By Chris Eppig
Halloween is coming up, and popular culture is being filled its annual dose of references to the supernatural (including the recent season premier of the showSupernatural, which is probably not a coincidence). Ghosts, monsters, black magick, vampires, witches, and others all fall under this umbrella of “the supernatural.”
By Chris Eppig
There are many festivals in Chicago this summer and fall, and many of them will involve food. A Taste of Latin America and The Chicago Hot Dog Fest just passed, and Chicago’s New Orleans Festival and festival de la Villita are coming up soon. The food at some of these festivals will be very spicy, and the food at other festivals will not be spicy.
By Christopher Eppig, Ph.D.
By Christopher Eppig, Ph.D.
10% Of Our Brains?
There is a new movie coming out later this month called “Lucy.” (See the trailer here.) The premise of this movie is that humans only use 10% of our brains, and Scarlett Johansson gets superpowers by using more than 10% of hers. This idea that we only use 10% of our brains, but would be better if we used more, is a very persistent myth in our society.
By Scott Michael Slone
Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high…
Many of our readers might be familiar with Reading Rainbow, an educational children’s show that aired on PBS during the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s. It was a show dedicated to promoting reading in a child’s life and promoting critical thinking about what they were reading, much like the show Bill Nye The Science Guy promoted scientific thought and analysis. Continue reading “Crowdfunding Gold under the Reading Rainbow”
By Zoe Hunter
In case the cold weather kept you away from C2STs latest event entitled “Is This Safe to Eat?,” here is a quick recap.
