Skepticism

  • Reminder: Election Night Crunkathon ’08 – TONIGHT

    Don’t forget the Election Night Crunkathon over at Amateur Scientist tonight.  Our fearless leader, Rebecca, will be joing Elyse and I as well as a kick ass selection of Skeptical bloggers to live blog the election, the coverage of the election, the re-runs of Scrubs that we’ll watch when we get sick of the election, whatever.  The fun starts at…

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  • Election reflection

    It’s finally Election Day, which means the end of the incessant barrage of campaign ads. I have a confession to make. I’ve been feeling very cynical about this election for a long time now. I watch very little television, generally, but the snippets I catch offer glimpses of the divisiveness the old media spew, 24-7, in an attempt to cash…

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  • Afternoon Inquisition 11.4

    Since it’s Election Day in the US, and there’s coverage EVERYWHERE, I’m going to take a turn off that well-trod path with today’s AI….kinda. Both candidates have talked endlessly about their goals and strategies, outlined for months, but taking effect next year at the earliest.  The soon-to-be-POTUS has been making lots of promises, and now it’s a painful 78 days until there’s even the…

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  • Supernatural Cleaning Methods in the NYT

    My buddy and coworker Jennifer sent me this New York Times article called Supernatural Cleaning Methods, possibly in the hopes of seeing the top of my head explode. Despite the fact that it goes on for five pages, is filled with personal anecdotes of ghostly encounters, and the most skeptical voice in the first 2.5 pages comes from those idiots…

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  • Afternoon Inquisition 11.3

    Election theme! If you were suddenly elected President of the United States, how would you improve science education and research?

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  • Skepchick Quickies, 11.3

    Was a missing child’s ghost caught on film? You decide! (Thanks to Entirely Different Steve.) Gary Gygax’s favorite charity doesn’t want Dungeons and Dragons-tainted money. How would Jesus campaign? Crop circles in Argentina: “The ‘Chicoana Signs’ appared in three fields, 8 to 10 kilometers equidistant from the other. Local residents claim having seen flashes of colored light during the evening…

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  • A Brief History of Fruit Fly Research

    If you’re anything like me, you literally screamed at the television when Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin directed her ignorant, anti-science ravings at fruit fly research a few weeks ago. Well, my good friend and talented skepchick Wendy Chao made a helpful video to educate anyone who is under the same misconception as Palin. Enjoy!

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  • Elections and other fun November events!

    On Tuesday, November 4, the United States of America will enter into a new political era. No matter what the outcome of the election, this has been one of the longest and most talked-about battles in U.S. history.  Here at Skepchick, we believe there is only one appropriate way to commemorate this crucial event.  Mocking it mercilessly. Elyse and I will…

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