Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies 8.30
Smart girls wear short skirts, too – Amanda Marcotte’s rebuttal to this NYT article which, “conflates women having sex with men and actual social inequalities between college men and women.” Help stamp out quackery – From Thais. Small town UFO scare revealed to be alien hoax – From Damien. Debunking women’s intuition
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Skepchick Quickies, 8.29
Does religion influence epidemics? “Whether they believe in God, evolutionary biologists may need to pay closer mind to religion. That’s because religious beliefs can shape key behaviors in ways that evolutionary theory would not predict, particularly when it comes to dealing with disease.” Vaccine cleared again as autism culprit. Scientists estimate Earth is home to 8.7 million species. Women fighters…
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Skepchick Quickies 8.26
Texas legislators and Christian groups fight to insert God into Vets’funerals, against families’ wishes – From AnthroSlug. The kids should see this – “Off the grid-for-little-kids videos and other smart stuff.” This amazing site was found by Jen and even if you’re not sharing these videos with kids, your day will still mysteriously disappear. The Evangelicals engaged in spiritual warfare…
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Skepchick Quickies 8.25
What women don’t want: pink beer, pink cars, a new pink ghetto – “Beer is brown. Apparently, this is a problem for me. It turns out that, as a woman, I require my beverages in a less threatening hue – like pink…” Parris Island, Marine training grounds, gets first female commander – “Brigadier General L.E. Reynolds is a veteran of…
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Skepchick Quickies, 8.24
Back-to-school can mean vaccines for tweens, teens. (From Buzz.) Do you suffer from decision fatigue? (From Madfishmonger.) Geek girls and the problem of self-objectification. An infographic on traditional marriage. (From Mark.)
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Skepchick Quickies 8.23
Dirty Girls Ministries is on a crusade against the evils of female masturbation – While they say their mission is to help women overcome addiction to porn, “the core of her crusade is against sexual thought—even within marriage—unless those thoughts are about your husband while you are engaging in intercourse with him.” Is this the earth’s oldest fossil? – “A…
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Skepchick Quickies, 8.22
Scientists to engineer a human with bulletproof skin. (From Donnie.) A dialogue with Sarah, aged 3: in which it is shown that if your dad is a chemistry professor, asking “why” can be dangerous. (From Mark.) US black scientists much less likely to get funding. It’s Monday. Here’s an otter playing with a dog.
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Skepchick Quickies 8.19
Climate change and migration linked – “Across the globe, plants and animals are creeping, crawling, slithering, and winging to higher altitudes and higher latitudes as global temperatures climb.” From Buzz Parsec. Help choose the year’s best microscope photos – Microscope photography: even makes parasites pretty. Crocochicken is real! – From Mike. Hand made Hubble – How cute is that? From…
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