Rebecca Watson

Rebecca is a writer, speaker, YouTube personality, and unrepentant science nerd. In addition to founding and continuing to run Skepchick, she hosts Quiz-o-Tron, a monthly science-themed quiz show and podcast that pits comedians against nerds. There is an asteroid named in her honor. Twitter @rebeccawatson Mastodon mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson Instagram @actuallyrebeccawatson TikTok @actuallyrebeccawatson YouTube @rebeccawatson BlueSky @rebeccawatson.bsky.social
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    The Speaker of the House Sends his Teen Son Weekly Porn Updates

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Well it’s November so you know that at some point I have to make a video about one specific topic: jerking it. Beating around the bush. Hand to gland combat. Nubbin rubbin. Jackin the beanstalk. Bean flicking. Cleaning out the…

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    The Hamas Hostage with “Stockholm Syndrome”

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! If you’re watching this video in November of 2023 you already know the context, but I’ll provide it anyway for the people who may watch this years in the future, possibly from an underground bunker due to one of our…

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    Will Anti-abortion Laws Drive Women to Colleges in Blue States?

    Last week I saw an interesting headline on phys.org: “Roe v. Wade repeal impacts where young women choose to go to college, researcher finds:” “in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, female students are more likely to choose a university or college in states where abortion rights and access are upheld. The research, conducted with the Tulane University…

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    Why Do Your Cold Meds Not Work? Thank Meth & Big Pharma

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Here in the Northern hemisphere we are technically entering cold and flu season. I say “technically” because while that is true, I have personally not had a cold since late 2019 thanks to the fact that with a few exceptions…

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    Extreme Haunted Houses and the Science of Horror

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! It’s October, which means it’s time for me to watch stuff that scares me silly. Usually that means fictional horror films, but I recently watched a different kind of scary movie: a new documentary on Hulu called Monster Inside: America’s…

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    Did Legalizing Abortion Reduce Crime 20 Years Later?

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Last week I talked about the data that suggests lead might have been partially to blame for the rise of violent crime around the world in the 1990s, and its removal from things like the gasoline we put in our…

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    Is Lead to Blame for Crime & Boomer Stupidity?

    If you subscribe to my alt channel, which you should because it’s fun, you may know that I recently spent an afternoon soldering together a vampire lawn flamingo with glowing red eyes. And that activity made me wonder, is the lead in this solder that I’m holding and melting and breathing in making me stupid? Stupider, I mean? And maybe…

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    Texas Lawmaker Destroys Theocratic Argument for the Ten Commandments

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: The other day I saw a video and I immediately knew I had to share it with you guys. It’s actually a few months old but it was new to me so I figured maybe some of you missed…

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