Skepticism
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Dragon*Con and other Southern Events – Final Warning
Don’t say you haven’t been warned. We’ve been talking about it for nearly a year now and now we find Dragon*Con almost upon us. For those of you living under a rock, Dragon*Con is one of the largest fantasy and sci-fi conventions in the country. It’s held in my own hometown of Atlanta, Georgia and this year, as if it…
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Hair Hysteria
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Back from the Dead
Well, I’ve just returned from my death bed, and thought I’d comment on a couple of skeptical issues that came up while I was suffering. Yep. Last week I went down hard with the bird flu, or super pneumonia, or SARS, or mega-emphysema, or lung cancer, or something. And I was at Death’s door. Actually Death doesn’t have a door. He’s…
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Pseudoscientists Sue Simon Singh
Sexy scientiest and dear friend-of-Skepchick Simon Singh is going toe-to-toe with chiropractors who are suing him over a recent article published in The Guardian. You can find the article in question cached on Svetlana Pertsovich’s site here — I’m not sure who Svetlana is but I like her already (and thanks to Sid for giving me that link plus this…
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Skepchick Quickies, 8.18
Sorting out coffee’s contradictions. Bad Astronomy looks at The Nerd Girls. Feminism and shoes: a thoughtful post from Shakesville. Remember the novel Random House decided not to publish, fearing a Muslim backlash? Yeah, Salman Rushdie has a couple of things to say about that. io9 is holding a mad science contest. All you need to do is build a lifeform.
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The Universe’s Material Soul
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um, Rebecca, are you being modest?
I just read this on Hemant’s site, friendlyatheist.com: #10 in “What’s Wired This Month”: Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe Ever been tempted to have your palm or your cards read? If you answered “Never!” then you’re the target audience for this weekly podcast, produced by the New England Skeptical Society. Neurologist Steven Novella and his team (including blogger Rebecca Watson,…
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And Rock Chicago Did!
Holy crap! Last night’s meet-up was made of awesome! Yeah, it started a little (or maybe a lot) louder than I had expected… I apologize for that. But we still managed to have some awesome when audible conversations. Around 10pm, I asked the waitress if we could move the party to the beer garden where it was quieter and much…
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