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It’s the Sundaylies, with the Evolution of Sex, How Medicine Gets Approved, and the Weaker Sex
Sunday Funny: Man Tax (via Manfeels Park) Teen Skepchick The Evolution of Sex Alice explores the ways in which sex, from a biological perspective, is so confusing. Mad Art Lab Barbara Boxer Wanted the Congressional Gym to Allow Women, So She Sang a Song for Congress The best story about single-sex Congressional gyms you’ll read today. Women Painting Themselves: Lilly…
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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! Surprise Evangelism, Cellular Galaxy, Mrs. Man’s Name, and Making a Science Fair Worth It
Sunday Funny: Why is the sky blue? (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 131: Popcorn Physics Mindy continues trudging through heat and energy by studying the first law of thermodynamics. Adventures in Unexpected Evangelism: Stitchery Edition Elizabeth encounters evangelism in the place she least expected it. Mad Art Lab #EveryDaySexism and Frida Kahlo Probably the most baffling example…
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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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Skepchick Sundaylies! The Dress, Dangers of Anti-Vaxxers, and High School Dating
Sunday Funny: Embarrassing. (via Liz Climo) Teen Skepchick The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 11 and Last: In Which Our Narrator Dispenses Parting Cliches Elizabeth has finally finished the mostly-boring but sometimes unpleasant book, “The Game.” Mad Art Lab The Photo is Bad. The Dress is Blue. Your Brain is Lying. Ryan takes on THE dress. Breaking the Shackles Procreative:…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Hairsticks as Weapons, the Origins of Ash Wednesday, Homophobia in the Middle East, and Parenting Trans* Kids
Sunday Funny: Vapor Ware (via Tree Lobsters) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 130: It’s Just a Phase Mindy has fun with phase diagrams. Mad Art Lab Blacksmithing, Hair Sticks and Seeing the Matrix Ryan shares what it’s like to get a glimpse into the not-so-secret lives of women. Sailor’s Valentine Kim discovers some non-tacky seashell art. Escéptica Ash Wednesday…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: 50 Shades of Fail, Food Babe “Haters,” Fighting Memes with Memes, and an Asgardian Breastplate
Sunday Funny: What would Jesus think about 50 Shades of Grey? (via Cyanide and Happiness) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 129: Return of Heat Capacities! Mindy finally explains why you need to know about the kinetic-molecular model of ideal gases. The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 10: In Which Critical Thinking Would be Better than Mindlessly Following Directions and…
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