Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
For several hundred years, millions of Chinese girls had their bodies painfully misshapen to conform to a prevailing social expectation. Intact feet, girls were told, would damage their marriage ...
CHICAGO — For centuries, small feet were widely viewed as beautiful in Chinese culture, and marked a woman as wealthy. The average American woman wears a size eight shoe, which measures about 9.5 ...