Greek

Pi Day reveals origins of pi symbol

Everyone knows about pi, the world’s most famous irrational number. And just as recognizable is the pi symbol: 𝝅. But how did that symbol come to be?

Facebook goes “meta,” internet has a field day

Meanwhile, Portuguese-speaking internet users got to have a laugh over the fact that “meta” is the imperative form of a verb with the colloquial meaning “to have intercourse.”

It’s All Greek to Us!

It may have passed unremarked by many, but February 9th was International Greek Language Day, a day to celebrate the language that has contributed...