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Gifts for Nerds
Science for the People’s annual Christmas Best Science Books & Curated Nerd Gift Suggestion episode is back. Skepchick writer Mary Brock and science librarian John Dupuis return to share their top picks from 2016’s pop science books. They’ve got suggestions for both the science-loving adults and the kids on your shopping list. We’ve also brought back Skepchick and Mad Art…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Making America Great, Architecture Metaphor, and the Women of Neutrino Research
Sunday Funny: How to unsettle settled science. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Art Inquisition: Are We Making America Great? We want your opinion on a billboard sponsored by an artists-run super-PAC that popped up outside Jackson, MS. Rotten Underneath Celia has been dealing with the stress of the election season with an architecture metaphor. Generations: The Story of Women in…
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It’s the Sundaylies! Overthinking Harry Potter, Learning the Lessons of History, Discussing Your Trump Fears with Kids, and more!
Sunday Funny: A reasonable idea (via Poorly Drawn Lines) Teen Skepchick Speak your Mind: Thanksgiving Come on, y’all! Give us your opinions on Thanksgiving. Mad Art Lab Music of the Revolution What a musical 200 years in the making teaches us about politics today. Harry Potter and the Consequences of Overthinking Children’s Literature In an attempt to iron out everything…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! The Woman Who Cured Rickets, Male Suffrage, and Happy Birthday, You’re Going to Hell
Sunday Funny: Freaking out is hard work. (PHD Comics) Teen Skepchick In Which I am Threatened with Foolishness and the Ruin of Soul Every year, Elizabeth’s family attempts to bring her back to Christianity. Here is their 2016 attempt. Mad Art Lab Milk and Blood: Icie Macy Hoobler and the Science of Infant-Mother Nutrition Dr. Hoobler made major advances in…
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It’s the Sundaylies! Joe Biden as the Next Level Troll, Taking the Punk Out of Steampunk, and Election Comics
Sunday Funny: Voter Turnout. (via PHD Comics) Mad Art Lab No Business Like Joe Business Our favorite Joe Biden trolling memes that have been making the rounds. NHST – Trump Shocker Asshole conversion therapy. Your Steampunk Ain’t Punk Jim explains that, while Steampunk can be great, it’s not punk. Featured image credit: Michael Neel via Flickr
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Complex Cephalopods, Election Cake, and Why You Need to Do More than “Just Vote”
Sunday Funny: Why math confuses people. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Octopuses at Work and Play: Jennifer Mather and Cephalopod Cognition Jennifer Mather unveiled the complexity of cephalopods. Mad Art Cast Episode #73 — The Death of Jack Chick and Chicks Who Vote! The gang talk about Jack Chick and the women who have waited almost a century to vote…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Pasteurization, Evolution Story Books, and more!
Sunday Funny: Los Perros, in peril. (via Wondermark) Grounded Parents Weekend Reads: Stop Torturing Shy Kids, Naked Parents, and More Trump Fallout Stay up to date on all the good stuff on the internet! Scientist Mom Shows That Breast Milk Is Not Sterile…and That Pasteurization is Amazing Woo-fighter, scientist, and breast-feeding mom does an experiment to prove a point about…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Nasty Women, Science of the Sideshow, 5 Year Old vs. Ouija Board, and more!
Sunday Funny: Patriotism vs. Nationalism: An Important Distinction (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Such a Nasty Woman Beth and Amy made art after Trump made his “nasty woman” comment. Gone, Fission: How Lise Meitner was Written Out of the Nuclear Age You need to forget everything you know about atoms to fully appreciate the astounding scientific career of Lise Meitner.…
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