Christmas Eve, not the warmest on record

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/traditional-toys-may-beat-gadgets-in-language-development/?_r=0
In this article in NYT, traditional toys and books produced more interaction and words spoken by parent to child than electronic toys.

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/12/what-chief-justice-roberts-misunderstands-about-physics/421755/ 
This is an article from the Atlantic in which Chief Justice Roberts responded to Justice Scalia's suggestion that separate but equal might be the best route after all by speculating that a physics class might not benefit from diversity to the extent that a humanities class might. Hail SCOTUS, the most powerful court in the land with the most powerful, crippling and pernicious misunderstandings.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare-christmas-full-moon-will-add-to-holiday-light/
Full moon on Christmas

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/listen-bob-dylan-read-twas-night-christmas-180957632
Bob Dylan reads "Night before Christmas" from Smithsonian

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/health/brain-cancers-reveal-novel-genetic-disruption-in-dna.html
This is a very interesting article from NYT about a metabolic gene that is responsible in brain cancer for disrupting the 3-D structure of DNA and bringing 2 genes together to cause cell proliferation. Formerly thought of as a "housekeeping" gene.

http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2015/12/getting-kids-listen-without-losing-voice/
5 tips to get your kids to hear what you have to say- this article seems pretty obvious to me.

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/12/24/headlines/report_all_major_oil_companies_knew_of_climate_change_by_1970s   
This is supposed to be a surprise that Exxon-Mobil knew about the effects of our increasing reliance on fossil fuels on greenhouse gasses and climate change? Report by InsideClimate News that the American Petroleum Institute launched a campaign to oppose the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gasses; by the way, not ratified by US.

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