Skepticism
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Skepchick Quickies, Weekend Edition – 6.7
Top 10 scientists killed or injured by their experiments. Unlike the badass science stunts I posted early this week, I would suggest this list is NOT one to which you want to aspire. Physicists have ‘solved’ mystery of levitation. Well, glad that’s taken care of. What do we want them to tackle next? We probably could have guessed this, but…
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It’s a Theme
Nakedness and nerdiness are central tenets of the Skepchick lifestyle, so here are some fine examples. First, a rather NSFW Star Trek: The Next Generation rap that A has been passing around, pervert that she is. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClP8n6asn3w] And then hey, Iszi got the Skepchick calendar mentioned on Penn’s Crackle series! WordPress hates me and doesn’t let me embed non-Youtube media,…
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Drinking skeptically recap
Had a great time in Boulder the other night drinking skeptically. I forgot to bring a camera, so I borrowed someone’s phone to take a few pictures. Unfortunately, they haven’t sent the pictures to me yet. There were about 25 or 30 people there, so it was pretty much impossible to get to talk to everyone because the space was…
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Upsetting News
Tracy just clued me in to today’s update on Blue Collar Scientist’s blog. BCS is also known as Jeff Medkeff, a wonderful man and talented astronomer working in Alaska. (He’s the guy who recently named asteroids after me, Phil Plait, PZ Myers, and Michael Stackpole.) Jeff has just been diagnosed with liver cancer. He posted back in May that he…
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Discovery Channel = Nature Porn
I used to teach a Freshman Seminar about Skepticism and science, and one of the classes that always blew the kids away was a discussion of how much of what was on TV as nature/science was actually staged BS. CBC recently ran an expose on this, in which the first half was devoted to showing examples of just how much…
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Comment o’ the Week: Old Testament Style
So I missed last week because I was busy. I’m busy this week, too, but I’m going to muddle through because I am committed to You, the Skepchick Commenter. And also because I have a few minutes to kill before the Thai food gets here. Yes, I am also committed to You, Delicious Pad Thai. This was another great week…
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Divining for a Date 2008, June Challenge: Psychic on the Street
You’ve all been honing your psychic skills since February. It’s now time to take it to the streets! This month you’re going to head out into the real world and give readings to strangers and post the videos of your readings on YouTube. We’re going to have a few rules: 1. No taking money. 2. You have to give the…
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Glasses that cure jet lag?
Wow, since I’ll be changing time zones 9 times on June 22, I wonder if I should buy a pair of these jet-lag cure glasses. A new gadget promises to make jet lag a thing of the past. The Re-Time Jet Lag Glasses look like any other pair of glasses, but are fitted with LED lights that help reduce the effects of…
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