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Five ways to help your pets cope with fireworks
Pixabay, CC BY-SA Jacqueline Boyd, Nottingham Trent University Fireworks can be a spectacular addition to many of our…
Ghost islands of the Arctic: The world’s ‘northern-most island’ isn’t the first to be erased from the map
These ‘islands’ are on the move. Martin Nissen Kevin Hamilton, University of Hawaii In 2021, an expedition off…
Reindeer: ancient migration routes disrupted by roads, dams – and now wind farms
Ilona Kater, Author provided Ilona Kater, Durham University; Robert Baxter, Durham University, and Simone Abram, Durham University Reindeer,…
Five ways reindeer are perfectly evolved for pulling Santa’s sleigh
Vladimir Melnikov/Shutterstock Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University We all know that Father Christmas would struggle to deliver presents…
Is Santa’s sleigh zero carbon? The answer lies in reindeer poo
Norman Tsui/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Mike Jeffries, Northumbria University, Newcastle Santa’s sleigh is famously pulled by eight reindeer, nine…
Explainer: what happens when magnetic north and true north align?
Very rarely, depending on where you are in the world, your compass can actually point to true north.…
Winter solstice: the astronomy of Christmas
Stonehenge sun. Gareth Dorrian, Nottingham Trent University and Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University From the Neolithic to present…
Mulled wine: how ‘Christmas in a cup’ went from ancient medicine to an Aussie winter warmer
shutterstock. Morag Kobez, Queensland University of Technology When the temperature drops in the southern hemisphere, you might like…
How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days
The Sun rises in Midland, Michigan, shortly after 8a.m. on Jan. 13, 2017. Christian Collins/Flickr, CC BY-SA Deanna…
The surprising role cheese played in human evolution
shutterstock Penny Bickle, University of York A solid white mass found in a broken jar in an Ancient…