Fads | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/fads/RSS feed for FadsenTue, 07 Feb 2023 12:30:00 +0000The Seesawing History of Fad Dietshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-seesawing-history-of-fad-diets-180981586/Since dieting began in the 1830s, the ever-changing nutritional advice has skimped on scienceTue, 07 Feb 2023 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-seesawing-history-of-fad-diets-180981586/The Artist Who Made Coloring Books Cool for Adults Returns With a New Masterpiecehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/johanna-basford-coloring-books-180970305/Johanna Basford, whose fanciful, hand-drawn illustrations launched a worldwide craze, is back with flying colorsTue, 18 Sep 2018 15:40:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/johanna-basford-coloring-books-180970305/A Brief History of People Running Across Americahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-people-running-across-america-180963858/Fictional character Forrest Gump wasn’t the only one to do it, not by a long shotThu, 06 Jul 2017 14:29:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-people-running-across-america-180963858/The Brief 1930s Craze for 'Tom Thumb Golf'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/american-inventor-mini-golf-called-it-tom-thumb-golf-180962026/Miniature golf courses had been around before, but Garnet Carter gave it a roadside attraction spinThu, 09 Feb 2017 15:33:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/american-inventor-mini-golf-called-it-tom-thumb-golf-180962026/More Than Half a Million Hoverboards Were Just Recalledhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-half-million-hoverboards-were-just-recalled-180959697/Sorry, McFlyWed, 06 Jul 2016 15:53:29 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-half-million-hoverboards-were-just-recalled-180959697/The Great Goldfish Swallowing Craze of 1939 Never Really Endedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/great-goldfish-swallowing-craze-1939-180954429/A Harvard undergrad’s $10 bet set off a sensation among college students that still echoes on the Internet todayFri, 27 Feb 2015 18:48:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/great-goldfish-swallowing-craze-1939-180954429/Afraid to Go Back to the Cronut? Here Are Five Pastries That Could Take Its Place as the Pastry of Choicehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/five-pastries-might-be-next-cronut-180950118/Satisfy your sweet tooth with these delicious treatsTue, 08 Apr 2014 15:27:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/five-pastries-might-be-next-cronut-180950118/When The Gap Was Everywherehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-the-gap-was-everywhere-20869051/Through staged fashion shoots, an artists' collective critiqued the ascendant sportswear retailerThu, 11 Apr 2013 15:28:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-the-gap-was-everywhere-20869051/Sagging Pants Butt Up Against the Lawhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sagging-pants-butt-up-against-the-law-12699804/Yet the droopy trousers trend lives onMon, 01 Apr 2013 13:16:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sagging-pants-butt-up-against-the-law-12699804/The Perils of Wearing Clotheshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-perils-of-wearing-clothes-3442933/From toxins in textile dyes to torturous corsets, beauty has a long history of coming at a high costMon, 18 Mar 2013 13:30:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-perils-of-wearing-clothes-3442933/