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Easter Egg

A woman places wax on a hollowed out egg that is then dipped in different dyes, a Ukrainian art known as pysanky. | Aimee Dilger/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Easter Egg

How Easter Eggs Spread Around the World

The tradition of decorating eggs in springtime is a lesson in symbols shared across cultures.

Matthew Petti | 4.20.2025 7:00 AM

4-17-v5-C | lllustration: Eddie Marshall | Polaris | Newscom

Trump Administration

Reagan Is Back in Style but Not in Spirit

President Donald Trump once again rolled out the egg-colored Reagan rug for his second term, but the Trump-Reagan similarities are running thin.

Autumn Billings | 4.20.2025 6:30 AM

A drawing of a prehistoric dinosaur standing over its nest | Danny Cicchetti/Wikimedia

Easter Egg

The First Colored Eggs Appeared Long Before Easter

The dinosaur ancestors of birds laid blue, brown, and speckled eggs as far back as 150 million years ago.

Ronald Bailey | 4.20.2025 6:00 AM

crushed eggshells | Photo by Bruno Azevedo on Unsplash

Eggs

Trump Wants Lower Egg Prices. He's Also Putting Tariffs on Imported Eggs.

The White House's trade policy is totally scrambled.

Eric Boehm | 4.19.2025 7:00 AM

Three chickens, with three easter eggs | Lars Christensen | Dreamstime.com

Easter Egg

Don't Fear the Bird Flu When Dyeing Easter Eggs

If you can afford them.

Ronald Bailey | 4.19.2025 6:30 AM

Scientist freezing eggs | Lex van Lieshout/ANP/Newscom

Easter Egg

Why Women Freeze Their Eggs

It's not to further their careers, says Motherhood on Ice author Marcia C. Inhorn.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.18.2025 2:15 PM

Illustration of broken eggs on an abstract background | lllustration: Eddie Marshall | Grok

Easter Egg

The Yolk's On You!

Trump fans scramble to defend the president’s inconsistency.

Jack Nicastro | 4.18.2025 1:00 PM

An egg next to a cocktail glass. | Grok

Easter Egg

Flip Out by Putting a Whole Egg in Your Cocktail

Eggs and booze go way back.

Peter Suderman | 4.18.2025 8:30 AM

Polish egg prices | lllustration:Eddie Marshall/Bernard Bialorucki/Golib Tolibov/Kfyongkang/Dreamstime.com

Easter Egg

How Egg Prices Became the Symbol of Poland's Successful Transition to Freedom

In the chaotic early days of Poland's "shock therapy," free market reformers measured their success by the falling price of this one basic commodity.

Christian Britschgi | 4.18.2025 8:15 AM

A hand holds a container of Just Egg against a pale background with a grid and faint outlines of egg cartons | lllustration: Eddie Marshall | David Tonelson | | Dreamstime.com

Food Freedom

These Unusual Egg Alternatives Might Just Get You Through the Egg Shortage

The wonders of capitalism make hyper-realistic egg substitutes possible.

Emma Camp | 4.18.2025 7:45 AM

Liz Wolfe stands in a backyard, holding a chicken | Liz Wolfe

Urban

How To Raise Backyard Chickens

The urban farming renaissance offers a little taste of self-reliance.

Liz Wolfe | 4.18.2025 7:15 AM

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