Tag: Christmas

This Christmas Eve, spot Santa’s sleigh flying through the sky

Delight the kids in your life by showing them the International Space Station – it looks just like Santa delivering presents around the world Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432611-700-this-christmas-eve-spot-santas-sleigh-flying-through-the-sky/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Christmas crafts: How to make a stegosaurus ornament from a satsuma

Next time you peel yourself a citrus fruit, follow our guide to make your own unique and memorable scientific baubles Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432610-300-christmas-crafts-how-to-make-a-stegosaurus-ornament-from-a-satsuma/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Einstein’s jacket and Apollo 11 tapes: Inside the science auction

Fancy bidding on a Christmas present steeped in science history? Find out what they’ll set you back, and which present-day artefacts might be worth investing in Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432611-500-einsteins-jacket-and-apollo-11-tapes-inside-the-science-auction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Christmas Bird Count starts December 14

It’s time again for the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. This is the project’s 120th year! Learn how to join the count here. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/audubon-christmas-bird-count-starts-december14…

2019 Sees More Geeky Advent Calendars

It’s the first day of December, which means the return of an annual geek tradition: the computer programming advent calendars! An anonymous reader delivers this update:
It’s the very first year for the Raku Advent Calendar (using the language formerly known as Perl 6). Meanwhile, Perl 5 still has its own separate advent calendar. Amsterdam-based Perl programmer Andrew Shitov is also writing…

Remembering The Home Computer Christmas Wars of 1983

“1983 had seen an explosion of home computer models of varying capabilities and at various price-points,” remembers the vintage computing site Paleotronic, looking back at the historic tech battle between Commodore, Texas Instruments, and eventually Coleco. Slashdot reader beaverdownunder shares the site’s fond remembrance of the days when “The question on everyone’s minds was not who was going to win, but…