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Activism
YOU Can Make Science Happen
When the world is going to shit, sometimes it helps to remember what is awesome around you. For me that involves a lot of science. Doing science, learning about science, talking about science, even arguing about science. So I went full bore and decided that was all I wanted to do, and it’s been a fun and crazy ride so…
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Skepticism
ICYMI: August 26 – September 1 on the Skepchick Network
I have taken time out of my lazy Labor Day weekend to put together this list of sweet, sweet Skepchick Network posts. Just for you. I think you’ll like it. Teen Skepchick Responsibility…s? Olivia discusses what we mean when we say someone has a responsibility. Dear Sasquatch: Ouija Boards The omniscient Sasquatch explains how Ouija boards work. Systems Thinking Part…
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Science
Bang Zoom to the Moon!
Greetings, my fellow travelers on this tiny little planet. We received an interesting question here on Skepchick about the formation of the Moon. I got a little busy with the whole dissertation-writing thing, but I’m back to tell you about the somewhat violent formation of the Earth’s famous natural satellite. Here is the question from Barry: So I was watching…
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Science
Teen Skepchick Interviews: Gwynne Shotwell
This cross post is part of the Teen Skepchick Interviews series, where TS writers talk with amazing women scientists, skeptics, and feminists about life, the universe, and everything. Gwynne Shotwell is the powerhouse President of SpaceX, (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation), a space transport company founded in 2002. She was the seventh employee to be hired, and has remained on to…
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Skepticism
Where Are All the Aliens?
When I was a teenager, I was convinced that aliens were here. It seemed completely plausible to my 13-year-old self that humanoid creatures from other planets could be visiting us in strange, saucer-like spacecraft. After all, look at all these people on the internet! They can’t be lying! There may have been some influence from my obsession with David Duchovny…
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Sci Fi Magazine to be beamed into space!
This is great. And pointless. But mostly great. Science fiction and fantasy magazine, SFX, is being beamed into outer space as radio waves. It’s a publicity stunt, but I love it. “A digital version every edition of the magazine will now be sent to Goonhilly satellite station in Cornwall, UK, and fired into space from a satellite dish, at 671…
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