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Skepchick Quickies 12.23
It’s a few days before Christmas, and a couple of days after the Winter Solstice. If you are still reading this, you may be looking for a way to escape from your family by now. And if so, leave a comment! Move Over Halloween, Here Comes Christmas – “‘Tis the season to remind us that men and women are different…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.18
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker premiered on December 18, 1892 in St. Petersburg. I don’t like much about the holiday season (humbug!) but I do like listening to The Nutcracker on loop. Glaxo Says It Will Stop Paying Doctors to Promote Drugs – From Will. Experts Decisive Against Multivitamins: ‘Stop Wasting Money’ – “We believe that the case is closed— supplementing the diet of…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.16
Happy birthday to Elizabeth Carter! Born in 1717, she was a poet of some note and a member of the Bluestocking Circle. FDA’s pitiful plea to Big Pharma: Cut back on antibiotics in meat, please – I am so underwhelmed and disillusioned by this story. When Creationists Collide with Stephen Colbert – “Fundamentalists in Texas are still trying to stop…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.11
On December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon. If you’ve ever read Mary Roach’s Packing for Mars you would know that the inside of the living quarters smells like a mixture of gunpowder and flatulence. ATF uses rogue tactics in storefront stings across nation – So, how’s that War on Drugs working out for ya? HIV virus returns after cure…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.9
On December 9, 1965. the Kecksburg UFO Incident occurred, in which an object streaked through the sky and allegedly left debris behind. According to NASA, the “UFO” was a Russian satellite burning up in the atmosphere. It’s a pretty interesting read–check it out if you have a few minutes! 100 Million Reasons to Love Vaccines – A good article to…
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Guest Bloggers
Guest Post: Queen Christina, Anna Maria van Schurman, and the Not-Quite-Yetness of Seventeenth Century Feminism
Today’s guest post is by Dale DeBakcsy and combines an interesting story about independent women in history with a comic at the end. Basically, everything about this piece is wonderful, and you are missing something if you don’t take a minute to read through this. ——————- A former monarch seeking adventure. A brilliant polymath repenting of her worldly knowledge. Few…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.4
Happy birthday to Alfred Hershey! Born on December 4, 1908, Alfred was most known for his work with bacteriophages and won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with viral replication and the genetic structure of viruses. Deformed Freak Born Without Penis – A moment of funny, brought to you by The Onion. (On a more serious note,…
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Skepchick Quickies 12.2
On December 2, 1993, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavor to repair and upgrade the Hubble Telescope (Mission STS-61). The mission had five spacewalks, which is a record. (Eek!) No, @GOP, Unfortunately Rosa Parks Didn’t End Racism – Haha, racism’s over, y’all! Time to pack up and go home. Aamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) on Reverse Racism –…
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