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Thousands greet the winter solstice at the ancient Stonehenge monument
3 days, 2 hours ago

Thousands greet the winter solstice at the ancient Stonehenge monument

Associated Press  

LONDON — Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people simply yearning for the promise of spring marked the dawn of the shortest day of the year Saturday at the ancient Stonehenge monument. Revelers cheered and beat drums as the sun rose at 8:09 a.m. over the giant standing stones on the winter solstice — the shortest day and the longest …

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The dark days are over! Winter Solstice is today, marking the shortest day of the year with just 7 hours and 49 minutes of daylight
3 days, 5 hours ago

The dark days are over! Winter Solstice is today, marking the shortest day of the year with just 7 hours and 49 minutes of daylight

Daily Mail  

If you're getting sick of how early it gets dark in the UK, you'll be happy to hear that the dark days are almost over. 'The summer solstice, which occurs around the 21 June in the Northern Hemisphere, is the day of the year with the longest period of daylight while the winter solstice, on or around the 21 December …

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Winter Solstice 2024: When will you experience the darkest day of the year?
3 days, 7 hours ago

Winter Solstice 2024: When will you experience the darkest day of the year?

Live Mint  

Winter solstice 2024 marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere. This solstice marks long nights and short days for the Northern Hemisphere ; and short nights and long days for those in south of the equator. For the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs around June 20-21, and the winter solstice happens …

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Author and illustrator talk about making "Shortest Day" poem into a children's book
3 days, 13 hours ago

Author and illustrator talk about making "Shortest Day" poem into a children's book

NPR  

Author and illustrator talk about making "Shortest Day" poem into a children's book For NPR's series "Picture This," illustrator Carson Ellis talks about working with author Susan Cooper to make Cooper's poem "Shortest Day" into a children's book. SUSAN COOPER: So the shortest day came, and the year died, and everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world came people …

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When is winter solstice? Know date, Indian timings and more about shortest day and longest night of the year
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4 days, 13 hours ago

When is winter solstice? Know date, Indian timings and more about shortest day and longest night of the year

India TV News  

Winter in the Northern Hemisphere will officially begin on Saturday, December 21, 2024, when the winter solstice occurs. Significance of Winter Solstice 2024 According to astronomy, the winter solstice is the period when the days will get longer and the nights will get shorter, which marks the beginning of the winter season. Winter Solstice 2024 Timings Winter solstice time - …

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Winter solstice connected with our daily lives
4 days, 18 hours ago

Winter solstice connected with our daily lives

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The sun rising in the east is a universal truth we all grow up believing. But if you observe the sun every day, you will find that it does so only twice a year — during the March and September equinoxes,” said Raghunandan Kumar, founder-director of the Planetary Society of India. Explaining how the winter solstice is a significant milestone …

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Snuggle up, it's December 21 and time for winter solstice
5 days, 13 hours ago

Snuggle up, it's December 21 and time for winter solstice

India Today  

Take out your holiday lights and warm blankets to snuggle into as the winter solstice is here on Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere. During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, the upper half of the Earth is tilted away from the sun, creating the shortest day and longest night of the …

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This festive season, Gaza is starving
6 days, 13 hours ago

This festive season, Gaza is starving

Al Jazeera  

Winter has now come to the Northern Hemisphere and has ushered in a festive mood in many places. The cold weather and rain have made the lives of the 1.9 million Palestinians displaced in Gaza that much more unbearable. Second-hand clothes markets have appeared throughout Gaza to address overwhelming demand, but the prices there are also too high. The lack …

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The winter solstice is here, the Northern Hemisphere’s darkest day
6 days, 17 hours ago

The winter solstice is here, the Northern Hemisphere’s darkest day

Associated Press  

The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere — ideal conditions for holiday lights and warm blankets. During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, the upper half of the Earth is tilted away from the sun, creating the shortest day and longest night of the year. Meanwhile, at the summer …

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Ursid meteor shower 2024: The final meteor shower of the year
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6 days, 20 hours ago

Ursid meteor shower 2024: The final meteor shower of the year

India Today  

Prepare to witness the much awaited rare celestial event - the final meteor shower of the year, the Ursid fireball show which will streak the sky with delectable streaks of hot orange. During the peak, night watchers can expect around 5 to 10 meteors per hour under ideal conditions, providing a reliable and exciting viewing experience. Although people have observed …

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A low-down town in the California desert loves its flagpole — formerly the world’s tallest
1 week ago

A low-down town in the California desert loves its flagpole — formerly the world’s tallest

