On January 21, 1960, Little Joe 1B, a Launch Escape System for the Mercury Program, was tested and launched. The only subject inside was a rhesus monkey, Little Sam, and fortunately the test was successful and she survived.
- The 5 Most Outrageous Hoaxes – Surprisingly, Scientology is not on the list. From CriticalDragon1177.
- Toward the Stars – A gender neutral store for babies and kids. I’m definitely bookmarking this! From Ginger P.
- One Minute Medical School – A series of medical videos by a doctor/skeptic. From nowoo.
- Vancouver student’s photo of leg reflects how women are judged based on skirt length – From cerberus40.
- The battle against ‘sexist’ sci-fi and fantasy book covers – From Erin.
- Notre Dame’s real dead woman – “Manti Te’o’s soap opera moves the school’s athletic director to tears, while Lizzy Seeberg’s suicide is ignored”
- Jazz, the sound of soft power in the desert – Jazz in the Middle East. From CriticalDragon1177.
That is a… strange list of hoaxes. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is next to Balloon Boy?
Yes, the topic had so much potential and deserved better treatment than this sorry little list. What about Piltdown Man for instance?
Am I the only one who is sick of the way the list format is overused these days? Surely that format has been done to death by now!
Zhankfor and Jack99,
Com to think of it, the two of you have a point. The damage caused by or at least encouraged by the Protocols Of the Learned Elders Of Zion, was and is far worse than anything else Benjamin Radford mentioned in his list
Am I alone in thinking that it might be a good idea for a gender-neutral shop to market to both boys and girls? Better yet, it could market to neither.
I appreciate the effort they’re making to combat damaging stereotypes in girls, but that seems like only one part of a much larger problem.
Mary
Speaking of that Towards the Stars online toy store, that you showed us, one of their products, in particular, looked really good to me. If I had a kid, I think I would might get him/her this.
Scientific Explorer My First Outer Space Science Kit
http://www.towardthestars.com/Product-Scientific_Explorer_My_First_Outer_Space_Science_Kit-1720.html
Mary,
I have to admit, its really upsetting some people would be more upset by the death of a fictional character than a real life human being. That story about, Lizzy Seeberg’s suicide is really disheartening.
For some reason I have a tendency to distrust big-time sports programs. Can’t put my finger on it…