/oss/taxonomy/term/1312/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition/do-holidays-cause-heart-attacks <hr /> <p>This article was first published in <a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/artificial-trees-secular-greetings-and-holiday-heart-attacks-some-answers-to-your-christmas-queries/">The Skeptical Inquirer</a></p> Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:00:07 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 8966 at /oss /oss/article/environment-general-science/it-more-environmentally-friendly-get-real-or-fake-christmas-tree-0 <hr /> <p>This article was first published in <a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/artificial-trees-secular-greetings-and-holiday-heart-attacks-some-answers-to-your-christmas-queries/">The Skeptical Inquirer</a></p> <hr /> <p>For those who put up Christmas trees, before questions such as “tinsel or ribbon?” and “angel or star?” can be answered, a much more fundamental query must be asked: real tree or artificial?</p> Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:57:46 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 8965 at /oss /oss/article/health-history/celebrating-hanukkah-candles-latkes-and-bit-history <p>Why are potato latkes a traditional food to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah? Frankly, it isn’t clear. But first, a quick recap of what Hanukkah is all about...</p> Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:21:42 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8529 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-videos/dec-10-2020-covid-more-oss <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"></div> Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:10:58 +0000 OSS 8527 at /oss /oss/article/nutrition-history/miracle-chanukah <p>Around 175 BC, Israel came under the rule of the Syrian King Antiochus who wanted to obliterate the Jewish religion. Judah, leader of the Maccabees, a group of Jewish warriors, led a revolution against the Syrians and with an army of only six thousand defeated the Syrian army of 47,000. Eventually, the Maccabees liberated Jerusalem and rededicated the Holy Temple, which they did by lighting the Menorah, whose continuous burning symbolized the union of the different types of Jews and the eternal presence of God.</p> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:18:48 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8043 at /oss /oss/article/infographics-general-science/our-best-articles-2018 <p>Here at the ���ϲ����� OSS it's been a busy year! We have produced a lot of content this year, and wanted to summarize some of our top articles in case you missed them, <strong>click on any article title to see the full version!</strong></p> Sat, 29 Dec 2018 17:43:02 +0000 Ada McVean BSc. 7512 at /oss