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Skepchick Quickies 9.18
Chelation study for autism gets tossed – The government will be spending money studying therapies that might actually work, instead! Crows make monkeys out of chimps in mental test – “Oh noes!! The birds are fighting back with their brains!” says Kimbo. German scientists discover 120 million year old ant – “Researchers from Karlsruhe’s Natural History Museum found the 3-millimetre-long (0.118…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.16
Evidence that science sells – Dita von Teese plays a scientist who discovers the gene for sexy in an advertisement for her new Wonderbra line. Or, you know, evidence that sexy sells. Thanks Kel. Be a sexy Lady Liberty for Halloween – Or is sexy Pilgrim more your thing? I know, sexy fried chicken fast food worker! Via Neatorama. John…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.12
Teachers should tackle creationism says science education expert– Sounds like his opinion is like that of the teacher recently featured in the NYT article about teaching evolution. “He said that around one in 10 children comes from a family with creationist beliefs. “My experience after having tried to teach biology for 20 years is if one simply gives the impression that such…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.11
Now at your newstand – I love this mock-up of a tabloid cover that Bug girl found. Has the LHC destroyed the universe yet? Click here to find out. Thanks durnett. Ricky Gervais sees dead people – In his new movie, that is. The previews look good and of course Ricky Gervais is a genius, so I’m looking forward to…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.9
Alternative health center accused of brainwashing – “An alternative healing centre based in London has been accused of “brainwashing†one of its clients into making donations totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds.” From Katherine. Hadron collider to begin being used – Best subtitle ever: Black hole fears are “baloney” Scientists receive death threats over Hadron collider – Pass out the…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.5
Just because? – The BBC has an article on correlation vs. causation. I like the, “Higher ice cream sales do not lead to more shark attacks” analogy. Thanks Steve. Accupuncture for babies – Jessie sent in this disturbing article. “When Savannah was diagnosed with autism a few months ago, Mary turned to acupuncture, in addition to more traditional therapies, to…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.4
Canned biscuits are ruining the American family - At least an article published in a Kentucky newspaper seems to claim this. Getting debaptized for real – “In Italy, a group called the Italian Union of Rationalists and Agnostics (UAAR) has taken it upon themselves to help people get debaptized.” Except the Christian right wingnuts are spinning this as an attempt…
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Skepchick Quickies 9.2
Obama answers Science Debate 2008 questions Mythbusters busted by credit card companies – They were apparently working on a segment about RFID vulnerabilities but were bullied out of it by the big credit card companies. Court order remains for anti-vaccine couple – Remember the Australian couple who didn’t want to vaccinate their child against Hep B even though the mother…
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