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25 Dec 2009, 7:31 pm

Here's some Christmas science I want to share with you fellow geeks.

A lecture video and an article about the star of Bethlehem:
scienceoxfordonline - Video Christmas lecture *The Star of Bethlehem* by Dr Griffin, Astronomer & CEO Science Oxford
msnbc - Wondering about the 'Star of Wonder'

They recently found the first Jesus-era house in Nazareth:
msnbc - First Jesus-era house found in Nazareth

And finally an article about Santa's sleigh:
sciencedaily - Santa's sleigh: researcher explains science of Christmas magic

Enjoy!


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26 Dec 2009, 12:36 am

I love these types of articles. They are very interesting. The economic class that Jesus was in is a heavily debated topic right now. Overall logic would say he probably was of a lower class based on his experience with heavy labor and how Christain churches established were funded by other people. Interpretation of the words can go either way.

When I was little, I always wondered how Santa could eat all the cookies. I had a theory he had the metabolism of a shrew which meant he would have to eat seven hundred pounds of food every eight hours. And even more to be plump. Thanks for sharing these.



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26 Dec 2009, 12:57 am

Jesus wasn' born Dec 25th



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26 Dec 2009, 9:43 am

MartyMoose wrote:
Jesus wasn' born Dec 25th

Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't, we really don't have decisive evidence on it. But we've chosen December 25th to celebrate it.


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27 Dec 2009, 6:10 am

I didn't look at the videos but I think I know what you're talking about, I bought a copy of Australasian Science and it had an article about it. If I remember correctly it was mostly likely Venus and Jupiter not an actual star. I can't be bothered rereading the article though.

On the subject of magazines though, I think that it's ridiculous how there are over twenty different "celebrity gossip" magazines and about three different Science magazines.

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