
9/17/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Fed decision day, tsunami hits Chile, robotic garbage collectors
9/17/2015 - The Chinese government is censoring a documentary about mothers who love their gay kids
9/17/2015 - Hillary Clinton is expertly trolling the Republican debate again—this time in Spanish
9/17/2015 - Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump are both right: They’re both pretty terrible at business
9/16/2015 - 14-foot waves hit Chile’s coast after a massive earthquake
9/16/2015 - Carly Fiorina dominates the GOP debate—and puts Donald Trump in his place
9/16/2015 - It looks like Kanye West watched a lot of Star Wars while designing his latest collection
9/16/2015 - More than half of Africans believe they live in democracies, but fewer are happy with them
9/16/2015 - Donald Trump’s slice of the news coverage pie, as compared to his opponents
9/16/2015 - Mark Zuckerberg invited Ahmed Mohamed, the teenage clockmaker, to Facebook
9/16/2015 - Dishonesty pays off in negotiations if done in this particular way
9/16/2015 - Millennials: Coming of age
9/16/2015 - The US gender wage gap, the narrowest in history, is still awful
9/16/2015 - “These old men look so terrible”—China watches the US Republican primary
9/16/2015 - The internet and Barack Obama are standing up for Ahmed Mohamed, the teenage clockmaker
9/16/2015 - An alarming share of American kids’ daily calories comes from fast food
9/16/2015 - Facebook’s “dislike” button is going to be a disaster
9/16/2015 - China’s latest refusal to fix its state-owned companies is bad news for the global economy
9/16/2015 - Syria’s president is blaming the West for the refugee crisis that he caused
9/16/2015 - The politics behind Malaysia’s recent anti-Chinese rally
9/16/2015 - This Nigerian architect wants to turn Africa’s water slums into floating cities
9/16/2015 - Watch NHL star Steven Stamkos pelt drones with pucks
9/16/2015 - Apple won’t be releasing a new operating system for the Apple Watch today after all
9/16/2015 - Tim Cook and Steve Wozniak really disagree on the upcoming Steve Jobs movie
9/16/2015 - US homebuilders haven’t felt this good in nearly a decade
9/16/2015 - Your decisions are affected by the environments in which they are made
9/16/2015 - The world’s tuna and mackerel populations are in a “catastrophic” decline
9/16/2015 - This is what the family tree of beer companies will look like if AB InBev acquires SABMiller
9/16/2015 - Social psychologists are almost all liberals—and it’s really hurting the field
9/16/2015 - Why scientists make bad entrepreneurs—and how to change that
9/16/2015 - The American middle class has lost a quarter century
9/16/2015 - Walmart built the fastest-growing retail app by focusing on one key shopper habit
9/16/2015 - Men, don’t be embarrassed if you’d rather make less money to be at home more
9/16/2015 - US egg prices are at their highest in more than 30 years
9/16/2015 - The pope warns churches to take in refugees—or else
9/16/2015 - If Anheuser-Busch gets its way, it will soon sell a third of the world’s beer
9/16/2015 - Antibacterial soap don’t seem to make a lick of difference
9/16/2015 - Charlie Hebdo is at it again—this time with jokes on drowned toddlers and the refugee crisis
9/16/2015 - An aid worker tells the harrowing story of one Syrian family’s escape to Greece
9/16/2015 - Before Mario became the hero of Super Mario Bros, he was the villain
9/16/2015 - Why does St. Louis care more about Syrian refugees than its black population?
9/16/2015 - The safe, user-friendly way to be a little drug lord: economic secrets of the dark web
9/16/2015 - The five biggest changes coming to your iPhone in Apple’s iOS 9 update
9/16/2015 - Unlike adults, it seems young people on antidepressants are more likely to commit crimes
9/16/2015 - The man deficit is real, but Tinder is not the (only) answer
9/16/2015 - The greatest trick The Donald ever pulled
9/16/2015 - Food that markets to both genders confuses people’s tastebuds
9/16/2015 - Assam can recover from devastating floods—if the government gets its act together
9/16/2015 - An AI computer learned how to beat almost anyone at chess in 72 hours
9/16/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—US rates confusion, Republicans’ second debate, successful bird marriages
9/16/2015 - How this university beat the prestigious IITs to become India’s best
9/16/2015 - Australia isn’t the only country with a ridiculous number of prime ministers in the last five years
9/16/2015 - In Denmark, sex education is about having babies sooner rather than later
9/16/2015 - As countries assess which migrants can stay, Europe is struggling to define “safe”
9/16/2015 - The hidden cost of free internet in South Africa
9/16/2015 - Where are India’s super rich investing?
