Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies, 8.8
Dutch rethink Christianity for a doubtful world. (From Hugh.) San Francisco goes after crisis pregnancy centers’ misleading ads. Why women need to be at tech conferences. Handy flowchart: how to deal with internet arguments. (From Donnie.)
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Skepchick Quickies 8.5
Monkeys hate flying squirrels, report monkey-annoyance experts – Found by Maria, via. Push to talk: The tricky business of being a woman on vent – Becky Chambers has had a mostly positive experience being a woman gamer, but didn’t just stop there and assume that her experience meant that all of gaming has gotten more woman-friendly. Human cells a chimera…
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Skepchick Quickies 8.4
Why doctors don’t want to talk about antioxidants – “Well, there is a wee small problem in our ongoing anti-oxidize-athon: As it turns out, we have no evidence that antioxidants are beneficial in humans.” Evangelicals without blowhards – From Tristan. A step in attracting women to your group – Best take on “the four horsemen” ever. Preach the controversy –…
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Skepchick Quickies, 8.3
Have scientists found a crashed flying saucer on the seabed? It does look quite a bit like the Millennium Falcon. That’s pretty solid evidence. (From Zapski.) Children play like scientists work: “The findings, which were published in the journal Cognition, reveal how 4- and 5-year-olds approach games methodically.” The Slow-Science Manifesto: “A movement implores researchers to slow down, take time…
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Skepchick Quickies 8.2
Feds order insurers to cover birth control free of charge to women – Woohoo! Birth control is now to be considered preventive medicine, and therefore women won’t have to pay a copay for it any more! Judge blocks Kansas law on Planned Parenthood – “A federal judge on Monday blocked implementation of a new Kansas law that would strip federal…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.29
Why Tim Gunn, why? – Yep, Hillary Clinton must be “gender-confused” since she wears pantsuits all the time. Why are middle-aged women the “most stressed out”? – Meg’s response to an ABC news story. Canada’s green party seeks smart meter ban – The party supported the the installation of wireless smart meters in 2009 but are now against them due…
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Skepchick Quickies 7.28
Camp Quest is atheists’ answer to Bible camp – I’m not sure if the Washington Post meant to make the kids’ quotes so utterly adorable. From QA. Children seeking secular education may be bussed elsewhere – “Parents and children seeking secular education in Morinville are caught in the middle of negotiations between two school boards jostling for space and control.”…
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Skepchick Quickies, 7.27
Feds silence scientist over salmon study: “Top bureaucrats in Ottawa have muzzled a leading fisheries scientist whose discovery could help explain why salmon stocks have been crashing off Canada’s West Coast, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News.” (From Angela.) The Norway massacre: born of ideology or belief? (From Glenn.) Science made simple. (Video.) Debunking the top 5 myths about…
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