Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies 1.25
Tripping on bath salts is the next big thing – Apparently they’re “bath salts” in the same way that Spice is “incense.” Five products that will be exposed as BS in 2011 – From Tort. Bad Romance science parody – With captions! From Amber. One hump or two? – Camel milk as alternative medicine. More or less creepy then kombucha?
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Skepchick Quickies, 1.24
The next generation of rocket scientists. Does mindfulness meditation change brain structure in eight weeks? Undercover UK police cleared ‘to have sex with activists.’ (From Luciano.) A woman’s experiences as a female computer software engineer. Four recipes to make plastic at home.
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Skepchick Quickies 1.21
Debunking the myth of pheromones – “Consider, for example, the widely held notion that women living in college dormitories synchronize their menstrual cycles…What’s more, the idea of menstrual synchrony makes no sense from an evolutionary point of view and…it is almost certainly a statistical artifact rather than a real scientific finding.” From jes3ica. Make anti-vaccine parents pay higher premiums –…
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Skepchick Quickies 1.20
Creationists have gotten clever but there’s still no debate over evolution – “Despite the constant claims of creationists to the contrary, there simply is no debate among scientists about the validity of evolution…Scientists argue how evolution happened, not whether evolution happened.” Can you be both obese and healthy? – “Recent estimates suggest that approximately one in three obese individuals remain…
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Skepchick Quickies 1.18
Scientists warn California could be struck by winter “superstorm” – “It sounds like the plot of an apocalyptic action movie, but scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey warned federal and state emergency officials that California’s geological history shows such “superstorms” have happened in the past.” Babies often tortured by fundamentalist polygamists, states witness – “Water torture of babies is one…
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Skepchick Quickies, 1.17
There is no such thing as Blue Monday. Claims of child abuse in fundamentalist polygamists. Behind the vaccine panic. (From Stephen.) Improbable research: why do women swear?
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Skepchick Quickies 1.14
Your zodiac sign may have changed – Panic in the streets! Or maybe not, says CNN. CBC to air homeopathic overdose – Members of CFI Vancouver participated in a homeopathic overdose for the CBC show Marketplace. It will be airing tonight and should be available online soon after. Drunk scientists pour wine on superconductors and make an incredible discovery –…
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Skepchick Quickies 1.13
How the vaccine crisis was meant to make money – Part two of the BMJ’s coverage of Wakefield’s vaccine scam. This half exposes how Wakefield intended to profit from the fear he helped spread. Thanks to Denis and all the other readers who sent in related articles. Shameful gender discrimination at UC Davis Veterinary School – A professor asked his…
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