9/16/2015 - A 14-year-old Muslim boy was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school in Irving, Texas
9/16/2015 - A fading monsoon has shrivelled India’s rural economy
9/16/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Pivotal Fed meeting, Facebook’s “dislike” button, successful bird marriages
9/15/2015 - Charted: The economic horror show facing Australia’s new prime minister Malcolm Turnbull
9/15/2015 - Jeff Bezos’s rocket company is moving in a few doors down from Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Florida
9/15/2015 - Caught in a messy divorce between professors, Stanford’s business school dean is stepping down
9/15/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Pivotal Fed meeting, Facebook’s “dislike” button, successful bird marriages
9/15/2015 - Subway co-founder and CEO Fred DeLuca has passed away, leaving his sister in charge
9/15/2015 - Zimbabwe’s 91-year-old president delivered the wrong speech to parliament
9/15/2015 - Elton John claims he got a call from Vladimir Putin to discuss gay rights
9/15/2015 - Facebook is finally working on a “dislike” button
9/15/2015 - Problems at home aren’t stopping Chinese tourists from spending big in Europe
9/15/2015 - Americans agree computer science is important—but only one-quarter of US schools teach it
9/15/2015 - Much of the world has faster Netflix than the US
9/15/2015 - The B-side of capital preservation
9/15/2015 - A look at bond market liquidity
9/15/2015 - Forcing sex workers into the hidden economy will not keep them safe
9/15/2015 - How helping kids with their math homework can make them worse off
9/15/2015 - The euro zone just rode its weak currency to another record trade surplus
9/15/2015 - Study: Birds that mate for love have more successful bird families
9/15/2015 - Mercedes-Benz wants to launch a driverless limo service
9/15/2015 - The UN says American drone strikes killed up to 40 Yemeni civilians in Yemen in the last year
9/15/2015 - Hundreds of Europeans are driving to Hungary to offer rides to stranded migrants
9/15/2015 - Women who love olive oil will be thrilled to hear about this new health benefit
9/15/2015 - Your attitude is ultimately more important than your IQ
9/15/2015 - A crowd-funded group of amateurs is planning to send a man into space
9/15/2015 - Starbucks has opened its first shop on the Tibetan Plateau—and another around the corner
9/15/2015 - You are not your brain or your body
9/15/2015 - Why work? A psychologist explains the deeper meaning of your daily grind
9/15/2015 - Genetic engineering could save species from dying out
9/15/2015 - The UK made a list of repressive regimes, then invited some of them to buy weapons
9/15/2015 - The Fed is about to attempt the greatest monetary experiment in history
9/15/2015 - Survey: Tech experts on what 2025 will look like
9/15/2015 - Quota-driven police arrests shift the burden of justice to overworked public defenders
9/15/2015 - Take it from a Hungarian journalist: Orbán is playing a dangerous game
9/15/2015 - Video: Ory Okolloh explains why Africa can’t entrepreneur itself out of its basic problems
9/15/2015 - The Goldman Sachs-backed “Bloomberg Terminal killer” is ready for launch
9/15/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Japan holds steady, French hotels in Iran, terrorists’ favorite watch
9/15/2015 - For the first time ever, two Asian schools beat Yale in one popular university ranking
9/15/2015 - Jeremy Corbyn’s win is the product of a UK Labour party gamble for “authenticity”
9/15/2015 - Why vegetarians around the world need to get off their high horse
9/15/2015 - Which is the best startup school in India? Another startup
9/15/2015 - Without China, Apple’s iPhone pre-orders were probably a big disappointment
9/15/2015 - Delhi is fighting its worst dengue outbreak in five years—and it might get worse
9/15/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Tsipras rejects coalition, China’s new airstrip, terrorism’s favorite watch
9/14/2015 - Porsche is showing off an electric sports car that could take on Tesla
9/14/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Australian PM ousted, auto union showdown, terrorism’s favorite watch
9/14/2015 - It’s hard to blame adblockers when online video is pretty much unbearable
9/14/2015 - Migrant crisis: “If we don’t stop climate change, then what we see right now is just the beginning”
9/14/2015 - Humans of the world: This stunning new film will change how you see yourself
9/14/2015 - Read: California governor Jerry Brown tells Ben Carson to use his “considerable intelligence” to reconsider climate change denial
9/14/2015 - Get to the choppa! Arnold Schwarzenegger replaces Donald Trump as host of NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice”
9/14/2015 - You’ll soon be able to watch astronauts in ultra-HD on NASA’s new TV channel
9/14/2015 - James Blake’s arrest wasn’t a mistake—it’s business as usual for America’s racist police force
9/14/2015 - Photos: This beautiful 9/11 tribute is the show everyone is talking about at New York Fashion Week
9/14/2015 - Visible wealth has a dramatic effect on economic inequality
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9/14/2015 - Will Australia’s new prime minister do better on climate change?
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9/14/2015 - Chinese stocks see their biggest slump this month after industrial production stalls
9/14/2015 - The Fed would be deeply nuts to raise rates now
9/14/2015 - The most gifted students in India are outperforming academic prodigies in the US
9/14/2015 - A historian thinks he’s pinpointed the oldest known use of the f-word
9/14/2015 - Google hired a former Hyundai CEO to run its self-driving car program
9/14/2015 - Watch: John Oliver rewrites Miranda warnings with TV cops from ‘Law & Order’ and ‘The Wire’
9/14/2015 - Kentucky clerk Kim Davis returns to work, but still refuses to issue same-sex marriage licenses herself
9/14/2015 - Watch: A GoPro launched into space in 2013 returns with extraordinary Grand Canyon footage
9/14/2015 - Alibaba’s naysayers are forgetting that e-commerce is still growing fast in China
9/14/2015 - Jeremy Corbyn begins his “radical” leadership by hiring a team of white men
9/14/2015 - The top 100 passwords on Ashley Madison
9/14/2015 - The next time you want to say “I love you,” turn on the computer
9/14/2015 - The new Star Wars film already boosted the UK economy before even opening
9/14/2015 - Record-breaking sale: A billionaire has bought the former US consulate in Mumbai for $113 million
9/14/2015 - The narrow chance immigrant entrepreneurs have at breaking through
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9/14/2015 - Quartz Africa Summit in Nairobi: A forum on the innovators transforming the continent
9/14/2015 - Egyptian security forces’ fatal mistake could further damage the country’s struggling economy
9/14/2015 - Meet 30 innovators finding African solutions for African problems
9/14/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Australia’s leadership challenge, German border controls, whale culture
9/14/2015 - India’s health ministry gets a sanitary-napkin machine—but there’s just one problem
9/14/2015 - Australian prime minister Tony Abbott is ousted, giving the country its fifth new leader in five years
9/14/2015 - Narendra Modi’s gold schemes are impractical. Here is a better alternative
9/14/2015 - The most crucial item that migrants and refugees carry is a smartphone
9/14/2015 - Are Indian startups hiring recklessly?
