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Skepchick Sundaylies, with Orange is the New Black, Women on Money, and Nuclear Shell Theory
Sunday Funny: Saint Cecilia, Dying (via Hark! A Vagrant.) Mad Art Lab Quantizing the Nucleus: Maria Goeppert-Mayer and the Creation of Nuclear Shell Theory “How does radioactive decay know when to stop? When Uranium-238 breaks up, it goes through twenty-two intermediate isotopes before finally coming to rest at Lead-206, but why remain there? What’s so special about Lead-206, or Calcium-48,…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Florence Sabin, the God of Mockery and Scorn, and the Corporate Relationship with GMOs
Sunday Funny: New Horizons (via xkcd) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast Episode #14 – Birdman! The Mad Art Cast crew discusses the Michael Keaton movie Birdman. Lymph, There It Is: Florence Sabin, Pioneer Woman of Medical Research (Women in Science 39) Dale writes about Florence Sabin, the scientist who rewrote our knowledge of the lymphatic system. Riddle of Valyrian…
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It’s the Sundaylies! #SciArt, How Same Sex Marriage is Literally Destroying Everything, and What is Critical Thinking?
Sunday Funny: Placebo Blockers (via xkcd) Mad Art Lab #SciArt Project for May: The Flame Test Amy’s SciArt project for the month of May is about the process in chemistry known as the “Flame Test”. Her science advisor was our very own, Dr Ray Burks! Check out what she created. Mad Art Cast: Social Media and the Creative with bonus…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with a Little Scientology, a Pinch of Sexual Assault Prevention, and a Dash of Pink Robots
Sunday Funny: Schlub Actually (via Tree Lobsters!) Mad Art Lab Computing Venus: The Astronomy of Maria Mitchell Meet the woman who put American astronomy on the map. Mad Art Cast: Going Clear The gang talks about the Scientology documentary, “Going Clear.” Escéptica Gods! Cerridwen (en español) Silvia tells us about the really weird story of the Celtic goddess Cerridwen. Queereka…
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Sundaylies with the Flame Test, Operation Pi, “Poised and Articulate” Teachers, and Owning Guns while Parenting
Sunday Funny: Full-Spectrum Bulbs (via Tree Lobsters) Teen Skepchick How Things Don’t Work: Dancing for a Cause Edition Elizabeth learns the difference between promoting a cause and promoting yourself. Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast with Elmo, Kristen Bell and Vaccines! What do Elmo, the Surgeon General, and Kristen Bell have in common? What The Heck is a Flame Test?…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Hilbert’s Tenth Problem, Animal Superpowers, and Dating a Feminist
Sunday Funny: Terry Pratchett (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick Ignorance Embraced with Neither Shame nor Gloating There’s nothing necessarily virtuous about knowing or not knowing about pop culture. Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast Episode #4 Would a bunch of artist go live on Mars? What’s so cool about Ceres? Find out! Julia Robinson and the Cracking of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem…
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Today is a Very Special Day for Mad Art Lab
Today is a special day for the Mad Art Lab blog. It marks our 4th year in existence and to celebrate that birthday we are launching a brand new podcast about the intersection of art and science called, Mad Art Cast. I am co-hosting along with original Skepchick, A Kovacs. A and I are joined by two other amazing Labbers,…
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