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March 11, 2020

Why I’m Just So Worried About Our Students…

March 5, 2020

With Warren’s Concession, There’s Only One Path Forward…

March 3, 2020

The Cure for Coronavirus? Medicare for All & Worker’s Rights

February 26, 2020

Is Your Smartphone Addiction Making You Dumb?

February 21, 2020

Scientists Discover Drinking Milkshakes for Breakfast is Bad For You

February 17, 2020

What Is Sonic The Hedgehog Really About?

February 13, 2020

BCT: A Boring Boring Chart

February 11, 2020

The Evolution of Racism in America

February 7, 2020

Coronavirus: Myths, Pseudoscience, and Racism

February 6, 2020

Bad Chart Thursday: How Trump Sees Voters

Noisy2 days ago
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Quickies: Can you process an insurrection and still make time for science?

Welcome to another rushed Friday Quickies! Two virtual conferences at the same time seemed like such a great idea to past-Nicole… present-Nicole is TIRED. I’m still processing last week’s insurrection at the Capitol even as I fear future attacks. One way to do so is to learn about insurrections that we’ve had before in the U.S. at Sam Sanders’s NPR Podcast “It’s Been a Minute.” His guest, Jamelle Bouie, also discusses these in an a…
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Skepticism

Rebecca Watson2 days ago
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I was Wrong about False Memories

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Politics

Rebecca Watson3 days ago
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Did a White Supremacist Taze Himself to Death Last Week?

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Politics

Rebecca Watson5 days ago
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Is It Wrong to Think Your Political Opponents are Stupid and Evil?

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Quickies

Noisy1 week ago
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Short list of Quickies for the longest week yet…

Look, I honestly don’t know what to say yet about a week like this has been for us here in…
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Science

Rebecca Watson1 week ago
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Don’t Worry About COVID-19 Vaccine Frauds

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Book Club

Bjørnar2 weeks ago
3 520

First Mary Sue? First SciFi?

... the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princesse, The Duchess of Newcastle publishes a book that has been called the…
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Science

Mary2 weeks ago
1 773

Do I Still Need to Wear a Mask if I Had the Covid-19 Vaccine?

If you’ve already had the Covid-19 vaccine or if you’ve already had the virus, do you still need to mask…
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Quickies

Noisy2 weeks ago
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New Year, New Quickies

Hello, fine readers! It is safe to say that the Fall 2020 semester absolutely kicked my ass in all the…
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