9/14/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Tourists killed in Egypt, Labour’s new leader, whale culture
9/14/2015 - More than 100,000 acres of northern California are on fire
9/13/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Schengen suspended, Egyptian corruption, and whale culture
9/13/2015 - The 30-year-old agreement that symbolizes European unification is fraying at the edges
9/13/2015 - Philosophers explain the meaning of the Kierkegaard quote that comforts Joe Biden
9/13/2015 - Photos: All over Europe, people have taken to the streets to say “Welcome, refugees”
9/13/2015 - Rosh Hashanah in Tunisia: a rabbi reflects on the power of Muslim-Jewish solidarity
9/13/2015 - Data shows drone attacks will not work against ISIL in Syria
9/13/2015 - This is America’s year to fight the almighty Canadian maple syrup cartel
9/13/2015 - A new study shows that whales live and learn in their own unique animal culture
9/13/2015 - A yodelling expert and a slam poet have helped the Swiss choose a new national anthem
9/13/2015 - Only Scotland’s diaspora can save the dying native language
9/13/2015 - Fantasy football now matters more than official NFL teams
9/13/2015 - Quartz Africa Weekly: African Innovators, Joburg’s bus system, the best retail markets
9/12/2015 - New York’s Tribute in Light to 9/11 is stunning to both people and birds
9/12/2015 - Scientists want to rethink bans on tinkering with human embryo DNA
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9/12/2015 - A powerful show brought “Black Lives Matter” to the runway at New York Fashion Week
9/12/2015 - North Korea insists it has a good human rights record, UN unconvinced
9/12/2015 - The UK Labour party just took a hard left turn
9/12/2015 - Fed up with filthy streets, Paris is cracking down on smokers
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9/12/2015 - Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn have almost nothing in common—except this
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9/11/2015 - When Serena Williams went down, prices on tickets to the US Open women’s final went with her
9/11/2015 - This mind-controlled prosthetic robot arm lets you actually feel what it touches
9/11/2015 - How an illiterate woman wrote love letters to her migrant husband in 1973
9/11/2015 - Study: Smokers who beat mortality rates may hold a special genetic key
9/11/2015 - Noncommunicable diseases will be the most common cause of death in Africa by 2030
9/11/2015 - A crane collapsed on Mecca’s Grand Mosque, killing at least 65 people
9/11/2015 - This cheap, new water-cleaning technique may transform life in developing countries
9/11/2015 - Washington DC’s Union Station is evacuated after a shooting
9/11/2015 - Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program is a brilliant strategy to turn carriers into “dumb pipes”
9/11/2015 - Greenbacks, redbacks, and the back half: The 10 most important economic charts of the week
9/11/2015 - I’m honoring the Sabbath–and fixing my plugged-in brain–by putting down my phone
9/11/2015 - America’s response to the refugee crisis reflects the worst of its past
9/11/2015 - Doctors have implanted a 3D-printed ribcage in an actual human being
9/11/2015 - The Palestinian flag will soon fly at the UN headquarters in New York
9/11/2015 - Goldman Sachs raises the possibility that oil will fall to $20 a barrel
9/11/2015 - How Hugh Hefner’s love of jazz shaped Playboy’s complicated, iconic legacy
9/11/2015 - The painful, hidden hell that awaits mothers who return to work two weeks after giving birth
9/11/2015 - These are the the most crystal-clear images of Pluto yet
9/11/2015 - Video: Hungarian police treat refugees “like animals,” caging them and throwing food
9/11/2015 - We’re not actually that busy, but we’re great at pretending we are
9/11/2015 - Seattle is nearly as important as the White House during Xi Jinping’s upcoming US trip
9/11/2015 - The “five-second rule”—a scientist evaluates whether your eating habits could make you sick
9/11/2015 - Finland’s wealthy could pay a “solidarity tax” to help support its influx of refugees
9/11/2015 - This is what it takes to get your photo on the cover of a National Geographic magazine
9/11/2015 - These are the stunning, untold stories you should be following on Instagram
9/11/2015 - Japan should be trying out a next-generation monetary policy
9/11/2015 - If you think you aren’t dreaming at night, you’re probably wrong
9/11/2015 - 9/11 forever changed the concept of immigration in the US
9/11/2015 - Beautiful prefabricated homes open in London for the city’s homeless
9/11/2015 - Government intervention can increase the happiness of a country’s entire population
9/11/2015 - The “gifted” system in US schools is broken, racist, and completely fixable
9/11/2015 - How the human brain has evolved in size—measured using tennis balls
9/11/2015 - Premier League soccer teams are using drones to film practices
9/11/2015 - A court has ruled that time spent traveling to and from work is “work”
9/11/2015 - Read: The best “missed connections” of Burning Man 2015
9/11/2015 - For the first time ever, China’s Communist Party is openly questioning its legitimacy
9/11/2015 - A $1,000 wheelbarrow has become a symbol of Kenya’s rampant government corruption
9/11/2015 - Fasten seat belts: IndiGo’s profits have jumped by 175%
9/11/2015 - Pakistan’s film industry is back in business—and not just because of Bollywood
9/11/2015 - OPEC now thinks that oil prices will stay below $50 a barrel for the rest of 2015
9/11/2015 - Keeping ISIL-produced “conflict cotton” out of our closets is easier said than done
9/11/2015 - Japan now has enough women over 100 years old to fill Yankee Stadium
9/11/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Singapore elections, Nespresso demand, mermaid bars
9/11/2015 - Photos: View India’s ancient, forgotten stepwells before they disappear
9/11/2015 - Singapore’s elections are not what they used to be, in charts
9/11/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Singapore elections, Uber’s labor battle, mermaid bars
9/10/2015 - Changing political parties could end your marriage in Malaysia’s conservative north
9/10/2015 - A day in the life of a Chinese app addict
9/10/2015 - Tokyo is running out of regular hotel rooms—why not stay in a converted corporate office instead?
