women in science
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Ice Packs of Doubt, T-Rex of Paradise, the Original Popular Astronomer, and more!
Sunday Funny: Gotta catch’em all. (via PHD Comics) Teen Skepchick Ice Packs of Doubt and Uncertainty Elizabeth tries to figure out if she should ice her knee injury. Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast #71: Pretzels in the Hortus Deliciarum After some time apart the Gang is back together to talk about ancient encyclopedias, perspective, and things that may or…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! The Unknown Crystallographer, Truth in Advertising, and Violating Facebook’s Terms of Service
Sunday Funny: Are kids natural scientists? (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Monarch of Crystallography: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and the Structure of Large Molecules (Women in Science 73) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin is the groundbreaking crystallographer and Nobel Prize winner no one remembers. Mad Art Cast Episode #69 — Kendall Jenner and the Art of Advertising Ashley, A, and Brian talk about…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! The Genius Behind Einstein’s Work, the Crisis Facing Trans Kids, Children’s Digital World, and more!
Sunday Funny: Wrong. (via xkcd) Mad Art Lab Erasing Mileva Mari?-Einstein, The Woman Behind Einstein’s Math Dale tells the story of the brilliant mathematical mind behind Einstein’s work. School of Doubt Bathrooms: For Trans Students Who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Not Enough School should not be scary for trans students, writes new contributor aswetz. Grounded Parents We…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! MAL at Dragon Con, the Bad Science of Trepanation, Race in the Classroom, and more!
Sunday Funny: Linear Regression (via xkcd) Mad Art Lab Wither: The Many Triumphs and Long Fall of Nuclear Physicist Harriet Brooks. (Women in Science 71) Dale tells of a career that burned bright for too short a time. Mad Art Lab at Dragon Con! Stop by these MAL panels at Dragon Con! Canadian Content Jim matches fake Canadian novel premises…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! #safetyfirst, 350,000 Stars, the Status of English, and more!
Sunday Funny: A Good Thing (via Poorly Drawn Lines) Mad Art Lab It’s #safetyfirst, #sexysecond Insufficient safety gear isn’t the only thing that’s wrong with this picture. She Filled the Sky: The Iron Astronomy of Annie Jump Cannon This ground-breaking astronomer made sense of stars during her more than four decades at the Harvard Observatory. 2nd Thing I Learned: Unsolicited…
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Women in Science: The Card Game. Gameplay Review!
This post was originally posted on Mad Art Lab and is by Dale Debakcsy. Creating a research lab is tough. You’ve got to recruit people of complementary talents, give them the resources to be successful, and keep them just happy enough to not want to leave but, you know, not too happy. That dynamic of recruitment and opportunistic head-hunting is…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Cosmetic Chemistry, Treating Depression While Pregnant, and more!
Sunday Funny: Backwards compatibility. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab The Chemistry of Beauty: Hazel Bishop Betrayed Hazel Bishop was a titan in one of the most disrespected areas of science: cosmetic chemistry. Mad Art Cast: Emily Finke Talks Comics The Gang and Emily Finke talk about comics and the arcs of storytelling. Ghostbusters – Unapologetically Dorky Everyone said that Ghostbusters…
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Cross-post: Hail to the Queen – interview with Simone Giertz
This post (in swedish) was originally published at Skepchick.se Simone Giertz is a Swedish inventor, a youtube sensation, and the queen of creating amazing – yet somewhat impractical – robots. Some call them shitty, but I think they’re great. Who wouldn’t like a robot that feeds you cereal? Or washes your hair? Or one that wakes you in the morning by…
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