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Skepchick Sundaylies, with Twitter Choose Your Own Adventure, American Discipline, and Three-Headed Dogs
Sunday Funny: Human Subjects (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick Cryptophile: Cerberus Eddy explores the possibility of a real life Cerberus. Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast — Brainwaves! Ashley takes one for the team and test drives a ‘brainwave’ enhancement product. Twitter Poll Text Adventure Ethan takes Choose Your Own Adventure stories to social media, with delightful results. The Bacteria Chlamydia…
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The Sundaylies! Ant Hill Art, Diversity Statements, and the Grounded Parents Podcast
Sunday Funny: Young Scientists vs. Old Scientists (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Sex Ed with James Dobson: In Which Masturbation is Kind of OK, but Extramarital Sex will Send us Straight to Hell Elizabeth finally gets to the sex part of James Dobson’s sex ed book. Mad Art Lab Of Art and Ant Hills MAL’s newest contributor Julie Mars discusses the…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Pick the Dinosaur, Queer PDA, Difficult Colleagues, and a Kid-Friendly GMO Experiment
Sunday Funny: Movie Science vs. Real Science (via The Upturned Microscope) Mad Art Lab Batman and Copyright Robin talks to us about art and copyright and how fan art sometimes walks the line. Mad Art Cast: Performance Anxiety This week A gives us an update on the “female Viagra” and Ashley brings us a story about Adele and news of…
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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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It’s the Sundaylies! With Imperator Peachiosa, Bisexuality Awareness, What “Gender Neutral” Means in Practice
Sunday Funny: Crag is such a nerd. (via Poorly Drawn Lines) Mad Art Lab The Chemistry of Rose Scent Amy explores the science behind rose scents with the help of Dr. Ray Burks. Making Imperator Peachiosa Seelix walks us through her amazing Furiosa/Princess Peach cosplay. A Case for Prince Zelda Ryan explores what the Legend of Zelda games could be…
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SoD Cross-post: BYU doesn’t deserve my job application (or yours)
This post was originally published on School of Doubt. Read it there or catch the beginning below. The conventional wisdom when it comes to the academic job hunt is to apply for every open position, no matter what it is or where it is located. After all, the reasoning goes, beggars can’t afford to be choosers, and you never know what…
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It’s the Sundaylies! With an Ode to Oliver Sacks, Mycological Masterpieces, and the Real Housewives of Wooville
Sunday Funny: Cheshire Cat (via Hark a Vagrant) Teen Skepchick Requiescat in Pace: Oliver Sacks Elizabeth writes about how the late Oliver Sacks impacted her life. Mad Art Lab Making Mycological Masterpieces Let a microbiologist teach you how to make gorgeous art prints with mushroom spores. Mad Art Cast — Pamela Gay Interview! Mad Art Cast has the silkiest voice…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Featuring the Science of Hot Peppers, Bisexuality vs. Pansexuality, a GMO-Free School District, and Those Ugly, Ignorant, and Poor Youth
Sunday Funny: Jesus is immune to water attack. (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Sex Ed with James Dobson: In Which We Feel Bad About Ourselves Because We are Ugly, Unintelligent, and Poor The good Doctor Dobson explains all the ways in which teens hate themselves in excruciating detail. Mad Art Lab Ada Lovelace and the Curious Practice of Programming for Non-Existent…
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