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Good News: Mad Art Lab is Back!
Following in the footsteps of this here site, we are extremely happy to report the return of one of the happiest spots on the internet, Mad Art Lab! That’s right, we are bringing back our sister site that is dedicated to the intersection of art, science and pop-culture. We will have art and science themed quickies on Mondays, Wednesdays and…
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How Video Games Might Help Depression & PTSD!
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: Two new studies suggest some positive things for those of us who, number one, like video games, and number two, are screwed up in the head. Hi, my name is Rebecca and this is relevant to my interests. First, a study was just published in Nature showing compelling evidence that the…
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Republicans Make America Ignorant Again About Climate Change
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: Lamar Smith is the chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. He also doesn’t think human-caused climate change is real, going against the scientific consensus supported by the vast majority of people who study the Earth’s ever-warming atmosphere. The top industry funding Lamar Smith is the oil and…
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Quack “Crisis Pregnancy Center” Hides $1 Million in Taxpayer Money
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: I’ve talked before about crisis pregnancy centers — they’re businesses the Religious Right has set up to trick women into giving birth. I know, that sounds ridiculous when you lay it out that way, but unfortunately it’s true. The centers have an air of medical professionalism but in reality many of…
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Are Atheists Scared of Death?
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: Researchers at Oxford University have conducted a meta-analysis in which they examined 100 studies concerning fear of death, looking for correlations with religiosity. They found some surprising results about atheists when compared to the very religious. I’ve always thought of religion as something that is so popular, in part, because it…
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The Feel Good Bar and Grill A Book About Robots You Can Color
You guys! I made my first book! It’s called The Feel Good Bar and Grill and you can color it if you want! From my Book Baby page: The Feel Good Bar and Grill is a fictional, illustrated story for all ages about a robot named Lina who builds a restaurant on the moon Enceladus. The Feel Good Bar and…
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Should We Kill Sharks to Save Humans?
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: It may be blizzarding this week on the East Coast, but here in California it’s basically summer, and I could not be happier. Summer means more time outside hiking, biking, and swimming, some of my personal favorite activities. It also means surfing, though to be fair, winter also means surfing, because…
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The Great Escape and Away We Go
Art is the great escape and I need an escape. I’ve had enough of Trump and his budget cuts to science, the elderly, the arts, the humanities, kid’s school lunches, the environment, meals on wheels, the list goes on. Basically, he is cutting everything that isn’t the military so he can live like a king while bombing mosques, building walls,…
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