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Skepchick Sundaylies! #safetyfirst, 350,000 Stars, the Status of English, and more!
Sunday Funny: A Good Thing (via Poorly Drawn Lines) Mad Art Lab It’s #safetyfirst, #sexysecond Insufficient safety gear isn’t the only thing that’s wrong with this picture. She Filled the Sky: The Iron Astronomy of Annie Jump Cannon This ground-breaking astronomer made sense of stars during her more than four decades at the Harvard Observatory. 2nd Thing I Learned: Unsolicited…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Trump vs. Music, Useful vs. Artful, and Replacing Biblical Homophobia
Sunday Funny: Market for Bread (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Trump vs. Music The Gang talk about the perennial conflict between politicians and musicians, complete with a Spotify playlist of music Donald Trump has been told not to play! Women in Science: The Card Game. Gameplay Review! Dale reviews a card game about women scientists. Useful or…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Cosmetic Chemistry, Treating Depression While Pregnant, and more!
Sunday Funny: Backwards compatibility. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab The Chemistry of Beauty: Hazel Bishop Betrayed Hazel Bishop was a titan in one of the most disrespected areas of science: cosmetic chemistry. Mad Art Cast: Emily Finke Talks Comics The Gang and Emily Finke talk about comics and the arcs of storytelling. Ghostbusters – Unapologetically Dorky Everyone said that Ghostbusters…
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School of Doubt is looking for writers!
School of Doubt is looking for more writers! The gig requires a moderate time commitment and offers no pay, except for–should you defeat the Iron Chef–the people’s ovation and fame forever. So, what are we looking for in a candidate? At a minimum, applicants should be educators (whether as instructors or administrators in traditional institutions or as less formal teachers, tutors, or producers of…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! The Pesky Youth Vote, Pokémon Go, Building Your Own Aquarium, and more!
Sunday Funny: Type Writer (via Tree Lobsters) Teen Skepchick On Encouraging that Pesky Youth Vote Elizabeth has some suggestions on how to win that elusive youth vote this election season. Mad Art Lab All You Need to Know about Pokémon Go with Mad Art Cast The Gang talk about all things Pokémon Go with Courtney Caldwell. Aquaria on the Cheap…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! #TrumpPence Logo, Yellow Bamboo, Classroom Robots, and more!
Sunday Funny: Null hypothesis confirmed. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Art Lowers Stress Even If You Suck At It and the New Blue The Gang talk about a new blue hue and how making even bad art can lower stress levels. Owner of a Lonely Quark: The High Temperature Quantum Chromodynamics of Ágnes Mócsy Dale tells the…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Cosplaying Like a Lady, Sunken Treasure, and Lessons in Selling Art
Sunday Funny: Woman Scientist (via Things In Squares) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Sunken Treasure, Antikythera and special Guest Jim Tigwell The Gang discuss sunken treasure, unearthed secrets and a rare astronomy teaching tool. Cosplay like a Lady – Emmett Frost Ryan gets a taste of what being a woman every day is like with his Emmett Frost gender-bent…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Penicillin’s Monster, Morning Sickness, the Dangers of Raw Flour, and more!
Sunday Funny: What Brexit means for British science. (via PHD Comics) Mad Art Lab Fighting Penicillin’s Monster: Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown In a time when fungal infections threatened to wipe out the gains in health made by penicillin, two women came to the rescue. Playing an Art Show – Aftermath Jim plays an art show and shows off his…
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