Tag: Words
What it takes to become a spelling bee champ
Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College
Whenever the Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place, parents and children may wonder: What does...
How to deal with holiday stress, Danish-style
Marie Helweg-Larsen, Dickinson College
The holidays often involve jubilant gift exchanges, renewed connections with family and friends, and treasured...
Can Bionic Reading make you a speed reader? Not so fast
Lauren M. Singer Trakhman, University of Maryland
What if something as simple as bolding parts of a word could...
How ‘gate’ became the syllable of scandal
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
On June 17, 1972, Washington, D.C., police arrested five men for breaking into...
How poetry can help people get through hard times – 4...
Alvin Buyinza, The Conversation
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian American writer Ilya Kaminsky’s poem “We Lived Happily During the...
Want to master Wordle? Here’s the best strategy for your first...
Derek Horstmeyer, George Mason University
As Wordle has skyrocketed in popularity, multiple media outlets have published articles that explore...
Zaila Avant-garde – 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ – stands...
Shalini Shankar, Northwestern University
When Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8, 2021,...
Zaila Avant-garde – 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ – stands...
Shalini Shankar, Northwestern University
When Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8, 2021,...
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...
