Tag: Valentines Day
Why the price of your favorite chocolate will continue to rise
Narcisa Pricope, Mississippi State University
Valentine’s Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this...
How much candy do Americans eat in a whole year?
Rahel Mathews, Mississippi State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Single on Valentine’s Day and happily so
Elizabeth Brake, Rice University
In this pandemic year, many Americans are focused on how to have a socially distanced...
How China does Valentine’s Day
Wei Li, Frostburg State University
Americans celebrate love on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day — a holiday named for Saint Valentine, a third-century Roman clergyman who...
Consensual sex is key to happiness and good health, science says
Shervin Assari, University of Michigan
As we approach Valentine’s Day, it’s nice to celebrate love and, one the best parts about it, sex. As a...
The ‘real’ St. Valentine was no patron of love
Lisa Bitel, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
On Feb. 14, sweethearts of all ages will exchange cards, flowers,...
What Plato can teach you about finding a soulmate
Firmin DeBrabander, Maryland Institute College of Art
In the beginning, humans were androgynous. So says Aristophanes in his fantastical account of the origins of love...
Why Tinder is so ‘evilly satisfying’
Jeanette Purvis, University of Hawaii
In America, 60 percent of digital media consumption now occurs on mobile or tablet devices instead of desktop computers.
As...
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...