9/10/2015 - SpaceX just released footage of its new manned spaceship and it looks weirdly cool
9/10/2015 - Forget Meet the Press—Obama just addressed concerns about the Iran deal on Quora
9/10/2015 - Singapore elections, new ancient humans, Apple’s feminism failure
9/10/2015 - That double band on the new Apple Watch Hermès has radical design roots
9/10/2015 - Here’s what president Obama had to say about Iran in response to a Quora question
9/10/2015 - Your iPhone 6 is actually holding its value pretty well
9/10/2015 - The US Marines tested all-male squads against mixed-gender ones, and the results were pretty bleak
9/10/2015 - Authors are turning Twitter into a literary genre, 140 characters at a time
9/10/2015 - The new Apple TV won’t change what you watch
9/10/2015 - Apple could have had its most feminist event ever—but it messed up
9/10/2015 - Obama agrees to a tiny increase in the number of Syrian refugees the US will accept
9/10/2015 - ISIL is using the pictures of a drowned Kurdish boy to warn against leaving Islamic countries
9/10/2015 - Another European brand has crossed the Atlantic to help satiate the American appetite for cheap clothes
9/10/2015 - The US government wants more students to do apprenticeships straight out of school
9/10/2015 - In praise of “the rant”
9/10/2015 - The Federal Reserve was just given another reason not to raise rates
9/10/2015 - Bernie Sanders catches up to Hillary Clinton in Iowa
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9/10/2015 - To beat ISIL, the US needs to know it’s engaged in “a different kind of war—a war of the imagination”
9/10/2015 - Video: How Hollywood is ignoring the numbers that could make it richer
9/10/2015 - National Geographic’s new Fox partnership is good for the magazine, and maybe the planet
9/10/2015 - Before the war, Syria housed three times as many refugees as Europe now
9/10/2015 - Elon Musk proposed nuking Mars last night on Colbert
9/10/2015 - Scientists have discovered a new species of ancient human in South Africa
9/10/2015 - What have refugees and asylum seekers invented for us?
9/10/2015 - Iranian criminals are being sentenced to read books
9/10/2015 - Why Europe is so wary of US tech giants
9/10/2015 - Technology can’t take the place of a doctor who listens to you
9/10/2015 - Are self-driving vehicles good for the environment?
9/10/2015 - After deporting 1,400 Colombians, Venezuela pledges to take 20,000 Syrian refugees
9/10/2015 - Obama reveals his new campaign for free college tuition with the help of Louis CK and Chris Rock
9/10/2015 - British Muslims are losing the war against ISIL
9/10/2015 - These 25 schools are responsible for the greatest advances in science
9/10/2015 - Scientists offer more proof that cavemen were not, in fact, eating a “paleo” diet
9/10/2015 - Some of the most ridiculous things politicians have said about Europe’s refugee crisis
9/10/2015 - Climate scientists undermine their own science by avoiding the best case scenario
9/10/2015 - A Saudi diplomat in India has been accused of repeatedly raping his Nepali maids
9/10/2015 - Why entrepreneurs need venture capitalists, and vice versa
9/10/2015 - Honest, captivating responses to “Muslims of Reddit, how much did your life change after 9/11?”
9/10/2015 - The myth of Uber’s monopoly is all a big misunderstanding
9/10/2015 - Paper: British financial innovation helped slavery flourish
9/10/2015 - The world could reduce the number of malaria cases by 90% if we really tried
9/10/2015 - China bears “are worrying too much,” premier Li Keqiang tells the World Economic Forum
9/10/2015 - Alzheimer’s disease could be transmitted through some medical procedures
9/10/2015 - Rwanda’s Supreme Court may block Kagame’s path to a third term
9/10/2015 - These websites use Google Street View to drop you into far-flung corners of the world
9/10/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Floods in Japan, Brazil gets junked, Yelp prison reviews
9/10/2015 - Follow the flow of Syrian civilians from the Middle East to Western Europe
9/10/2015 - The brutal, sexist harassment Bollywood actresses face on Twitter
9/10/2015 - Don’t mock Apple’s new “rose gold” iPhone—the metal is making a comeback
9/10/2015 - What happened when Flipkart, InMobi and Paytm met on stage?
9/10/2015 - ISIL advertises Norwegian and Chinese hostages “for sale”
9/10/2015 - India’s snobbiest neighbourhood might finally let normal people move in
9/10/2015 - Is Xi Jinping living up to the legacy of China’s greatest modern reformer?
9/10/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Apple’s new gear, Brazil downgraded, airplane germ map
9/9/2015 - Why India’s online shopping revolution won’t kill brick-and-mortar stores
9/9/2015 - Uber is giving Carnegie Mellon’s robotics lab $5.5 million after ransacking it for talent
9/9/2015 - Denmark stopped all trains from Germany to curb the influx of migrants
9/9/2015 - How are we going to actually play videogames on our Apple TVs?
9/9/2015 - Keurig somehow thinks the world needs soup in a pod
9/9/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Apple’s new gear, Denmark-Germany border blocked, airplane germ map
9/9/2015 - Absolutely everything you need to know about today’s Apple event
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9/9/2015 - The new Apple TV is a long-delayed, much-needed refresh
9/9/2015 - Everything you need to know about the new iPhone
9/9/2015 - Melting ice may not starve polar bears to death
9/9/2015 - This is what the $1,250 Apple Watch Hermès will look like
9/9/2015 - Saudi Arabia hated the latest issue of National Geographic so much, it banned it
9/9/2015 - The US takes in more refugees from Bhutan, Burma, and 24 other countries than from Syria
9/9/2015 - Jesse Eisenberg: My Spam Plays Hard to Get
9/9/2015 - In Washington, the nuclear deal with Iran is politically unstoppable
9/9/2015 - If you’re Asian, I suggest submitting your work using a “white-sounding” name
9/9/2015 - Watch: Connie Britton gives the best answer ever about the secret behind her hair
9/9/2015 - Texting while driving is hurting Warren Buffett
9/9/2015 - Japanese stocks had their biggest one-day rally since the financial crisis
9/9/2015 - After public outrage over worker treatment, Amazon’s hiring a director of social responsibility
9/9/2015 - China’s slowdown could be a big problem for US universities—and their students
9/9/2015 - An NYU professor just said Marissa Mayer’s pregnancy is the only thing preserving her job
9/9/2015 - Guess what Mark Zuckerberg wore on the new Vanity Fair cover
9/9/2015 - Watch: What you missed from Stephen Colbert’s zany, promising “Late Show” debut
9/9/2015 - This Chrome extension reminds you that “refugees” and “migrants” are “humans”
9/9/2015 - Watch: This tiny skateboarder in a fairy dress reminds us to stay hungry
9/9/2015 - Russia opens a new front in its war with Ukraine—the electric car
9/9/2015 - China’s latest patriotic blockbuster film is a $39 million box office sham
9/9/2015 - Could 3D body scanning mean never entering another dressing room again?
