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Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

This quiet epic is the top-grossing Japanese live action film of all time

Kokuho depicts a decades-long journey through Kabuki theater, exploring friendship, artistic perfection, and the struggle to achieve living national treasure status within Japan's rigid theatrical tradition.
Miami Marlins
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes

Tomato clownfish flexibly adjust stripe loss based on environmental cues and social hierarchy, with adult presence accelerating the fading process.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
3 weeks ago

Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia: Mirroring the Modern World

Generally speaking, though, from the rise of the cities circa 4500 BCE to the downfall of Sumer in 1750 BCE, the people of the regions of Mesopotamia did live their lives in similar ways. The civilizations of Mesopotamia placed a great value on the written word. Once writing was invented, circa 3600/3500 BCE, the scribes seem almost obsessed with recording every facet of their cities' lives,
History
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago

Your email sign-off is quietly telling your coworkers exactly where you fall on the class ladder-the people above you noticed it on day one and the people beside you have the same one and that's not a coincidence - Silicon Canals

Email sign-offs function as class markers: higher-status individuals use terse sign-offs while lower-status individuals use more polite, lengthy closings.
Arts
fromARTnews.com
3 months ago

How Caravaggio Painted Class and Clothes

Contrasting garments in The Cardsharps signal status differences and blurred identities, highlighting fashion's role in social mobility, visibility, and garment circulation.
Science
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 months ago

The most violent attack ever documented': Five female bonobos kill a male, challenging beliefs about the species' peaceful nature

A group of female bonobos brutally attacked an adult male, inflicting severe, potentially fatal injuries that reveal violent and sexual dynamics within bonobo society.
History
fromThe Atlantic
5 months ago

The Moral Foundation of America

Ancient societies treated rights and protections as privileges granted by rulers, with legal safeguards and punishments varying by social rank and divine sanction.
Film
fromThe Atlantic
5 months ago

The Invention of Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow's adolescent isolation and love of comedy, fueled by rejection in sports, propelled him toward comedic idols and shaped his skepticism of social hierarchies.
Social media marketing
fromThe Verge
7 months ago

Wordpilled slangmaxxing: how incel language infected the mainstream internet - and brought its toxicity with it

The modern incel movement emerged from early internet connections and developed into a misogynistic subculture promoting a sexual hierarchy among men.
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