Skepticism
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Skepchick Quickies 4.25
I don’t know how I can follow Elyse’s penis post but the Quickies must go on. Stem cells in menstrual blood?– “While collecting menstrual blood stromal cells (MenSCs) directly from tissue would be invasive, retrieving them during the menstrual cycle would not be.” MenSCs?! You have got to be joking. (Thanks, Steve!) Saudis slow to accept working women– Good coverage…
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Not Without My Penis!
Just a warning to those of you traveling to Congo, it seems there are some serial penis thieves on the loose! So far 13 sorcerers have been arrested for using witchcraft to steal men’s penises. What is even more disturbing is that stolen penises are a regular occurrence in Congo. Seriously. Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in…
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Capitalism is unsustainable
Holy crap! I finally found someone who says what I’ve been grumbling to my husband and friends about for years. I haven’t ever gotten around to writing about it though: Economic Prosperity Requires Population Growth… Not! Here’s what Ron Britton at Bay of Fundie has to say about this, as part of a larger critique of fundamentalist fear mongering. Yes,…
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Chicago Meet-up Saturday!
C’mon Chicago! It’s time to get our Skeptical drink on this Saturday! Last time was a kick-ass rockin’ good time and I expect this time to rock even harder! Be there! 7:30pm at Galway Arms (we have a private room and no embarrassing video games.) Here’s where you can find more info: Skepchick blog post Skepchick Calendar Facebook Myspace If…
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Skepchick Quickies, 4.23
Wow, sounds like fun for the whole family at the Japanese fertility festival! Join the National Center for Science Education, and this blogger will match your donation. Life-changing books: recommendations from 17 leading scientists. A chart of countries’ public acceptance of evolution. If not for Turkey, the US would have come in at the end of the 34-country list. Hey,…
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Sci Fi Magazine to be beamed into space!
This is great. And pointless. But mostly great. Science fiction and fantasy magazine, SFX, is being beamed into outer space as radio waves. It’s a publicity stunt, but I love it. “A digital version every edition of the magazine will now be sent to Goonhilly satellite station in Cornwall, UK, and fired into space from a satellite dish, at 671…
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Skepchick Quickies, 4.21
Vitamins ‘may shorten your life.’ Also covered on the latest SGU. Road kill stats surprise scientists. Quote: “We had to question some motorists’ skills … I didn’t want to become one of my own data points.” Sam Harris is collecting donations for the
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Sexpelled and Jason Beghe
Here’s a parody of the Expelled trailer which Sean sent in. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3wSuSF8-hI] And this is the interview that’s been going around in which Jason Beghe, an actor and former Scientology member, speaks out about Scientology. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpHyo_mKPho]
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