The Dennis Publishing office is closing down now until after the New Year, so, whatever gods you may revere, revile or refute, I hope they are kind to you, and I wish you everything you should wish for yourself in the coming year. Have fun, everyone.

In the meantime, here are a few more links for 24 December 2009. Normal service will be resumed in January.

Pakistani Supreme Court decides eunuchs are a distinct gender

Another missing link found - adding two more to the total undiscovered

Ancient Mayan plumbing

Fortune cookie factory was marijuana farm

10-year-old boy hands out grandpa's cash on the bus

The cat came back - after 11 days and two broken legs

Female ducks adapt their lady parts to prevent sex

Nova Scotia church's mystery star map

Experts baffled as dog catches swine flu

Santa Tracker is checking out the jolly elf's route

Ganehsa and lingam-yoni structures unearthed at newly discovered Indonesian site

Star rejuvenation explains astronomical anomaly

Bee landing techniques

The world's first single-molecule transistor

Otters delay aeroplane flight

Christmas goat torched again

Chimpanzees observed using cleavers to chop food

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