Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 6.18
On This Day: In 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space on the space shuttle Challenger. She went on to become President and CEO of Sally Ride Science, an organization that works to create fun science programs and publications for kids in grades 3 – 8 (with a particular focus on girls).
- The Education of Dasmine Cathey – A touching story about a college football player who managed to get into college even though he could barely read beyond a first grade level. A must read for your morning coffee break.
- Court-Ordered Care–A Complication of Pregnancy to Avoid – “Should pregnant women be prosecuted for adverse outcomes when they reject medical care? Should they be jailed until delivery? Such cases have already arisen.” From Anne Marie.
- Three Bizarre Tales of Medical Survivors – Stories about people who survived conditions thought to be incurable and what we have learned from their cases.
- Traces of Virus in Man Cured of HIV Trigger Scientific Debate – An in-depth look at the man known as the Berlin Patient.
- Nine Historic Moments Captured in Cake – It’s worth a look, at least for the atomic bomb cake.
CAKE BOSS!
omg lol
Pod F. Thomcast fan?
Definitely! I started listening to the Great Undiscovered Project in the middle. It was the most bizarre thing I had ever heard yet I could not stop. Since then I’ve gone back to the beginning and it makes slightly more sense.
BTW his new DVD “Laboring Under Delusions” is also excellent. I’m not sure my wife enjoyed it as much as I did though.
He’s quite dry and not for everyone but I find him hilarious.
Haven’t had time to read all the links yet (I do have to work sometime, and I’ve been busy ranting about Psychology Today), nut there seems to be something a bout June…
June 16, 1963: Valentina Tereshvoka
June 18, 1983: Sally Ride
June 16, 2012: Liu Yang
Numerology or Astrology, anyone? Or selection bias, data mining, Texas sharpshooter fallacy?
I noticed that too. There’s even a cake for the Russian woman!
Dasmine Cathey’s story is quite complex and goes deeper than most of those heart-string-tugging, ESPN-style biographies found in sports journalism. Also:
U. of Memphis to Revisit Athlete Admissions Policies in Response to Article
http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/u-of-memphis-to-revisit-athlete-admissions-policies-in-response-to-article/30497
Thanks for the followup link. Yeah, I was really touched by his situation, there was no easy solution for him.