At the risk of triggering impassioned mansplaining from my solar physicist dad and astronomer big bro, I must proceed with a topic I’ve...

“Nothing worth having comes easy” — Theodore Roosevelt (paraphrased) Meditation can be described as "observing what is." It is a lot of...

The Chinese lantern plant ( Physalis alkekengi ) encloses its fruit in a membrane while it grows, to protect it from predators....

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

Note to men: If you’re squeamish about female biology, first, apologize to your wives, girlfriends, mothers, aunts, etc., for being a...

A Garden of Delicious This recipe takes approximately three months. To the Haudenosaunee ( Iroquois) people of the American northeast ,...

By Regine Chia Everyone’s been pointing out the parallels between The Life of a Showgirl cover and Millais’ painting of Ophelia, and I...

“What you fear is what you find.” I’ve experienced this, and it is a theme in many myths. Long ago, in a faraway land, King Laetes and...

"People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want." But it wasn't until I reached my "F–it 50's"...

Painters and photographers can use light and shadow to convey emotions. I can't think of an example in nature where duality doesn't play a part. Can you?

In September, we look forward to the structure school brings, but by December, we're praying for a snow day where we can turn off the alarm, sleep in, have a snowball fight, then curl up with hot cocoa and a book.

"Why do you think English and American law is the most cutting edge?"