Tag: Light
Curious Kids: How do my eyes adjust to the dark and...
Mark D. Fairchild, Rochester Institute of Technology
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an...
What Hanukkah’s portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews
Ted Merwin, Dickinson College
When I was growing up in suburban New York, Hanukkah was not grounded in religious observance. Having no clue that there...
70 years of instant photos, thanks to inventor Edwin Land’s Polaroid...
Ann Elsner, Indiana University
It probably happens every minute of the day: A little girl demands to see the photo her parent has just taken...
Super-black feathers can absorb virtually every photon of light that hits...
Dakota McCoy, Harvard University
What do birds and aerospace engineers have in common? Both have invented incredibly dark, “super-black” surfaces that absorb almost every last...
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...
