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Skepchick Quickies 12.18
German authorities slam children’s book that questions existence of god – They’re calling it a children’s “The God Delusion” but I think that’s unfair. From Tina. Happy anniversary to the Tree Lobsters! – I can’t believe Steve actually listened to my demand for one tree lobster comic, much less that he’s been keeping the funny rolling for a whole year now. Arizona…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.17
“Free energy” machine on display in Dublin – From Yossarian. Star Trek stops women from becoming computer scientists – It’s true, we’ll do anything to not have to become or work with Wesley Crusher. Does religion oppress women? – A more eloquent answer than, “Well, duh.” From Billy Clyde Tuggle. Starship dimensions - Scale drawings of both fictional and real spaceships and characters.…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.15
Pregnant women develop emotion-reading superpowers – “This may increase the chance that the woman will spot potential threats to her and her fetus, and prime her to be hyper-vigilant once she becomes a mother.” From Steve. Why James Chartrand wears women’s underpants – The Copyblogger contributer explains why she chose to write under a male pen name and the effect…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.11
Richard Cohen on Rachel Maddow – Cohen is a “former gay” who is an advocate of so-called conversion therapy. Turns out he has ties to Uganda where a law that would punish gayness with the death penalty has been proposed. Kent Hovind’s doctoral dissertation – From Trevor. Colorado cow mutilations baffle ranchers, cops, UFO believer – From Mikey. Fighting the war on…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.10
Testosterone link to agression “all in the mind” – “Giving women more of the male hormone testosterone can turn them into fairer and more amiable game players, according to tests.” From Steve. Human Ambassador Project benefits from Star Trek and V - “Human Ambassadors maintains two confidential lists: people who do, and people who do not, want to have contact and…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.8
Scientists explain why Uranus is tilted Atheists need a different voice – Will women be that new voice? Scientists discover immune system “off switch” – From Morgan. Tomatoes can eat insects – “Botanists have discovered for the first time that the plants are carnivorous predators who kill insects in order to “self-fertilise” themselves.”
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Skepchick Quickies 12.4
Super lady peachy pants - Wearing freaky underpants infused with peach isn’t going to do anything to your cellulite. Zambia’s celebrity couple reveal wife-beating past – The couple is now speaking out against the culture of domestic abuse in Zambia. Feminist books for five-year-olds – AKA books to give to the kids of your crazy misogynist relatives. Mwahaha. New agers and creationists should not…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.3
Rick Warren: Not willing to stand against executing gays and lesbians – From Sydney. Search for aliens costs school employee job – SETI is great but installing it on all 5000 of your school’s computers and bogging down the network, not good. From James Fox. Men’s genes “may limit lifespan” – Men carry the seeds of their own destruction in…
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