
Margarita Noriega
Former Shortform Editor
Latest articles by Margarita Noriega


A map created by Bill Rankin at Radical Cartography (h/t Max Roser) shows regional differences for cheek-based greetings.


Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor is sorry he is not sorry for putting a huge red sculpture, which represents a vagina, at the Palace of Versailles.


The unemployment rate for the national US population is 5.5 percent, but it’s not that low for many subpopulations.


Barbie’s latest wardrobe change might actually encourage girls to put their own health before sexist social expectations.


The nine lives of the Guinness Book of World Records.


A North Korean tourism company released an amazing instructional video for dancing.


Researchers wanted to “capture the voice” of teenagers with diabetes, so they gave them cameras.


Sandberg wrote about the countless people who are helping her survive through her deep grief, and her thoughts about people who don’t have support systems like hers -- especially women.


Herman Van Rompuy loves two things: diplomacy and poetry. Now he gets to put them together.


The higher your income, the more likely you are to receive sick leave.