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Scientific advice for Christmas (Original Soundtrack), Part 2

Posted on December 21, 2011 | 6 Comments

Happy Solstice everybody! As James Brown (above) puts it, it’s time to hitch up your reindeer and go straight to the ghetto! This is because it’s time for Part 2 of my…

…SCIENCE-OF-CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Woo-hoo! (Again)

Last time out things were, I suppose, a bit morbid. This time you will be happy to learn that they are merely nihilistic. All the same, I am again supplying musical accompaniment and helpful advice. Because I am (still) a good person.

So here you are. My scientific advice for Christmas, Part 2…

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Scientific advice for Christmas (Original Soundtrack), Part 1

Posted on December 15, 2011 | 1 Comment

It’s Christmas (kind of). This is a science blog (kind of). And so, therefore, I am obliged to offer you…

…A SCIENCE-OF-CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Woo-hoo!

As with all Christmas-related activities, blogging about the Science of Christmas is something of a fixed tradition. At this moment, Googling “Science of Christmas” returns a whopping 209,000 hits. When I tweeted this a week ago, it was just 195,000. And this is just responding to demand. Google Trends shows us that searches for “science Christmas” have trebled over the last month. (It wasn’t me, I swear.)

It's beginning to look a lot like...repetition


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