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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! #TrumpPence Logo, Yellow Bamboo, Classroom Robots, and more!
Sunday Funny: Null hypothesis confirmed. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Art Lowers Stress Even If You Suck At It and the New Blue The Gang talk about a new blue hue and how making even bad art can lower stress levels. Owner of a Lonely Quark: The High Temperature Quantum Chromodynamics of Ágnes Mócsy Dale tells the…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Encryption in Literature, the Blackest Black, Teaching Syrian Refugees, and the Relationship Between Birth Month and ADHD
Sunday Funny: The secret to happiness. (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Encryption in Literature: Dancing Men (Spoilers) Elizabeth discusses the encrypted messages in “The Adventure of the Dancing Men.” Mad Art Lab Sketchbook Pages and the Power of Friendship Celia draws to counter presidential election drudgery. Mad Art Cast #SciArt and the Blackest Black with Glendon Mellow The Gang talks science…
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It’s the Sundaylies! with A Cure for Blue Babies, How Names Lead to Bias, and Lactivist vs. Feminist
Sunday Funny: Bacteria Sex (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Blue Babies with Crossword Puzzle Hearts: The Pediatric Cardiology of Helen Taussig (Women in Science 56) Dale tells the story of the life of a woman who saved the lives of countless children. Mad Art Cast: How Not to Get Ripped Off As An Artist The Gang discusses what artists need…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Sea Water Pseudoscience, Camels, and How Much Skeptics Value Education
Sunday Funny: Lone Wolf (via Tree Lobsters) Esceptica Introduction to Pseudoscience: Sea Water (en español) New contributor Nuskis talks about the dangers of drinking sea water as a remedy for illnesses. School of Doubt Why Aren’t You Reading This? Jay thinks many skeptics only talk a good game when it comes to education. Science for the People Where Do Camels…
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SoD Xpost: Our Cultural Obsession with College is Misguided and Dangerous
[Content note: youth suicide, mental illness] The following article was originally posted on School of Doubt. Read it there or catch the beginning below. One chilly morning in my Junior year of high school, a boy who sat a few desks behind me in my AP Calculus class came into school early, parked his car in the student lot, set…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Wizard-Bros, Sexy Plants, Slow Scholarship, and Action Heroes!
Sunday Funny: Time to Shine (via Hark, a vagrant) Mad Art Lab Hydrogen Rules the Universe: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Composition of Stars (Women in Science 48) Dale shares the story of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an American astronomer and trailblazer whose work was often under-appreciated. Mad Art Cast: Update on Happy Birthday, Frida Kahlo and New York Maker Faire! On this…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! No Place to Pee, Being a Working Parent, and Biphobia
Sunday Funny: We all have superpowers. (via Lunarbaboon) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast Quickie Listen to the Labbers discuss the #SciArt hashtag. LAWAAG, ATHEIST and Mad Art Cast Swag! Help support science, art, and atheism projects. Escéptica Gods! Shu (en español) Silvia tells us about the Egyptian god of air and light. Queereka No Place to Pee – Gender…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Genetic Smarts, GMOs, and Looney Toons
Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 118: Heat, Temperature, and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics Mindy dips her toe into thermodynamics. DBT Skills: Yes You Get To Have Fun Remember to do something today that makes you happy. Escéptica Movie Review: Pandorum (en español) Lulú has very mixed feelings about this 2009 flick and then finds other ways to marvel…
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