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Hubble Space Telescope Sees Cosmic Christmas Ornament?
Earlier this week, a news story made the rounds making the somewhat tongue-in-cheek claim that the Hubble Space Telescope had imaged a “cosmic Christmas ornament” in the sky. Here’s the image… The...
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“How I Killed Santa”: The Physics of Santa Claus
I’m a bad, bad person. No kidding, I’m bad – really, really bad. I say this because in my physics classes today, I killed Santa Claus. Well, to be more accurate, what I did was use our knowledge of...
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Celebrate the JREF’s Season of Reason
This time of year it seems that just about everyone celebrates some kind of holiday. Some are explicitly religious in nature, such as Christmas or Hanukkah, while some secular holidays are being...
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Fun Science Tricks for Christmas & New Years
I wanted to quickly share with you all some neat science-related tricks from Professor Richard Wiseman; these will no doubt make for all manner of fun at those end-of-the-year Christmas & New Years...
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‘Tis the Season… For the Ultimate Christmas Quiz!
Well, the traditional Holiday season is upon us, which means that many Christian fundamentalist zealots will no doubt spend considerable time and energy annoying the rest of us with all manner of...
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Using Mythology as a Critical Thinking Tool: The Lesson of Santa for Kids
As I’ve mentioned before, every year I do a quick physics lesson on Santa Claus, with the result being a devastation of the Santa myth (see my previous post “How I Killed Santa”: The Physics of Santa...
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Merry Newtonmass!
It’s almost December 25th, and while some people are celebrating certain holidays (Dies Natalis Solis Invicti!), one thing I like to do is take a little time to recognize one of the greatest...
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Skeptical Teacher Interview on Token Skeptic
Based upon my recent blog post concerning using mythology as a critical thinking tool for children, I was interviewed a few days ago by my skeptical colleague Kylie Sturgess of the Token Skeptic...
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Myths and Misconceptions About Christmas
Once again the season is upon us, when much of the world’s population celebrates Christmas and all the holiday trappings thereof. I’ve made numerous posts on the subject before, including The Physics...
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The Physics of Santa 2.0
Years ago I posted here about how I kill Santa with science, and it goes without saying that doing so can get quite a reaction out of people. Some reactions have been negative, but a surprising number...
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Santa, Skepticism, and the Holiday Season
A recent article posted by skeptical writer Greta Christina titled No, Virginia, There Is No Santa Claus over at Freethought Blogs caught my eye. In it, she makes a compelling argument for why it is...
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