9/9/2015 - Smile, the pan-African wireless ISP, has raised $365 million to expand its network
9/9/2015 - Rules about “contraband” highlight the arbitrary injustice of life in an American prison
9/9/2015 - McDonald’s just committed to 100% cage-free eggs
9/9/2015 - Tony Abbott’s backflip to accept more refugees shows he has a heart—but he needs a fact-checker
9/9/2015 - A blogger dared to question the Singapore miracle, and now the prime minister is trying to bankrupt him
9/9/2015 - To truly end animal suffering, the most ethical choice is to kill wild predators (especially Cecil the lion)
9/9/2015 - The EU wants to set “mandatory” quotas to resettle 160,000 refugees, with penalties if countries refuse
9/9/2015 - Free-range eggs aren’t what you probably think they are
9/9/2015 - The weirdest friendships you find yourself in once you hit 30
9/9/2015 - Inequality is skyrocketing in the US, so why do fewer people want to do something about it?
9/9/2015 - The most promising retail markets in Africa are in countries people rarely talk about
9/9/2015 - The bad boy of India’s startup ecosystem is back
9/9/2015 - Yemen’s forgotten refugees are so desperate they’re fleeing to Somalia
9/9/2015 - Confessions of a life coach: when my clients succeed, I’m left with nothing
9/9/2015 - Just how good are Google’s driverless cars?
9/9/2015 - How a public bus system in Johannesburg saved South Africa $890 million
9/9/2015 - The whisky astronauts took into space is back, and it tastes unexpectedly different
9/9/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—New iPhone unveiled, Europe’s refugee quota, gum-dispensing T-shirts
9/9/2015 - How to watch today’s Apple TV and iPhone event live
9/9/2015 - What to expect from today’s Apple TV and iPhone event
9/9/2015 - What you should binge-read on the Financial Times’ paywall-free website today
9/9/2015 - Flipkart’s head of product on how to build a great startup team
9/9/2015 - Bengaluru in the dark: India’s Silicon Valley battles massive power cuts
9/9/2015 - Netflix continues its quest for global domination with four crucial new markets in Asia
9/9/2015 - Why didn’t Einstein’s descendants inherit his IQ?
9/9/2015 - Over a million people are hit by floods in Assam—but India doesn’t care
9/9/2015 - François Hollande can’t shake his status as the least popular president in French history
9/9/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Latest iPhone debut, Alibaba’s troubles, gum-dispensing T-shirts
9/9/2015 - China will close 150 factories to make sure Shanghai Disneyland has blue skies
9/8/2015 - The Hungarian camerawoman who tripped refugees fleeing police has been fired
9/8/2015 - A visual history of Apple’s TV products
9/8/2015 - United’s CEO just resigned over allegedly restoring a route for a government official
9/8/2015 - The prospects for Yahoo’s Alibaba spin-off are suddenly looking grim
9/8/2015 - New iPhone unveiled, Alibaba’s troubles, and a new (old) Stonehenge
9/8/2015 - Rather than turn hospitals into expensive resorts, healthier patients require happier nurses
9/8/2015 - What I learned from being part of a media startup failure
9/8/2015 - GoPro’s new camera shows what the future of virtual reality might look like—and it’s pretty awesome
9/8/2015 - American children need to stop being taught to fear the topic of race
9/8/2015 - Kim Davis is released from jail after being ordered not to interfere with gay marriages
9/8/2015 - As the American UN delegation moves out of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, Putin books a suite
9/8/2015 - A white man was named one of 2015’s best poets for a poem he wrote with a Chinese pen name
9/8/2015 - Google’s newest patent is a game changer for anyone who wears glasses
9/8/2015 - The LA Philharmonic is using Oculus Rift to spread the joy of music
9/8/2015 - The most important economic chart nobody is talking about right now
9/8/2015 - Kenya says that a bomb scare at a massive Nairobi mall was a false alarm
9/8/2015 - Why 100 impeccably dressed black men welcomed these kids to school
9/8/2015 - This Barbie’s Instagram account is the ultimate mockery of hipster culture
9/8/2015 - Denmark has a clear message for refugees: Stay away
9/8/2015 - How to watch tonight’s Serena vs. Venus US Open quarterfinal match around the world
9/8/2015 - Netflix’s first feature film takes on child soldiers in Africa, and stars Idris Elba
9/8/2015 - The pope is making it easier for Catholics to end their marriages
9/8/2015 - It’s not just Europe that has a duty to help Syrian refugees
9/8/2015 - A bigger, older Stonehenge has been unearthed by scientists a mile from the original
9/8/2015 - The NFL is outfitting every player with movement-tracking, data-rich sensors this season
9/8/2015 - The world’s biggest automakers think humans will always want to drive their own cars
9/8/2015 - Lone-wolf terrorists often reveal their plans well before an attack
9/8/2015 - The Bangkok bombers reportedly never met in person—they planned the attack on WhatsApp
9/8/2015 - Murray’s Bagels in New York has relented on its controversial no-toasting policy
9/8/2015 - How Bank of China helps keep New York City’s commercial real estate market afloat
9/8/2015 - How the Ivies plan to keep the next Zuckerberg from dropping out
9/8/2015 - Charted: Market crashes threaten African cities more than natural disasters
9/8/2015 - Three takeaways from Modi’s big meeting with billionaires, bankers and babus
9/8/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Germany’s record surplus, Toyota’s new Prius, fashionable fanny packs
9/8/2015 - Bangladesh gets its first lesbian cartoon character
9/8/2015 - Refugees, the most enterprising migrants in Australia
9/8/2015 - China is going after the Dalai Lama’s supporters around the world—and the first casualty appears to be Bon Jovi
9/8/2015 - Philosophers can’t agree on how much we should help refugees—or even whether we should
9/8/2015 - How a cheap Indian whiskey beat Smirnoff to become the world’s largest spirits brand
9/8/2015 - An Indian jewellery tycoon has been jailed in Dubai for defaulting on loans worth $150 million
9/8/2015 - Viral in China: A BMW driver who killed two gets off for “psychotic disorders”
9/8/2015 - A refrigerator-smashing ex-teacher from China is bringing his smartphone brand to the US
9/8/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—China’s slowing imports, Toyota’s new Prius, fanny packs
