Welcome to Sunday! The top five articles of the week on our website are listed below.
A good read you may have missed: Did you know that decorative Easter eggs date back to medieval times? Or that before the Easter bunny, there was the “Easter hare”? Or that Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full Moon following the spring equinox?
Today is Easter, a great day to read – or reread – this Conversation classic by Brent Landau of the University of Texas Austin that unpacks little-known facts about the Christian holiday.
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There are a lot of people, but the oceans are very big.
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Tony E. Wong, Rochester Institute of Technology
Even if every human being on Earth went for a dip in the ocean at the same time, they'd be just a drop in the bucket compared to the size of the planet's seas.
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Hollywood has picked a winner, but what does the science say?
Courtesy of Warner Bros Entertainment
Kiersten Formoso, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Hollywood loves a good monster battle, and where better to turn for inspiration than the animal kingdom? Traits from real animals can provide clues about the fighting prowess of Kong and Godzilla.
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Catesby Holmes, The Conversation
Research on racism and policing in the US, explained by the experts who study it.
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Ben Belton, Michigan State University; Dave Little, University of Stirling; Wenbo Zhang, Shanghai Ocean University
Aquaculture is a growing source of healthy protein for millions of people around the world, but there are big differences between farming fish on land and at sea.
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Jay A. Irwin, University of Nebraska Omaha
Trans Day of Visibility, celebrated March 31, is a day to honor the trans community and counter transphobia.
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