Quickies

  • Skepchick Quickies 3.11

    The best questions for a first date – OKCupid analyzes the best questions to ask to find out what you want to know about your date without asking overly personal questions. Want to know if they’re religious? Ask how they feel about spelling and grammar mistakes. From John. Tiny diamonds show promise against cancer – “US researchers said Wednesday they…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 3.10

    How man lost his penile spines – “Scientists believe men once had small spines on their genitalia such as those found in chimpanzees, cats and mice.” From Davew. Barron teachers hope to separate students into gender-based classrooms – From chasmosaur, with whom I share mixed feelings about this. Morning after pill may be safe for non-emergency use – As you…

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  • Skepchick Quickies, 3.9

    Egyptian women’s rights protest marred by hecklers: “A protest by hundreds of Egyptian women demanding equal rights and an end to sexual harassment turned violent Tuesday when crowds of men heckled and shoved the demonstrators, telling them to go home where they belong.” New weight loss plan: hormone injections. (From Madfishmonger.) Physics of pruney fingers revealed: “An exploration of mathematical…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 3.8

    Phyllis Schlafly’s niece on how “feminism is a dead end road” – She and her aunt have put out a book that lists all the sins of feminism. Just in time for International Women’s Day, oh joy! Stuck on an uneven playing field – A little balance to the ignorance above. The scientific gender gap – I quite like the…

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  • Skepchick Quickies, 3.7

    Scientist Imam threatened over Darwinist views: “A prominent British imam has been forced to retract his claims that Islam is compatible with Darwin’s theory of evolution after receiving death threats from fundamentalists.” (From Damien.) “Forty million years ago, a female mite met an attractive partner, grabbed him with her clingy rear end and began to mate — just before a…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 3.4

    Pysch-out sexism – “The innocent, unconscious bias that discourages girls from math and science.” From luciano. NASA completes 52-year mission to find, kill God – “According to officials, God was killed this morning on the moon by a highly trained team of seven astronauts. He was reportedly lured into a trap after coming into contact with the Voyager 2 probe,…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 3.3

    2011 census organizers brace themselves for millions pretending to be Christians – NewsThump is like The Onion, just so you take this story in the right light. From w_nightshade. “You don’t need God” billboards coming to Indianapolis – While the article is tame, check out the comments. From Ben. How can we get teachers to be more comfortable teaching evolution?…

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  • Skepchick Quickies, 3.2

    Is science getting harder to do? “Lehrer borrows a metaphor from Tyler Cowen’s The Great Stagnation to argue that we’ve basically picked all the low-hanging fruit of scientific discovery.” (From Jon.) Music reviewer Clem Bastow on Brian McFadden’s rape culture pop song. (From Jennie.) Anti-abortion billboard targeting blacks to come down. (From Luciano.) “A visibly stunned and solemn Richman, who…

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