Tag: Equinox
How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days
Deanna Hence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Above the equator, winter officially begins in December. But in many areas,...
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the...
Brent Landau, University of Texas at Austin
On April 21, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said...
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...
