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From greening your Christmas tree to what oil producers could learn from the story of Hanukkah, your guide to the science of the holiday season
December 18, 2008 |
Features
This year's tree in midtown Manhattan, like last year's, will go toward building Habitat for Humanity housing
60-Second Science
Kent State University behavioral economist Paul Albanese has identified four types of shoppers -- normal, neurotic, compulsive and psychotic
60-Second Earth
Are we running out of oil? And what can we learn from the story of Hanukkah?
60-Second Science
The star appears in the Book of Matthew, which chronicles its appearance as spurring the wise men to seek out King Herod in Jerusalem and then guiding them to Bethlehem
A new study shows that tapping trees for frankincense--often used in religious ceremonies--could be destroying them.
We run the numbers to see whether keeping kosher has any effect on your carbon footprint
Kids can now use cell phones, Twitter and photo-sharing sites to monitor Santa's progress on Christmas Eve
Where to find gifts that are safe for children--and the environment
When deciding on real or fake trees for the holiday season, think through the green pros and cons. David Biello reports
Recent research concludes that parents significantly overestimate how sugar affects their children's hyperactive behavior
Research suggests that women don't seem to mind if they receive the less-than-perfect gift. Men, on the other hand, are a different story. Susannah F. Locke reports
The virgin births of several male Komodo dragons at two English zoos might provide one explanation why Jesus was not a clone of Mary
ScientificAmerican.com presents some of this year's most exciting high-tech toys as well as gadgets to make the planet greener and inventions designed to deliver the most basic needs to developing countries
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