9/7/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—Toyota’s new Prius, Amazon’s $50 tablet, fanny packs
9/7/2015 - Amazon is reportedly going to sell a $50 tablet
9/7/2015 - Obama is ordering US federal contractors to give their employees paid sick leave
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9/7/2015 - Over 13.5 million children can’t go to school because of wars in the Arab world
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9/7/2015 - Danish researchers have an enraging proposal to speed up queues: Serve the last person first
9/7/2015 - A medevac plane that disappeared off the coast of Senegal may have collided with a Boeing B737
9/7/2015 - Witness the pride and elegance of West African photo portraits from the past 100 years
9/7/2015 - Sarah Palin insists immigrants should “speak American” rather than Spanish
9/7/2015 - Labor looks different in the 21st century–so should job training
9/7/2015 - For this Bosnian refugee, the American Dream is still real
9/7/2015 - Investors can’t quit Turkey fast enough, pushing the lira to record lows
9/7/2015 - Western democracy is the root of Europe’s refugee crisis—Chinese state media
9/7/2015 - Indonesia’s palm oil production is smoking out its neighbors
9/7/2015 - India ranks lower than Mongolia and Tunisia in helping small businesses
9/7/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Germany’s refugee budget, Uber vs. Amazon, less melty ice cream
9/7/2015 - This Indian child deserves your attention as much as the Syrian boy
9/7/2015 - Andra Day, the voice behind the Serena Williams Beats ad, is the latest born-on-YouTube star
9/7/2015 - The verdict on Raghuram Rajan’s two years as the RBI governor
9/7/2015 - Hip yoga literature written by Westerners is leaving India out
9/7/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—China’s GDP revision, Uber vs. Amazon, less melty ice cream
9/6/2015 - Austria’s refugee stance, the Queen of England’s long reign, and hungry bears
9/6/2015 - Saudi Arabia’s underground pop artists are building fanbases behind closed doors
9/6/2015 - Photos: What Syrian refugees carry in their bags as they leave their lives behind
9/6/2015 - Asking for advice at work makes you seem smart, not stupid—but only if you do it right
9/6/2015 - The Pope urges every Catholic parish in Europe to take in refugees
9/6/2015 - Astronauts report an “overview effect” from the awe of space travel—and you can replicate it here on Earth
9/6/2015 - Computers can now paint like Van Gogh and Picasso
9/6/2015 - The most popular books in U.S. public libraries, mapped by city
9/6/2015 - Society has to stop treating celebrity kids like sexually mature adults
9/6/2015 - Women with “resting bitch face” are actually better communicators
9/6/2015 - Cuba’s government is suddenly very interested in encouraging proficiency in English
9/6/2015 - For too many children, homework hurts more than it helps
9/6/2015 - Scientists say they’ve found a way to slow ice cream’s melting
9/6/2015 - Your “slacktivism” really does help the world
9/6/2015 - Stunning photos of India’s naked saints in one of the world’s largest religious festivals
9/5/2015 - A man tracks down his lost dog in Yellowstone National Park after searching for 42 days
9/5/2015 - Finland’s prime minister has invited refugees to live in his own home
9/5/2015 - A paralyzed man just walked again, thanks to a robotic exoskeleton
9/5/2015 - The rich and colorful civilian life of Eric, the Star Wars Stormtrooper
9/5/2015 - Photos: “Divorce selfies” are catching on, and for good reason
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9/5/2015 - This is what 365 days without a vacation does to your health
9/5/2015 - Why is airplane food so terrible?
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9/5/2015 - Science shows gender neutral toys empower children, and possibly society at large
9/5/2015 - Weekend edition—The refugee crisis, egg conspiracies, scorekeeping matters
9/5/2015 - How a $10 bottle of body lotion inspired a cult of loyal fans
9/5/2015 - From the Dutch to kindertransport, Britain has a long history of welcoming refugees
9/5/2015 - The secret to being a great football coach has nothing to do with football
9/5/2015 - The world is expressing remorse for ignoring a growing refugee crisis. Why now?
9/5/2015 - From soccer star to caliph: The story of ISIL’s al-Baghdadi
9/5/2015 - Why India should stop celebrating Teacher’s Day
9/5/2015 - A South African tycoon is buying up some of Britain’s most precious assets: its shops
9/4/2015 - Photos: Fed up with the trains, migrants begin a long march down the highway in Hungary
9/4/2015 - The story behind those office monkey GIFs that are suddenly everywhere
9/4/2015 - Car companies are scrambling for AI talent as Google and Apple’s driverless cars loom
9/4/2015 - After a drowned Syrian boy’s photo goes viral, the UK softens its stance on refugees
9/4/2015 - The good, the bad, and the ugly: The 10 most important economic charts of the week
9/4/2015 - It takes the US two years to process a refugee application from Syria
9/4/2015 - President Obama praises an Iranian boy in a Humans of New York photo
9/4/2015 - Score an Olafur Eliasson-designed piece and help bring power to areas of Sub-Saharan Africa
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9/4/2015 - NASA is developing a “hedgehog” robot to tumble around comets and asteroids
9/4/2015 - Joe Davis on the markets and the economy
9/4/2015 - Data-shamed, economists are turning an influential email into an experiment about bias
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9/4/2015 - Jeff Bezos’ email to his employees shows Amazon’s leadership problems are only beginning
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9/4/2015 - Sorry, city kids. It’s healthy to spend your childhood rolling around in dirt
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9/4/2015 - Amazon wants to know everything about you by having a robot talk to you
9/4/2015 - China has made key stock market data—from two weeks before the crash onward—mysteriously unavailable
9/4/2015 - Yet another great thing beer can do: Revitalize an entire Midwestern city
9/4/2015 - An Egyptian billionaire wants to buy a Mediterranean island for refugees
9/4/2015 - Timeline: How India cracked down on Greenpeace
9/4/2015 - How an extreme cycling event could do wonders for diabetics
