Molly Duffy

Although our eyes usually can’t see them, visible light contains all the colors of the rainbow. This kind of light …

Rainbows sometimes appear in the sky after a downpour, while water droplets still are lingering in the air. Those droplets, …

In the lunar calendar, which follows the moon instead of the sun, the new year begins on Friday. In China, …

In the lunar calendar, Feb. 12 marks the first day of the new year. And in the Chinese horoscope, 2021 …

As the Lunar New Year approaches — this year on Feb. 12 — families in China often decorate their front …

Walking down a street in Beijing you might see store windows filled with skewers packed with shiny, glazed fruits. These …

Mindfulness is the practice of being present in your body and acknowledging however it is you’re feeling. Achieving mindfulness might …

Do you find butterflies boring, or are you a lepidopterologist (a fancy word for, basically, butterfly scientist) in the making? …

Seeing a butterfly has meant different things to different peoples over time. Some cultures think a butterfly is good luck, …

When fall arrives, Monarch butterflies that have perched on Iowa trees, snacked on the state’s flowers and fluttered across Eastern …

Who do you know who is at least 60 years old? Maybe it’s your grandparent, or your friendly neighbor. Whoever …

A white dove has been a symbol of peace for centuries. In the 1960s, the dove was a symbol the …

Martin Luther King Jr., a fierce advocate for justice in the late 1950s and 1960s, was a powerful speaker. King …

Robert Service was known as ‘the bard of the Yukon,’ and wrote some of the best stories about cold and …

Lots of arctic animals, including bears, woodchucks and chipmunks, hibernate through the cold winter months. During hibernation, these animals aren’t …