There’s a lot of overlap between nerd communities and skeptic communities. one of the reasons for this in my opinion is because a great deal of fantasy and sci fi takes a clear all or nothing approach to religion. The following will be a pair of gross overgeneralizations but bear with me. Fantasy tends to present the gods in the same way that it does magic: there is clear evidence they exist... »
Kathy Etchingham was a DJ working in London when she met a young Jimi Hendrix on his first day in the city in 1966. They would date for the next three years, during Hendrix’s rise to stardom, and live together in London until 1969. Etchingham played a key role in Hendrix’s life, inspiring, among other songs, the much-loved “Wind Cries Mary” (Mary is her middle name) and ... »
“Are you really going to eat that?” – On policing women’s food choices. New evidence suggests Tyrannosaurs hunted in packs – From Criticaldragon1177. Google scientists create contact lens that monitors blood sugar – “The contact lens uses processing chips and a glucose sensor that have been specially miniaturized for the task, so small that they look like ... »
Hey, ladies. Are you tired of men using complicated charts and graphs to convey their brilliant man brain thoughts deliberately so that women won’t understand them? Because everyone knows women “need our male colleagues to understand that if you can bring it down to a woman’s level and what everything that she is balancing in her life — that’s the way to go,” as US Congresswoman Renee Ellmers expl... »
On Sunday morning of SkepchickCON I was one of the panelists on the faux award winning Cities of the Future panel along with Ryan Consell, Desiree Schell and Shawn Otto. We discussed a whole bunch of issues and problems that may come up in a future society such as global warming, resource constraints, and increased urbanization, but by far my favorite part was when we discussed robots. Right now w... »
No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in the game industry – “The industry is currently in the midst of a massive cultural shift. There’s a growing disconnect between the nearly half of gamers that are female, and overwhelmingly male population of games journalists and game developers.” From Walter. How does acetaminophen work? We don’t know – If you end... »
Dammit, this was supposed to be a reply to Jack Teal. – Jul 25, 10:10 AM You just seem really defensive of Jaclyn's success. You also seem to label anyone who doesn't agree with her as petty or jealous. – Jul 25, 10:09 AM
Yeah, it's good thing we had that proper, Manly man Florence Nightingale to pioneer the use of graphic visualisation of statistics! – Jul 25, 5:37 AM
I would again recommend the article I linked because it specifically addresses how both bipedality and encephalization in humans are biocultural, not simply biological traits.... – Jul 25, 1:51 AM
Genius. I especially love the translation of male and female baby cries. How could I have failed to understand them properly for so long? Thank... – Jul 25, 1:51 AM
How could human paternal investment predate human culture, if one of the traits of being human is culture? Here's an analogous question: "How could human... – Jul 24, 10:39 PM