LA Times  

What is formerly the world’s tallest flagpole is in Calipatria, Calif., the lowest incorporated city below sea level in the Western Hemisphere. The flagpole, per the plaque at its base, is “Dedicated to Good Neighborliness.” But locals know it really stands in honor of the late Takeo Harry Momita and his wife, Shizuko Helen Momita. “You see, in those days, …

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Winter Solstice 2024: What to know about the official first day of winter
1 week ago

Winter Solstice 2024: What to know about the official first day of winter

Live Mint  

The Winter Solstice marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, ushering in colder weather and holiday traditions. The Winter Solstice marks the precise moment at which the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest from the Sun, with an axial tilt of about 23.5 degrees. Astronomical vs. meteorological Winter Astronomical Winter: The solstice marks the official first day of winter …

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Good at Reading? Your Brain May Be Structured Differently
1 week, 3 days ago

Good at Reading? Your Brain May Be Structured Differently

Wired  

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Fifty percent of UK adults say they don’t read regularly and almost one in four young people aged 16 to 24 say they’ve never been readers, according to research by The Reading Agency. The structure of two regions in the left hemisphere, which are crucial for language, were …

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Winter Solstice 2024: When is the shortest day of the year?
1 week, 4 days ago

Winter Solstice 2024: When is the shortest day of the year?

The Independent  

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Pope calls for debt reduction for poorer countries to mark the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year
1 week, 5 days ago

Pope calls for debt reduction for poorer countries to mark the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday called on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter of justice on the occasion of the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year. In a message for world peace, Francis referred to St. John Paul II’s admonition in Jubilee Year 2000 that debt “threatens the future of many …

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Readers have different brains. Here's the science behind how reading impacts society
2 weeks ago

Readers have different brains. Here's the science behind how reading impacts society

India Today  

Reading isn’t just a skill—it’s a brain game! Yet, reading for fun and not for learning is a severely declining habit today -- half of UK adults admit they don’t read regularly and 24% of young people claim they’ve never been readers. Research by Mikael Roll, published in Neuroimage, shows that people who are great at reading actually have unique …

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El Salvador’s president is triumphant after his bet on bitcoin comes true
2 weeks, 5 days ago

El Salvador’s president is triumphant after his bet on bitcoin comes true

LA Times  

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele gives a speech during the inauguration of an industrial data center in Ciudad Arce, El Salvador, on July 16. As bitcoin reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first time, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele was triumphant about his big bet on the cryptocurrency. World & Nation How a California surfer helped bring bitcoin to …

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Among the stars
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Among the stars

The Hindu  

New Moon: On December 1, the Moon will be on the same side of the Earth as the Sun and will not be visible in the night sky. Full Moon: The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be fully illuminated on December 15. Ursids Meteor Shower: With around …

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Calls for more medically supervised injecting centres in NSW
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Calls for more medically supervised injecting centres in NSW

ABC  

Sabra Lane: 25 years ago New South Wales held a drug summit which led to the first medically supervised injecting centre in the southern hemisphere. Rachel Hayter: The 52 year old still uses both substances today but she's trying to stop while building a worthwhile life. Rachel Hayter: When the King's Cross injecting centre opened in 2001 it was the …

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To map the vibration of the universe, astronomers built a detector the size of the galaxy
2 weeks, 6 days ago

To map the vibration of the universe, astronomers built a detector the size of the galaxy

Raw Story  

Using the largest gravitational wave detector ever made, we have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. The results from our detector – an array of rapidly spinning neutron stars spread across the galaxy – show this “gravitational wave background” may be louder than previously thought. The high-frequency gravitational waves created by collisions between relatively …

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British & Irish Lions 2025: Predicting the squad to tour Australia after Autumn Nations Series
3 weeks, 1 day ago

British & Irish Lions 2025: Predicting the squad to tour Australia after Autumn Nations Series

The Independent  

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Astronomers pinpoint origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Astronomers pinpoint origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space

Deccan Chronicle  

Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022.In new research, we have for the first time tracked one of these pulsating signals back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf, likely in a binary orbit with a white dwarf, the core of another star …

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Why have the southern hemisphere sides been so dominant this autumn?
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Why have the southern hemisphere sides been so dominant this autumn?

The Independent  

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Why it’s important to keep exercising in cold weather, according to a doctor
1 month ago

Why it’s important to keep exercising in cold weather, according to a doctor

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Fitness, But Better newsletter series. CNN — The weather is getting chilly in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, but cold weather doesn’t mean that you have to stop your exercise routines. According to one recent study, people who achieved this amount of exercise per week had a 31% lower risk of mortality, 27% lower risk …

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