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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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Playing with Legos at Work!
Over the last few weeks we’ve been spending a lot of time here at the University of Oslo putting together a Lego model of the ATLAS detector. The ATLAS detector is one of the four main particle detectors sitting on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva. The ATLAS experiment was one of the two main experiments involved…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Women Ruin Everything, The Brain Thief, and Anti-Vax Parents
Sunday Funny: Right Angles (via Tree Lobsters) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 127: Kinetic-Molecular Model of Ideal Gases, Part 2 Mindy continues trying to parse the kinetic-molecular model of idea gases. The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 9: In Which Our Narrator Blames Everything on a Woman and is Horrified by Mental Illness In which women are girls who…
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When Curiosity Kills
Science is a tool, and is inherently about understanding and knowledge. But science has also been used to destroy, a topic often explored in science fiction. Science is a double-edged sword, and science fiction sometimes becomes science reality. The history of science is riddled with brilliant scientists making discoveries that have changed the course of history, but learning how to manipulate…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Ideal Gases, Digital Footprints, and a Defense of Going Gluten Free
Sunday Funny: Gut Fauna (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 126: Kinetic-Molecular Model of Ideal Gases, Part 1 Mindy learns how to apply Newton’s laws of motion to a bunch of gas molecules. School of Doubt On the Market II: Digital Footprints Dan is skeptical of advice suggesting that academics consolidate and curate their online presence. Grounded Parents…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Mary, Queen of the Jurassic, Pinteresting New Years, and Finding a Job in Academia
Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 125: Timmy Fell Down the Potential Well Mindy tip-toes into the world of molecular energy. Godly Marriage and Other Christian Cruelties Elizabeth explains how her upbringing gave her a messsed up view marriage relationships. Mad Art Lab Unearthing the World Jurassic: Mary Anning and the Founding of Paleontology Meet the under-appreciated behind modern paleontology.…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! WISE MEN, Active Learning, Other December Celebrations, and Skipping Santa
Sunday Funny: Turn the other cheek. (via Cyanide and Happiness) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 124: Exploding Potatoes and Equations of State Mindy explains how an exploding potato relates to the idea gas law. Tracts in the Mail Elizabeth shares the way in which her grandparents have chosen to try to convert her this year. Escéptica Gods! Christmas Edition…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Tofu Turkey, FDA Blood Ban, Atheist Hanukkah, and a Tribute to Stella Young
Sunday Funny: The limits of blind trials. (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 123: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Oh My! Mindy explores the ways in which energy is transferred as heat. Suspension of Disbelief: The Imitation Game Elizabeth reviews the Alan Turing bio-pic. DBT Skills: Use Some Logic Holidays can be stressful. Olivia provides some tools for getting through…
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