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Getting Away With Murder (Because It’s Christmas)
Every Christmas the Science for the People team digs into our back catalogue and plucks out one of our favourites to rebroadcast over the holiday. This year, we’ve pulled one of our favouritest favourites! The “Getting Away With Murder” panel discussion was recorded live at SkepchickCon 2014. As the title suggests, our panelists discussed the realities of forensic and crime…
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Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities, Ethics, Control, and Jobs
Whether you want to talk science fiction or the possibilities of our real-world future, artificial intelligence is a hot topic right now. People of all types are talking about it, are interested in reading about it, and have questions about what is possible, what might be possible, and how AI might impact us humans just trying to live our lives.…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Sea Water Pseudoscience, Camels, and How Much Skeptics Value Education
Sunday Funny: Lone Wolf (via Tree Lobsters) Esceptica Introduction to Pseudoscience: Sea Water (en español) New contributor Nuskis talks about the dangers of drinking sea water as a remedy for illnesses. School of Doubt Why Aren’t You Reading This? Jay thinks many skeptics only talk a good game when it comes to education. Science for the People Where Do Camels…
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Are All Invasive Species Really So Bad?
We humans sure do like to organize things into categories. One of those category partitions is “belongs” and “doesn’t belong”. More often than not, the things we point at and say belong are the familiar things, and the ones we like. Something that’s new or different, that comes from the other shore or the other side… we feel differently about…
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