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  • Skepticism

    Stranger Things, for Wimps

    My name is Julia Burke, and I have a scary movie problem. I think. I’ve never actually seen one all the way through. In 2005 I made it through about thirty minutes of House of Wax, which seemed too goofy to be actually scary and featured Dean from Gilmore Girls, before leaving the theater early to spend the rest of…

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  • Meta Stuff

    ICYMI: April 14 – April 20 on the Skepchick Network

    It’s time to get up, get going, and get reading all the sweet things you missed last week on the Skepchick Network. Fine. I’ll wait ’til you get your coffee. BUT HURRY. Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 44: Challenge Accepted Part 2 Mindy completes the black hole physics challenge issued to her via Facebook. I’m Not Saying it was…

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  • ICYMI: March 24 – March 30 on the Skepchick Network

    Put down that morning paper. There’s nothing you need to know in there. (Other than people from Cyprus are called Cypriots. Who knew?) Just snuggle down and catch up on what you missed last week on the Skepchick Network. Teen Skepchick A Whole-Brain Activity Map, and the Obama Administration The Obama Administration announced a plan to fund a huge effort…

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  • Skepticism

    ICYMI: August 12 – August 18 on the Skepchick Network

    Hang on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen. We’re expecting gale force awesome to come sweeping through your computer and into your eyeballs. You have been warned. Teen Skepchick Can We Reclaim the Movement? Nenfea argues that it’s important to fight for the heart of the atheist movement. Don’t Drop the Science! Eddy encourages high school students to forget the…

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  • Comment o’ the Week, Sponsored by Grammar Nazis

    Elyse nominated this week’s winner, posted in a Quickies thread concerning the Catholic Church’s decision to OK belief in aliens. I debated this (internally) for weeks days multiple minutes before deciding to agree with her and hand over the award with one exception. Read on! teambanzai // May 15, 2008 at 11:16 am Way to get with the times Catholic’s,…

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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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  • Scientists discover extraterrestrial life!

    That’s right, we can all breathe a sigh of relief — the search for extraterrestrial life in the universe is over. According to the unimpeachable India Daily, “signs of type IV extraterrestrial influence” were detected “in Abell 1835 IR1916, a galaxy 13,230 million light-years away.” I’m sure you’re all excited to see the evidence. Well. See, 13.7 billion years after…

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