‘Tis the season for year-end lists and Science Friday gave their list of 2014’s best science books.

It may be old news for some readers, but Matt Shipman gave a roundup of the changes to the Scientific American Blog Network that were announced beginning on December 15th.

Also a catch-up item, Gary Schwitzer’s Health News Review is back, having recently announced a two-year 1.3 million dollar grant and new plans for 2015.

Finally, for some science-themed winter fun, head on over to Symmetry Magazine to download templates for Deck the Halls with Nobel Physicists in the form of snowflakes! An exacto knife and cutting mat are required for these detailed designs so this is an activity for kids at heart and, possibly, supervised, older children.