Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies, 1.3
Advice for the new year: Abandon resolutions. Reject positive thinking. (From Sarah.) Bad science in movies. Do pterosaurs still exist on Papua New Guinea? A greatest hit from Geek Feminism – self-confidence tips and tricks.
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Skepchick Quickies, 12.27
The Christians who felt discriminated against. (From Matt.) Related: Britian is officially a majority non-religious nation. (From Luciano.) Voodoo priests in Haiti are being lynched by mobs who blame them for spreading cholera. Salon’s “Year in Crazy” includes Jenny McCarthy. (From Steven.) A bit on the all-girl robotics team, the Rock N’ Roll Robots, who won the FIRST Robotics Championships.…
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Skepchick Quickies, 12.22
Sorry for the delay on these today. Please feel free to contribute your own clever excuse for me. UN restores gay clause to killings resolution. (From Luciano.) Afghan sex practices concern U.S., British forces. (From James.) Four in 10 Americans believe in strict creationism. (From Mike.) Catholic affiliation stripped from hospital after an abortion is performed to save a mother’s…
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Skepchick Quickies, 12.20
The best science of 2010. Why Prince Charles is too dangerous to be king. (From appleman.) The least christmasy Christmas things. (From cerebus40.) Help declare ‘corrective rape’ a hate-crime in South Africa. (From Luciano.) DIY Darwin ornament.
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Skepchick Quickies, 12.13
Ice-Age reptile extinctions provide a glimpse of likely responses to human-caused climate change. (From Rosaire.) People in jobs traditionally held by the other sex are judged more harshly for mistakes (From Amberjoy.) Is your operating system a girl? (From cerberus40.) This looks like something we need to look into claims that the H1N1 vaccine caused more miscarriages. (From Katie.)
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Skepchick Quickies, 12.8
Does sexing up mathematics compute? Erin at Tattooed Science thinks so. Religion’s benefit to humans has nothing to do with a god. (From Mark.) The stay-at-home daughters movement. (From Stephanie.) Help Skeptic North vote on the best Canadian contributions to critical thinking and skepticism.
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Skepchick Quickies, 12.6
Some UFOs may be ball lightning caused by fireball meteors. (From Jay.) On Hedy Lamarr, the gorgeous geek genius who helped invent the cell phone. NYT says, when it comes to marriage, smart women are their own worst enemies. Kari Byron: busting myths about working moms.
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Skepchick Quickies, 12.1
Computer game makes you a genetic scientist. (From cerebus40.) VA lawmaker claims TSA pat-downs are part of a “wide-scale homosexual agenda.” (From Infinite Monkey.) Heroes of sciences ornaments. (From jes3ica.) Why mentors matter for women in technology.
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