Joseph Bennington-castro

Journalist-turned clothing designer

ewa beach, hawaii, united states

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Seasoned science communicator & story-teller with 15 years experience creating multimedia stories—articles, news/press releases, Q&As, newsletters, videos, StoryMaps, brochures, etc.—for lay audiences. Highly published across a wide range of websites, newspapers, and magazines, including the New York Times, NBC News, and National Geographic. Clothing designer and owner of a fashion-design startup. Excels at combining fabrics of varying patterns and colors to unique create works of art for the body.

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Why Is It Called a 'White Elephant' Gift?

White elephant gifts are those intentionally odd, impractical or delightfully tacky presents that are exchanged—and swapped and laughed over—at holiday parties. But this beloved tradition has origins far removed from today's offices and social gatherings.... See more

history.com•Joseph Bennington-castro•Dec 4, 2025

What Was America's First Economic Bubble?

Americans have long pursued prosperity. That pursuit led the United States into a series of early financial panics. The nation's young economy was untested and full of speculative mania, a financial enthusiasm that bets on the rapid increase in the value ... See more

history.com•Joseph Bennington-castro•Nov 14, 2025

What Is the World's Oldest Novel?

The Tale of Genji, written by a Japanese woman named Murasaki Shikibu around 1,000 years ago, is widely regarded as the world’s first novel. Rather than focusing on mythic quests or moral allegories like earlier epics and religious texts, Genji delves int... See more

history.com•Joseph Bennington-castro•Nov 4, 2025

What Is the Ancient Ritual of Bugonia?

Bugonia stands as one of antiquity’s most enduring symbols of death and renewal. Greek for “oxen-born,” bugonia describes a phenomenon once believed by people across continents and centuries: that bees could spontaneously arise from the decaying flesh of ... See more

history.com•Joseph Bennington-castro•Nov 3, 2025

Why Don't Americans Spell the Same as the British?

More than simply defining words, dictionaries shape the public’s language and can even help formalize cultural identity. This was especially true with Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language, published April 14, 1828, which establish... See more

history.com•Joseph Bennington-castro•Oct 1, 2025

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Master Of Arts, Journalism at New York UniversityGraduated: 2011

Bachelor Of Science, Physics at University Of Hawaii At ManoaGraduated: 2007

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Why Is It Called a 'White Elephant' Gift?

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Why Don't Americans Spell the Same as the British?

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