Tag: Colors
Can rainbows form in a circle? Fun facts on the physics...
Partha Chowdhury, UMass Lowell
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
Do dogs really see in just black and white?
Nancy Dreschel, Penn State
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
Do dogs really see in just black and white?
Nancy Dreschel, Pennsylvania State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
How did ‘white’ become a metaphor for all things good?
Aradhna Krishna, University of Michigan
Shortly after George Floyd’s death, one of my friends texted me that Floyd wasn’t necessarily a bad person, but, pointing...
Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a new pigment...
Erick Leite Bastos, Universidade de São Paulo
What’s your favorite color? If you answered blue, you’re in good company. Blue outranks all other color preferences...
Want better tips? Go for gold
Na Young Lee, University of Dayton
Although tipping is generally thought to be a voluntary payment meant to express gratitude to a service worker, the...
Can pink really pacify?
Julie Irish, Iowa State University
As an interior designer, I’ve long been interested in how different colors can affect our mood and behavior.
For example,...
From slag to swag: The story of Earl Tupper’s fantastic plastics
Marsha Bryant, University of Florida
When “American Horror Story,” the Museum of Modern Art and “Napoleon Dynamite” pay homage to an invention, you know it’s...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
