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Skepchick Quickies 10.6
Italian scientist reproduces shroud of Turin - From Kevin. Conservatizing the Bible – “The eager young men at Conservapedia are p.o.’d that the Bible might be seen as too liberal. So they’ve come up with the Wiki-style Conservative Bible Project, to make sure the Lord doesn’t go all wobbly on us.” From QA. How nonsense sharpens the intellect – Or…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.2
Oldest hominid skeleton offers new clues to evolution – From Lauren. Glenn Beck blames godlessness for America’s problems – In other news, the Pope is Catholic and bears crap in the woods. From Sydney. Beware the pond monster! – Our very own Elyse addresses concerns that a nearby pond is home to an unknown monster. From William. Those tree crabs are…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.1
Naturopaths warn lack of regulation a risk – “Anyone on P.E.I can call themselves a naturopathic doctor, and practitioners with national certification…say not having any regulation is a serious problem.” From Peregrine. UK girl given Glaxo’s Cervarix had tumor, agency says – The autopsy of the UK girl who died after receiving an HPV vaccine shot has found that she had…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.29
Don’t blame flu shots for all ills, officials say – Great NYT article on how health officials try to keep the public from wrongly associating getting the flu shot and other illnesses that may coincidentally occur at the same time. From Paul. Carolyn Porco wins a 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award – The award “recognizes extraordinary image makers in science.” From Emory.…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.25
HIV vaccine “reduces infection” – “An experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection, researchers say.” A million spiders make silk for a rare cloth – It took 70 people 4 years of collecting golden orb spiders and extracting their silk to produce the cloth. The silk extraction does not harm the spiders. (Arachnaphobes beware,…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.24
Dust turns sky over Sydney red – Yet another sign of the apocalypse! Men duped in money-doubling scam – “Police said the businesses gave about $160,000 in cash to two men in the belief their money would double when soaked in chemicals.” From Sarah. Cave divers risk their lives to explore the underworld – “For the past 14 years, photographer…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.22
NYT article on Carolyn Porco – A wonderful article on one of our favorite astronomers and her work on the Cassini mission. From Billy. fMRI scanning of dead salmon highlights risk of red herrings – Did anyone else hear the voice of Steve Novella in their head warning about misunderstanding fMRI results while reading this? From Emory. TIME article on…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.18
8 Myths of the Freemasons debunked – Hint: Dan Brown is full of crap. From Some Canadian Skeptic. FBI outlines retooled scams – From Infinite Monkey. Bend spoons with Uri Geller’s Iphone app - From Craig. Frank Schaeffer exposes fundamentalist Christianity on Rachel Maddow show – Hemant’s got the video and the transcript for the interview. I got to see a small part of…
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