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Quickies
Quickies: Too many bad apples, pooping LEGOs, Aboriginal star names, …
Welcome to the LATE edition of Friday Quickies and Cute Animal Friday! Apparently my body decided it needed all the sleep after my trip to Puerto Rico. I’m pretty sure I still have grease from the Arecibo Telescope somewhere on me. But that’s a topic for another post! Let’s dive in to the stories: The Plain View Project finds thousands…
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Science
Tattooed Man Dies of Flesh-Eating Bacteria!
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: A man has died from a flesh-eating bacteria after getting a tattoo! I know this because I have a tattoo and I also have a mother with an email account. I saw this story on about a thousand different mainstream news sites — basically, every local and national news outlet is…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Pick the Dinosaur, Queer PDA, Difficult Colleagues, and a Kid-Friendly GMO Experiment
Sunday Funny: Movie Science vs. Real Science (via The Upturned Microscope) Mad Art Lab Batman and Copyright Robin talks to us about art and copyright and how fan art sometimes walks the line. Mad Art Cast: Performance Anxiety This week A gives us an update on the “female Viagra” and Ashley brings us a story about Adele and news of…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! WISE MEN, Active Learning, Other December Celebrations, and Skipping Santa
Sunday Funny: Turn the other cheek. (via Cyanide and Happiness) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 124: Exploding Potatoes and Equations of State Mindy explains how an exploding potato relates to the idea gas law. Tracts in the Mail Elizabeth shares the way in which her grandparents have chosen to try to convert her this year. Escéptica Gods! Christmas Edition…
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Skepchick Sundaylies, Monday Edition! Bogus Ebola Meds, Cause Marketing, and Jesus as Disability Cure
I’m terribly sorry. I had super-secret Skepchick business this weekend, so the Skepchick Sundaylies are a day late. Don’t worry, though! I would never abandon you completely. Check out the links below for some of the awesome posts you missed last week on the Skepchick Network. Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Nimona Alice reviews the webcomic, Nimona. DBT Skills: Do…
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ICYMI: Breastfeeding, Belly Dancing, and Brown M&Ms
Teen Skepchick Exams, Stress, and Expectations Being labeled “the gifted kid” can come with a heap of stress. You’ll Agree with Me When You’re Older Are points of view of older people inherently better than those of younger people? International Aid to Uganda in Light of Human Rights Violations What is the correct response to the horrible human rights violations…
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Afternoon Inquisition
AI: So… death…
The last few days have been somber here in the Mofo house. My son, Moose, is 5, making him just about the same age as most of the victims at Sandy Hook. This shooting is affecting me in ways I couldn’t even imagine. I mean, it’s rarely not sad when a kid dies, but when it’s not something that immediately…
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Ask Surly Amy and Amanda: Donate My Body to Science
Dear Surly Amy, I watch a lot of those forensic cop shows, and while I know they’re mostly fantasy, it got me thinking: what if I wanted to donate my body to science? How would I go about what? Who would I talk to and what would happen to my body? What sort of experiments would be performed on it?…
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