Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies 5.27
Study finds supplements contain contaminants – “Nearly all of the herbal dietary supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants, and some supplement sellers made illegal claims that their products can cure cancer and other diseases, investigators found.” From Zoltan. No jail for spamming judge – A federal appeals court has overturned the criminal…
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Skepchick Quickies, 5.26
British doctor Andrew Wakefield, the one who first claimed a link between autism and early-childhood vaccination, has been banned from practicing medicine in Britain. (From Brianna.) Where are the women scientists? (From Sean.) Christian teachers removed from classroom for splashing an atheist teacher with holy water. And now the clergy are upset. (From Justin.) A great discovery. (From Sydney.)
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Skepchick Quickies 5.25
Acupuncturist pricks holes in rape conviction – “Three men who spent nearly a decade in prison on rape charges were freed after an acupuncturist determined that they were virgins, a police official says.” From Justin. Copernicus reburied as hero in Poland – “Nicolaus Copernicus died a nobody in 1543, and his theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun was…
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Skepchick Quickies, 5.24
Last year, a court forced Danny Hauser to undergo chemotherapy against the religious objections of his parents; his cancer is in remission. But now his father has leukemia and is treating it with natural remedies. (From Paul.) Vaccine campaign funding cuts allowing measles to spread again. (From James.) The Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism at the Center for…
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Skepchick Quickies 5.21
Scientists create first self-replicating synthetic life – “In a feat that is the culmination of two and a half years of tests and adjustments, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute inserted artificial genetic material — chemically printed, synthesized and assembled — into cells that were then able to grow naturally.” From everyone because, dude, synthetic life! I always knew…
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Skepchick Quickies 5.20
Andrew Wakefield’s case in comic form – Sent in by everyone, including the author. Anti-evolution legislation in Missouri dies – From Sam. S.H.O.O.T. (Secular Humanist Occult Obliteration) First upcoming comic – “S.H.O.O.T. are basically militant atheists, tasked with hunting down supernatural creatures, especially those of religious significance, that they don’t even believe in.” From JP. Saudi woman beats up virtue…
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Skepchick Quickies, 5.19
The ten most disturbing scientific discoveries. A nun is automatically exocommunicated and formally rebuked for recommending an abortion to save a woman’s life. (From Justin.) 3 psychic hotlines put to the ‘Ghostbusters’ test. (From Mikey and Stevie.) Without comment: computer algorithm can recognize sarcasm.
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Skepchick Quickies 5.18
No link found between mobile phones and cancer – “The results of a major study into mobile-phone use and cancer were released this week, but media interpretation of the findings has varied wildly.” From jes3ica. Kevin Trudeau’s version of The Secret – Ooh, and you can get it for a bargain price of only 10 payments of $39.70! From skept-artist.…
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