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... too dry now. He asked for permission to water them on Christmas Eve, but was told by mission control he had to follow the procedures ... of blindly following a pre-set chore list? Best Science Christmas Ever! "The Veggie team scrapped their book of detailed ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jan 19 2016 - 12:26pm - 0 attachments

... I do not blame the theorists - after all, it is their Christmas they decided to spoil. But I am rather appalled by observing that ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 8 2016 - 10:41pm - 0 attachments

... known as the Poinsettia (or Weihnachtsstern = Christmas Star in Germany).  Euphorbias often have highly caustic sap, ... South of the Equator, though, the Kiwis have their own Christmas flower.  In New Zealand, the beautifully scented Lilium ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jan 6 2016 - 6:39am - 0 attachments

... about it, we incorporate certain plant species into our Christmas celebrations. The most obvious is the Christmas tree, linked historically in England to Prince Albert – but its ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2015 - 10:52am - 0 attachments

... and there came from the East At this time of year, the Christmas story can serve as a reminder that, throughout history, people have ... chooses to identify a celestial event. The magi in the Christmas story aren’t the only people for whom the stars are significant. In ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2015 - 7:30am - 0 attachments

Here is my holiday card for 2015, a tradition of mine going back to 1990.  Enjoy. On the back... I also include a summary of the year.  Here is the stuff on my research efforts: Hello: It was quite the r ...

Blog Post - Doug Sweetser - Dec 24 2015 - 1:07pm - 0 attachments

... at least when it comes to our biggest holiday, which is Christmas. A Gallup poll shows 95 percent of Americans will celebrate Christmas but, for most, religion will have little to do with it. It will ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 23 2015 - 12:25am - 0 attachments

... at this time of year and an encounter with a traditional Christmas carol is well-nigh unavoidable. We may not sing them ourselves ... On more than one occasion in both World Wars, fighting at Christmas was brought to a temporary close by troops singing their native ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2015 - 9:30am - 0 attachments

... – and there it is; just four words into an article on Christmas I’ve used the word ‘time.’ Among the hodge-podge of rituals and holidays that survive in the post-Christian West, Christmas might just be the one that tells us the most about how humans relate ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2015 - 10:00am - 0 attachments

At 3 pm on Christmas Eve, millions of radios around the world will be tuned to the ... David’s City”. For many, this signals the start of Christmas. Broadcasts of the Christmas Eve service from King’s began in 1928, but arguably it was under ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2015 - 9:00am - 0 attachments