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Skepchick Quickies 4.25
I don’t know how I can follow Elyse’s penis post but the Quickies must go on. Stem cells in menstrual blood?– “While collecting menstrual blood stromal cells (MenSCs) directly from tissue would be invasive, retrieving them during the menstrual cycle would not be.” MenSCs?! You have got to be joking. (Thanks, Steve!) Saudis slow to accept working women– Good coverage…
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Skepchick Quickies 4.24
Rapidly Evolving Lizards– Sounds like a great band name, huh? To quote Durnett, who posted this link in the comments; “Creationists have been complaining for years that they can’t see evolution happening. “You don’t see a dog grow another leg…” Well, check out this lizard. True, this isn’t like growing an extra leg, however it is like growing an extra…
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John Oliver’s Sticker Shock
Sam found this great bit of stand up by John Oliver. John’s one of my favorite Daily Show correspondents and in this video, he addresses two of my favorite topics: politics and creationism.
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Skepchick Quickies 4.22
Full Jason Beghe interview available at YouTube– The former Scientologist’s interview is currently available in 17 parts. Priest attached to party balloons vanishes in Brazil– I could not make this stuff up. Watson’s genome published– James Watson’s genome is now the second full genome of an individual that has been published in Nature. Last year, Craig Venter’s was the first.…
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Sexpelled and Jason Beghe
Here’s a parody of the Expelled trailer which Sean sent in. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3wSuSF8-hI] And this is the interview that’s been going around in which Jason Beghe, an actor and former Scientology member, speaks out about Scientology. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpHyo_mKPho]
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Skepchick Quickies 4.18
The complete works of Charles Darwin online– “For decades available only to scholars at Cambridge University Library, the private papers of Charles Darwin, one of the most influential scientists in history, can now be seen by anyone online and free of charge. This is the largest ever publication of Darwin papers and manuscripts, totalling about 20,000 items in nearly 90,000…
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Skepchick Quickies 4.17
Children’s book about plastic surgery– Yeah, “My Beautiful Mommy” is a far more appropriate title than “Mommy’s New Boobs.” Atheists no longer the most despised group in America– Thanks, Scientology! 1968 Life magazine article on Scientology- Thanks to reader Erica for this one. What was true then is true now: “But Scientology is scary—because of its size and growth, and…
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Skepchick Quickies 4.15
Expelled Exposed website has updated– Including a video of Chris Comer, victim of Darwinism, on the front page. I’ve just seen my first Expelled ads on TV and can’t stop gagging over them. I guess I’ll have to take some horse milk pills as per Elyse’s post. Bacteriophages to fight bacteria: Is this the beginning of the end?– Will use…
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