Skepticism
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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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The Truth about Waxing, Brazilians, and the Horror of Hair
Waxing. A mystery to some, a horror to many. Having your hair yanked out by the roots in the name of beauty doesn’t appeal to everyone, but as around 92% of women shave their legs, it’s clear that most of us don’t like to be hairy. So why do women go for the razor rather than the waxing salon? Waxing…
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June Contest: Kimbo meets Sylvia
Kimbo Slice and Sylvia Browne are two of the scariest people on earth right now. So Jill and I were wondering what would happen if the two of them met? Your job is to come up with a scenario for them meeting (a reading, a MMA fight, prison, stuck on an elevator at the Eiffel Tower, in line at the…
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Drinking Skeptically In Boulder Tonight!
Don’t forget tonight is Drinking Skeptically in Boulder: Pre-TAM Edition When Wednesday, June 4 at 6:00PM Where Old Chicago 1102 Pearl St. Boulder CO 80302 Meeting Description Come join us for the third installment of Drinking Skeptically in Boulder! Danny Schade of the Reason-Driven Podcast is hosting a monthly get-together at the Old Chicago on the Pearl Street Mall on…
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