Apollo Dionysus modern contrast classical sources

Apollo and Dionysus became modern opposites

Classical sources did not set the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus against each other as reason versus chaos. Thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Johann Joachim Winckelmann helped shape that later contrast, which went on to influence Western culture and the study of ancient Greece.

Babies learn to look at something together with another person

~9–12 months

Around their first birthday, many babies begin following another person's gaze or pointing to something they want to share. This is called joint attention: two people know they are focusing on the same thing. It is a major step toward language and social communication because a child can now connect an object, another person's attention and a shared experience.

Land around Finland’s Gulf of Bothnia is rising

≈1 cm/year

Around the Gulf of Bothnia, the land rises by about 1 cm each year. Former seabed is becoming dry land, and Finland’s area grows by about 7 square kilometres annually.

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