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Space in 2015 was out of this world

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageA highlight of 2015 was the number of weird and wonderful exoplanets that were found.NASA/JPL-Caltech

This was a golden year for planetary exploration thanks to all of the NASA and European Space Agency missions that were planned and implemented decades ago. Not since Apollo and the epic space race of the Cold War has space featured so heavily in...

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Th’is a reason to be jolly (even, yes, for philosophers)

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imagevoltaire image

Dear Conversation,

Christmas (we have it on the best authorities) is a time to be jolly.

Sure, like being told by your parents that “you shall not only go to your cousins, but enjoy it”, the whole thing can become paradoxically onerous, as Slavoj Žižek used to say. (Why are you telling us we should be happy when...

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How to unwrap Christmas and Santa for the little atheists in your life

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageCan secular celebrations ignore the connection between Santa and Jesus?Sand sculptures by Sudarsan Patnaik. Sanjib Mukherjee/Reuters

We don’t need to be christian to celebrate Christmas. That’s been true for a long time. We don’t even need to be religious. Considering the commercialisation of the holiday, that might be an...

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