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Skepchick Quickies 10.7
Jenny McCarthy gets Rickroll’d – This is perhaps one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Thanks to the several people who brought this to my attention. You are all made of win. Behold God’s giant golden footprint – Sent in by Rav who sayeth, “Manos– Erm, “Pedes,” the Foot of fate…?” Phelps clan will be protesting at…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.3
Jurassic Brewery – Scientists brew beer with 45 million year old yeast. Pyshics predicted Palin wouldn’t do well in VP debate – “Overall, the consensus among the psychics was that the presidential race has at times been too unpredictable for them.” Thanks Ooxman, especially for pointing out that particular quote which made me LOL. How bad/well DID Palin do? – Not…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.2
Do TV, movie, and game ratings really do any good? – Not particularly. Do you think it would help if there was some kind of consistency to the ratings? Researchers catch Lake Victoria fish in act of evolving – The fish were fined for indecent exposure and then released on their own recognizance. Thanks Emory. Flirting with Palin earns Pakistani president a…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.30
Normal body temperature -Â How’d they ever figure out what normal body temp is? Homeopathic/herbal scam artist sentenced – “A Shelby County man who scammed thousands of hopeful customers worldwide with bogus health-remedies pleaded guilty Monday to computer fraud and agreed to forfeit cars, motorcycles, bank accounts and other property.” Thanks Durnett. Bill Gates supports the Discover Institute? – Because…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.26
Phil Plait reviews The Mentalist – He’s convinced me that I really need to watch this show. PETA: Getting crazier by the minute – PETA suggests that Ben & Jerry’s start making their ice cream with human breast milk. A budget of anecdotes – Mark Crislip explains how anecdotes can be used for good and not evil. Cutting edge fragrances…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.25
Extinct Galapagos tortoise could be resurrected – “Scientists have discovered that genes from the Floreana tortoise, which Charles Darwin studied on his visits to Floreana Island in 1835, can be found in modern Galápagos tortoises.” Behold, the Holy Church of Bacon – Masala Skeptic says it best, “Get these guys together with the Pastafarians and you get some seriously yummy…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.23
Bigoted white Dems could doom Obama – “Statistical models derived from the poll suggest that Obama’s support would be as much as 6 percentage points higher if there were no white racial prejudice.” NASA deploys rubber ducks to track glacial water – I want that job, NASA rubber duck labeler. Can “showing love” be a hate crime? – A banner…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.19
Avast, me hearties! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Yo ho ho and pass the rum. A 6 year old’s wisdom – Yarrr, it be Blake Stacey who did find this treasure of an anecdote. Fall of the doctor who said his vitamins would cure AIDS – A scurvy dog! Thank ye, DS. Dawkins’ website banned in Turkey – Yarr,…
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