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Music & Culture

Spring is springing: Ring in the March equinox with this vibrant playlist

1:26pm March 11, 2025

The World Cafe team has compiled a refreshing and lush collection of 75 spring-inspired tracks.

The vernal equinox falls on March 19 nationwide this year. It's the earliest start to spring since 1896. This photo shows the Earth shortly before the moment of the equinox on March 20, 2019.

Science

Spring Starts Today All Over America, Which Is Weird

7:17pm March 19, 2020

by Rebecca Hersher

Spring begins at 11:50 p.m. ET on March 19 this year. It is the earliest nationwide vernal equinox since 1896. Why, you ask? Get ready for orbital mechanics and a lot of information about calendars.

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In this March 5, 2020, photo, antique clocks are displayed at the Electric Time Company, in Medfield, Mass. Daylight Saving Time returns Sunday at 2 a.m. local time.

National

Daylight Saving Time Is Here Again. So Is The Debate About Changing The Clocks

7:06pm March 07, 2020

by Lynsey Jeffery

Daylight saving time starts Sunday, March 8, bringing with it an extra hour of sunshine. But changing the clocks has become unpopular, and several states are looking to make a switch.

Every spring, hundreds of horses are ferried from their winter hiatus in the Upper Peninsula for a good grooming and harness fitting, before beginning their summer jobs pulling carriages.

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Return Of Horses A Sign Of Spring On Michigan Island

11:00am April 24, 2015

by Amy Robinson

Over the next two months, more than 300 draft and riding horses will be transported by ferry to Mackinac Island.

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