9/4/2015 - WhatsApp has 900 million monthly active users—but still no business model
9/4/2015 - Forget Google Street View—here’s a cat’s street view
9/4/2015 - Bayern Munich will walk onto the pitch hand-in-hand with a refugee child
9/4/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—US jobs, possible Syrian elections, refugee Med island
9/4/2015 - Nigeria wants to use drones to help save billions of dollars from oil theft
9/4/2015 - A long and painful goodbye to my dying grandparents
9/4/2015 - The father of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi on the boat ride that killed his family
9/4/2015 - In charts: What Asian countries think of Narendra Modi and India
9/4/2015 - Ranking African universities is a futile endeavour
9/4/2015 - In cartoons: India’s latest stock market crash
9/4/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—America’s job report card, Britain’s shift on refugees, anti-ISIS anime
9/4/2015 - Indonesia has cancelled a completely unnecessary $5 billion high-speed rail line, jilting Japan and China
9/3/2015 - Goodbye “parade blue”—air pollution in Beijing is back to the unhealthy levels feared by residents
9/3/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—America’s job report card, Britain’s shift on refugees, anti-ISIS anime
9/3/2015 - Apple Pay’s new partner has one big advantage over Square
9/3/2015 - Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is ordered to jail for refusing same-sex marriage licenses
9/3/2015 - This may be the worst Craigslist job posting ever
9/3/2015 - Hungary’s leader is determined to keep Europe for Europeans, even as refugees die
9/3/2015 - Disturbing images of a drowned Syrian child are forcing politicians globally to rethink their refugee policies
9/3/2015 - Japan is building a giant robotic lettuce factory
9/3/2015 - As SodaStream leaves the West Bank, it blames its critics for hurting Palestinian workers
9/3/2015 - Why Samsung’s new smartwatch doesn’t run Android
9/3/2015 - In a generational about-face, teens don’t care about television anymore
9/3/2015 - Inspired by “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” NASA plans to hitch rides on comets using harpoons and tethers
9/3/2015 - Arabs are calling out their governments for not doing enough to help refugees
9/3/2015 - Oil bulls are subject to a hard fact, which is that US shale is a stubborn bear
9/3/2015 - As a student, I travelled to NYU’s satellite campus and was shocked by its human rights abuses
9/3/2015 - In a powerful video, a 13-year-old Syrian boy nails the truth of the refugee crisis
9/3/2015 - The market thinks the ECB is bluffing again
9/3/2015 - Explore the breakthroughs that define over a century of automotive innovation
9/3/2015 - It’s time to say goodbye to the wedding industry’s most unnecessarily extravagant fantasy
9/3/2015 - Interactive: Travel through 129 years of automotive innovation
9/3/2015 - How exactly to help the refugees flooding into Europe—and how not to
9/3/2015 - Survey: Only 12% of people in China have a favorable view of Japan, and it’s worse in the other direction
9/3/2015 - Index Awards: These prize-winning, game-changing designs tackle some of our toughest global challenges
9/3/2015 - No pain, no gain: Backstage photos reveal what it takes for a model to be catwalk-ready
9/3/2015 - 10 things managing a pizzeria in Montana taught me about work and life
9/3/2015 - Why does every African movie character have the same accent?
9/3/2015 - It’s probably a myth that we’re not getting enough sleep
9/3/2015 - You’re much more likely to find a better job while you still have one
9/3/2015 - The hidden economic lessons of the evil eye
9/3/2015 - South Africa is hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2022, but can it afford it?
9/3/2015 - While Europe drags its feet, an “Airbnb for refugees” is giving homes to people in need
9/3/2015 - Google might be facing a long and painful antitrust battle in India
9/3/2015 - Airlines, rejoice! The worse the weather, the more people get the hell out of Britain
9/3/2015 - The head of the DARPA Robotics Challenge isn’t afraid of a robot uprising—he’s afraid of our smartphones
9/3/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Twitter’s next CEO, IMF’s growth warning, boredom-detecting smartphones
9/3/2015 - A trash-fueled DeLorean—just like in “Back to the Future”—will soon cruise through Tokyo
9/3/2015 - The UN has warned war-ravaged Gaza could be unlivable in five years
9/3/2015 - The director of Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams” video explains why there are hardly any black people in it
9/3/2015 - Online in China: A fake chat room of world leaders arguing about Beijing’s military parade
9/3/2015 - India’s obsession with English is depriving many children of a real education
9/3/2015 - China is buying about one-fifth of the world’s Apple Watches
9/3/2015 - 659 million Manchester United fans have a new friend: India’s HCL Technologies
9/3/2015 - Everything about China’s WWII parade was huge—including 300,000 military layoffs
9/3/2015 - Five ways India can benefit from China’s slowdown
9/3/2015 - These photos will change how the world sees the Syrian refugee crisis
9/3/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—China’s military parade, Tesla’s delivery dates, boredom-detecting smartphones
9/2/2015 - There is literally a US government conspiracy against vegan mayo
9/2/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Asia edition—China’s lavish parade, Tesla’s delivery dates, boredom-detecting smartphones
9/2/2015 - Elon Musk tweeted the date he will deliver the first mass-market Tesla
9/2/2015 - The woman who invented luxury e-commerce as we know it is leaving her company
9/2/2015 - ISIL is reportedly using US-made assault rifles in Iraq
9/2/2015 - The truly “Christian” thing for Kim Davis to do is resign from office
9/2/2015 - What new TV shows should learn from the year’s best original series, “Mr. Robot”
9/2/2015 - Polio is back in Europe because people aren’t vaccinating their children
9/2/2015 - Disney and DreamWorks are reported to be splitting up
9/2/2015 - Tired of ads on Hulu? You’re now in luck—but you’ll pay for it
9/2/2015 - Life after web content blocking becomes official
9/2/2015 - A 15-feature “travel jacket” with eyemask and neck pillow is Kickstarter’s most-funded piece of clothing ever
