Is Santa Real? (A Scientific Analysis)
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...and other Christmas mysteries answered
...and other Christmas mysteries answered with science!
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Happy Holidays! Ever wonder how Santa could possibly manage to deliver all those presents in a single night? Or what gives red-nosed reindeer the ability to fly? And why do your Christmas lights get tangled in knots no matter how carefully you put the away?!
Here's some Christmas-themed science, as our gift to you. See you in 2015!
SOURCES:
Why Christmas lights tangle: "Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string" http://www.pnas.org/content/104/42/16432
Apollo 8 "Santa sighting" https://archive.org/details/Apollo8Hi...
Santa's reindeer are probably female: http://www.livescience.com/32149-are-...
Reindeer hair is hollow and "buoyant" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/61...
Reindeer really do have red noses: http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8...
Reindeer eyes change color: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.c...
Santa's challenge (check my math!): http://bit.ly/1sOW15q
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Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen Inc
Kate Eads - Associate Producer
Andrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics
Katie Graham - Director of Photography
John Knudsen - Gaffer
Dalton Allen - Post-Production Intern
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Happy Holidays! Ever wonder how Santa could possibly manage to deliver all those presents in a single night? Or what gives red-nosed reindeer the ability to fly? And why do your Christmas lights get tangled in knots no matter how carefully you put the away?!
Here's some Christmas-themed science, as our gift to you. See you in 2015!
SOURCES:
Why Christmas lights tangle: "Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string" http://www.pnas.org/content/104/42/16432
Apollo 8 "Santa sighting" https://archive.org/details/Apollo8Hi...
Santa's reindeer are probably female: http://www.livescience.com/32149-are-...
Reindeer hair is hollow and "buoyant" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/61...
Reindeer really do have red noses: http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8...
Reindeer eyes change color: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.c...
Santa's challenge (check my math!): http://bit.ly/1sOW15q
Produced for PBS Digital Studios
Joe Hanson - Creator/Host/Writer
Joe Nicolosi - Director
Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen Inc
Kate Eads - Associate Producer
Andrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics
Katie Graham - Director of Photography
John Knudsen - Gaffer
Dalton Allen - Post-Production Intern
Theme music:
"Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod
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Join us on Patreon!
Patreon: itsokaytobesmart
Twitter: DrJoeHanson
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