Have you tried painting by numbers? Chances are your parents and grandparents definitely have! Paint-by-numbers is a picture which has sections labeled with numbers that correspond to different colors. This made it easier for people to paint as they only had to fill in each section with its respective color. Dan Robbins, the inventor of paint-by-numbers, passed away recently on April 1. Inspired by da Vinci Dan Robbins worked for Palmer Paint after serving in World War II. Working in the paint firm lead him to build the first paint by numbers kit. The inspiration for his invention came from...

The 23.4-degree tilt in the Earth’s axis means night and day are different lengths. The side tilted closer to the sun experiences longer days during the summer, while the side tilted away experiences shorter winter days. However, for two days of the year, during the equinox, night and day are almost equal in length. Equinoxes only occur two times a year and signify a change in season-- once in March (Spring Equinox), and once in September (Fall Equinox). This year’s Spring Equinox fell on March 20th at 2:58 pm Pacific Time. NASA captured a photo of this happening, with the earth half swathed...

Niantic’s wildly popular app Pokémon Go is marketed as a real-life version of Pocket Monsters, a famous Japanese franchise. With the app, users can travel to different locations to catch Pokémon-- with each location containing Pokémon with varying degrees of rarity. Two of the most important functions in the game are Pokéstops, where players can spin for rewards (such as refilling Pokéballs that will allow them to catch more Pokémon) and gyms, places where players are allowed to battle monsters. Pokémon Go’s initial release caused people to swarm certain locations in search of rare Pokémon,...