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Women in Science 50th Edition!
Today marks an incredible moment in the science and art community that has been blooming over on Mad Art Lab. It also is proof that there are a whole heck of a lot of women in science that you may not know about. Dale at Mad Art Lab has published the 50th edition of his series on Women in Science!…
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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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Skepchick Sundaylies! Genderbending at Dragon*Con, Feminist Bikini Leia, and the Bad Type of Conformity
Sunday Funny: The Radical Empiricist (via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) Teen Skepchick Sex Ed with James Dobson: In Which Conformity Leads us to Ruin our Bodies Through Drugs and Also Fail to Stand Up to the Evil Atheist Professor Conformity will kill you, kids! But only a very specific kind of conformity. A Non-Exhaustive List of Things which will Turn…
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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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It’s the Sundaylies! With James Dobson’s Sex Ed, Swiss Army Hairclip, the Silver Lining of Donald Trump, and Gender Neutral Toilets
Sunday Funny: Science Communication (via The Upturned Microscope) Teen Skepchick Sex Ed with James Dobson: In Which We will Most Certainly Drive the Metaphorical Car of Our Life Off a Cliff Without Reading this Book James Dobson warns about the perils of being a teenager. Mad Art Lab Company Makes Awesome Swiss-Army Hair Clip, Also Makes Shittier Ladies’ Version What’s…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Science Paper Dolls, What it Means to be Queer, and Gender Policing Children
Sunday Funny: Agree to disagree? (via Cyanide and Happiness) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Art and Astronomy with Special Guest Maki Naro! Learn about the Mauna Kea telescope and it’s impact on native Hawaiians and learn how to create millions of stars. Gotta Formalin ’em All: The Marine Biology of Eugenie Clark, The Shark Lady Dale tells the fascinating…
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Skepchick Sundaylies, with Middle School Freak-Out, How Ladies Should Speak, and Photoshopping Frida Kahlo
A few hours late (what do you want from me, it was a holiday weekend!) but totally worth it. Sunday Funny: Never tell him the odds. (via The Gentleman’s Armchair) Teen Skepchick Diction and Elocution for the Young Lady of the Technical Persuasion Elizabeth is tired of people telling her how to talk. Mad Art Lab Corralling the Light Elements:…
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Skepchick Sundaylies, with Orange is the New Black, Women on Money, and Nuclear Shell Theory
Sunday Funny: Saint Cecilia, Dying (via Hark! A Vagrant.) Mad Art Lab Quantizing the Nucleus: Maria Goeppert-Mayer and the Creation of Nuclear Shell Theory “How does radioactive decay know when to stop? When Uranium-238 breaks up, it goes through twenty-two intermediate isotopes before finally coming to rest at Lead-206, but why remain there? What’s so special about Lead-206, or Calcium-48,…
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