Tag: Holidays
The beach wasn’t always a vacation destination – for the ancient...
Marie-Claire Beaulieu, Tufts University
Many of us are heading to the beach to bask in the sun and unwind...
No need to overload your cranberry sauce with sugar this holiday...
Rosemary Trout, Drexel University
The holidays are full of delicious and indulgent food and drinks. It’s hard to resist...
Awkwardness can hit in any social situation – here are a...
Alexandra Plakias, Hamilton College
The holidays offer many opportunities for awkward moments. Political discussions, of course, hold plenty of...
Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
Elena Jackson Albarrán, Miami University
This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their...
Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers
Shannon McHugh, UMass Boston
As poets have demonstrated for centuries, a sonnet for your beloved never goes out of...
The science of gift wrapping explains why sloppy is better
Erick M. Mas, Vanderbilt University
They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might...
Real or artificial? A forestry scientist explains how to choose the...
Every year, Americans buy somewhere between 35 million and 50 million Christmas trees, and many more pull an artificial tree out of...
How cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger became the scents of winter holidays,...
Serina DeSalvio, Texas A&M University
Regardless of how you celebrate end-of-year holidays, food is probably central to your winter...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
