Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies, 2.29
NPR talks to Neil deGrasse Tyson about why exploring space still matters. Prosthetics breakthrough might fuse nerves with fake limbs. (From Vernon.) Are rich people more likely to behave badly? A comprehensive guide to the Illuminati.
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Skepchick Quickies 2.28
Maria Monk’s awful disclosures: A classic American conspiracy – Bob Blaskiewicz, writer at Skeptical Humanities, has a new column at CSI. His first one is about, “a prostitute and nun’s getting their baby-killing freak on.” ILU-486 – A story of a dystopian near-future for women that could come out of the anti-abortion, anti-birth control legislation being pushed for today. From…
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Skepchick Quickies, 2.27
An out-of-body experience could just be a beat away in Virginia. (From Ubi.) Women in India can now retain their maiden name after marriage. (From Praveen.) Utah bill bars sex ed unless it’s abstinence-only. Citizen Science Quarterly, dedicated to DIY science projects, has a Kickstarter to help fund their next issues. (From Katherine.)
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Skepchick Quickies 2.24
The danger of gamer entitlement – A woman game writer dares to say that maybe having more story-driven and less combat-heavy games would be a good idea and draw more women to gaming. For this, she is of course excoriated. From Megan. The weird history of Wonder Woman – From Mark. Life with and without animated ducks: The future is…
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Skepchick Quickies 2.21
Chinese retiree leads crusade against fake products – “Here’s a bottle of walnut oil. The label says it fights against aging, it will help you lose weight, it will protect you against radiation and it will cure cancer. Bulls**t.” Transcript and audio of the Marketplace piece at the link, audio’s only ~4 minutes long so take a listen. Indiana lawmaker…
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Skepchick Quickies, 2.20
The 8 stupidest defenses against accusations of sexism. (From just about all of you.) Why patriarchal men are utterly petrified of birth control – and why we’ll still be fighting about it 100 years from now. The scale of the universe. (From Rosaire.) Booth babes: iCandy or iScream?
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Skepchick Quickies 2.17
Jessica Ahlquist is victorious! – The Cranston school will not appeal the ruling to take down the school prayer banner. Bodies as property – From Zebra, whose description I’m stealing, “I read this amazing, eye-opening, and heart-breaking post this morning on the negative effects of normalized but unwanted male behavior.” NH’s Rep. Notter claims birth control causes prostate cancer –…
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Skepchick Quickies 2.16
More doctors ‘fire’ vaccine refusers – From Glenn. Creationism + cryptozoology = crapgasm – From Bob at Skeptical Humanities, Kent Hovind goes crypto. Birth control, bishops, and religious authority – “98 percent of sexually active American Catholic women practice birth control, and 78 percent of Catholics think a “good Catholic” can reject the bishops’ teaching on birth control.” Periodic table…
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