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UK’s favourite Christmas spirit revealed with online searches

BRANDY is the UK’s favourite Christmas spirit, according to research into our festive online searches from the University of Warwick.


Santa’s workshop could be on snowy moon

Santa’s winter workshop might be in space, as University of Warwick researchers are exploring whether snowy moons over a billion kilometres away from Earth are potentially habitable.


Is Santa Paws visiting your pet this year?

University of Warwick researcher Professor Nickie Charles looks at the ways we make our dogs and other companion animals part of our Christmas and asks whether pets really enjoy the rituals of Christmas alongside their human companions.

Thu 14 Dec 2017, 09:39 | Tags: Christmas, Social Science, sociology, research

Santa has never been stuck up the chimney says Warwick quantum physicist

A researcher at the University of Warwick is challenging the theory that ‘Santa got stuck up the chimney’ by suggesting that he uses ‘quantum tunnelling’ to get himself in and out of our homes.

Wed 13 Dec 2017, 09:29 | Tags: Physics, Christmas, Quantum physics, Sciences

Discover Chemistry of Christmas at Fargo Village this weekend

Kids and grown-ups from 5 to 105 are invited to discover the science behind Christmas with FREE, fun family activities this weekend at Fargo Village in Coventry – hosted by the University of Warwick and the Royal Society of Chemistry.


Ping Pong Merrily on High - Christmas lectures return to Warwick

Exploding ping pong balls and a generous helping of fireworks are among the spectacles promised at this year’s Christmas Lectures at the University of Warwick.

Mon 13 Nov 2017, 13:16 | Tags: University of Warwick, Christmas, Outreach, Sciences

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