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Real snowflakes clinging to a car window. Phoney flakes lack the characteristic six-fold, hexagonal symmetry. Photograph: M Scott Moon/AP Fr...

From Live Science: It's the holidays, that ambiguous time of indulgence that used to be confined to Thanksgiving but which now encompass...

It wasn't until 1809 that Santa Clause got fat, and by the late 1800s he was wearing the full red suit with the fur trim and leather boo...

Reindeer and caribou are two names for the same species called Rangifer tarandus, with reindeer generally referring to the domesticated vari...

Christmas can be an anxiety-inducing experience for many (Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty) From New Scientist: THERE'S a Latin proverb, p...

From Scientific American: From greening your Christmas tree to what oil producers could learn from the story of Hanukkah, your guide to the ...