With the holiday season upon us, we want to thank you all for following The Great Beyond over the past year.

We will be taking a short winter hiatus—unless any breaking news shakes the scientific community—but will be back blogging on January 5th, 2009.

Until then, we wish you a merry Christmas, a happy Hannukah, a jubilant Kwanza and a happy New Year.

See you all in 2009!

Best wishes,

From everyone at The Great Beyond and Nature News