9/2/2015 - The demand for Legos is soaring—and that’s before a new generation of “Star Wars” toys
9/2/2015 - Nepal hasn’t spent any of its earthquake relief aid yet
9/2/2015 - The new Apple TV sounds like a much bigger deal than the Apple Watch
9/2/2015 - If we want the police to be accountable, we have to hold them accountable
9/2/2015 - This professor teaches Pixar’s approach to creative genius
9/2/2015 - The future of food is giant, floating solar-powered farms
9/2/2015 - NASA created a material that can heal itself in seconds—even from bullets
9/2/2015 - Obama just got all the Senate votes he needs for a victory on the Iran deal
9/2/2015 - We need more meat-eating animal-rights advocates
9/2/2015 - Donald Trump isn’t funny, he’s America’s Marine Le Pen
9/2/2015 - Photos: Vladimir Putin is pumping iron, sipping tea in $1,400 sweatpants
9/2/2015 - Twenty-five years after being bombed off the air, the Arabic version of “Sesame Street” is back
9/2/2015 - The case for hitchhiking in the sharing economy
9/2/2015 - These are the most popular iOS apps and games of all time
9/2/2015 - Why exactly procrastinators procrastinate
9/2/2015 - There are very few black people in Taylor Swift’s wild Africa dreams
9/2/2015 - New cholesterol meds may be the costliest drugs in US history
9/2/2015 - The story about thousands of Icelanders offering their homes to refugees is a wild exaggeration
9/2/2015 - Compostable jeans are a thing now
9/2/2015 - Uber bends its business model to offer cash payments across all of India
9/2/2015 - As the British aristocracy’s etiquette bible goes digital, never be rude online again
9/2/2015 - This might be the best new drone to buy for beginners
9/2/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Intel’s radical chip, strikes in India, Putin’s cashmere sweatpants
9/2/2015 - Bees don’t anoint queens, they sabotage workers
9/2/2015 - These gorgeous satellite photos of Earth are the perfect morning reset
9/2/2015 - China welcomes an accused war criminal to a parade lambasting Japanese war crimes during WWII
9/2/2015 - Jakarta is turning a golf course into affordable housing and soccer fields
9/2/2015 - India’s trade unions pull off one of the biggest strikes in decades
9/2/2015 - Thailand’s latest viral ad will make you cry over security cameras
9/2/2015 - India is finally walking the talk on becoming a global arms exporter
9/2/2015 - South Africa’s economy is in trouble—these five sectors could help stabilize it
9/2/2015 - How an internet show on startups delivered a stinging blow to Indian TV
9/2/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Putin in China, strikes in India, gadgets slow aging
9/1/2015 - A federal judge greenlights a class-action suit by Uber drivers seeking full employment
9/1/2015 - CBS will stream several NFL games for free this season, no TV subscription required
9/1/2015 - Obama deplores climate change in the Arctic, but will deploy more icebreakers there anyway
9/1/2015 - Why the heck does that Kentucky clerk who won’t marry gays still have her job?
9/1/2015 - The three engineers you meet in product management heaven
9/1/2015 - Chaos has broken out in Hungary as migrants are barred from boarding trains to Western Europe
9/1/2015 - PayPal’s newest feature looks a whole lot like Square’s “Cashtags”
9/1/2015 - The pope asked all priests to forgive women who had abortions—but for one year only
9/1/2015 - Oil prices are going lower again—and will stay low through 2016
9/1/2015 - ISIL says its new currency will destroy “America’s capitalist financial system of enslavery”
9/1/2015 - Google has unveiled a new logo
9/1/2015 - LVMH poached a top Apple executive, proving luxury is finally getting serious about digital
9/1/2015 - The oil slump has thrown Canada back into recession
9/1/2015 - The White House now has a director of product
9/1/2015 - Photos: The 2,000-year-old temple you will never get to see because ISIL apparently blew it up
9/1/2015 - Japan has scrapped its 2020 Olympics logo amid allegations of plagiarism
9/1/2015 - Nearly all seabirds will have plastic in their stomachs by 2050
9/1/2015 - Prepare yourselves: A rare “supermoon lunar eclipse” is coming
9/1/2015 - Ordinary citizens across Europe are stepping in to help refugees where their governments have failed
9/1/2015 - Amazon Prime members can now download videos to watch offline
9/1/2015 - The US clerk ordered by the Supreme Court to marry gay people still won’t marry gay people
9/1/2015 - I am a socially liberal, millennial immigrant—and here’s why Donald Trump has my vote
9/1/2015 - Merkel and Tsipras could learn how to end the euro crisis by watching “Hamilton”
9/1/2015 - There’s now a Google-backed smartphone that will never run out of storage
9/1/2015 - Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is pregnant with twins
9/1/2015 - In today’s happiness-obsessed culture, we’ve forgotten that true happiness comes at a cost
9/1/2015 - Telltale signs that you need to abandon your “sinking ship” company
9/1/2015 - The private sector is the answer to America’s huge transportation infrastructure problem
9/1/2015 - Beijing is blaming everyone but itself for China’s stock market collapse
9/1/2015 - Study: Eating ‘on the go’ tricks you into eating more
9/1/2015 - KitKat bars will no longer be made with cocoa harvested by child laborers
9/1/2015 - Senior citizens’ use of computers and mobile phones might shave 10 years off their mental age
9/1/2015 - Murder rates are rising across America—but nobody knows why
9/1/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—China’s slowdown worsens, Samsung’s new smartwatch, Airbnb for refugees
9/1/2015 - How a 10-year-old schoolgirl in India fought against child marriage—and won
9/1/2015 - Apple may produce original Hollywood content—here’s why that would be a great move
9/1/2015 - India’s economy is growing at 7%—but it’s not good enough
9/1/2015 - South Africa’s national rugby team is a metaphor for a nation’s slow progress on racial equality
9/1/2015 - The top 10 companies where British professionals want to work
9/1/2015 - Saif Ali Khan’s Phantom triggers an anti-India social media war in Pakistan
9/1/2015 - Here’s why Kenya keeps dominating the world of athletics
9/1/2015 - Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—China’s slowdown worsens, Samsung’s new smartwatch, Airbnb for refugees
9/1/2015 - China hopes censorship and patriotic netizens will make its WWII parade a global victory