Science

  • Skepchick Quickies 4.11

    In shift to digital imaging, more repeat mammograms– In a way, this is good because it means that radiologists are being careful while they’re adjusting to a new imaging technique.  “The rush to digital is occurring in part because for certain women — younger ones and others with dense breast tissue — it is better than film at finding tumors.”…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 4.10

    Black hole in funding say scientists-  “Astronomy and fundamental physics in the UK are in the midst of their worst funding crisis for decades.” Deception and Ethics in Sectarian Medicine– Bart Farkas shares a tale of deliberate deception on the part of a chiropractor. Horton hears a tale of gender inequality– Peter Sagal of NPR did a beautiful piece on…

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  • A Skepchick crashes the Skeptologist’s party

      Last week I worked the pilot shoot for The Skeptologists.    They needed a make-up aritst, and this geek fangirl needed Nerdvana.  We both won. I’ll leave it to the The Skeptologists (Yau-Man Chan, Mark Edward, Steve Novella, Phil Plait, Kirsten Sanford & Michael Shermer;  plus host Brian Dunning)  to talk about the content.   I’m just posting to say two…

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  • Louisiana fieldwork

    I went on a trip to Louisiana with my research group recently. We were retrieving some instruments that had been sitting in the Gulf for about 2 months. Data to be analyzed later. Data intended to be collected: pressure, and current speed & direction, and tilt of the sensors. The retrieval went well, we got back all 15 remaining instruments.…

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  • Unscientific American

    Spotted by my friend Deja on Something Awful’s Photoshop Phriday this week. Click to embiggen, and then check out this one and this one, too.

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  • Skepchick Quickies 4.4

    Today’s quickies were all sent in by fellow skepchicks and readers. Thanks for making my Friday morning easy, guys! And a great bunch of links it is, too. Booze, fat, and now coffee good for you– And this study says nothing about any application method other than oral. Woman gives birth to her own kidney– If by giving birth you…

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  • Money for Science and Math Teachers

    Heads up: Toshiba America Foundation gives grants to teachers! Elementary school teachers (K-6) are eligible for up to $1,000 to support their ideas for project-based learning in science and mathematics. Funded projects in grades 7-12 provide students with the opportunity to practice science in new ways that promise to increase their engagement with the subject matter and improve their learning.…

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  • How to Fossilize Your Hamster

    Next reading selection: How to Fossilize Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments for the Armchair Scientist OK, let’s lighten things up for a while, shall we? Enough heavy reading and downer religion for a bit. I want to experiment with booze and chocolate, and let my inner science geek come out to play. From Amazon: How can you measure the…

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