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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Opera vs. Trump, Star Trek Optimism, Wonder Woman, and more!
Sunday Funny: Glacial Erratic (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Wonder Woman Elizabeth reviews Wonder Woman. Awesome Sauce Music Friday: Opera vs Trump One doesn’t normally turn to opera for protest music, and yet… Mad Art Lab Star Trek: Optimism Ryan is cautiously optimistic about the new Star Trek series. 150 Years of Doing It Wright You can celebrate…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Peculiar Galaxies, Design Fails, Political Art, and more!
Sunday Funny: A gift from God. (via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) Teen Skepchick Hello Teen Skepchick! Meet Alex, one of Teen Skepchick’s new contributors! What Is That? Hoag-Type Galaxies Hoag-type galaxies have made news lately. But what the heck are they? The Year to Come New Teen Skepchick contributor Savannah contemplates the new year and the challenges ahead. Mad Art…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! #TrumpPence Logo, Yellow Bamboo, Classroom Robots, and more!
Sunday Funny: Null hypothesis confirmed. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Art Lowers Stress Even If You Suck At It and the New Blue The Gang talk about a new blue hue and how making even bad art can lower stress levels. Owner of a Lonely Quark: The High Temperature Quantum Chromodynamics of Ágnes Mócsy Dale tells the…
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ICYMI: Changing the World, Invisible Dragons, and Religious Freedom
Teen Skepchick Amanda Marcotte Got It Wrong Olivia argues that it’s not OK to arrest an rape victim in order to compel them to testify. Changing the World, One Small, Doable Action at a Time Elisheba finds that her Peace Corps experience translates into making the world better at home. Why We Dress How We Do Grim argues that the…
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ICYMI: Quizotron, College, Scary Jesus, and the Uselesssness of Math
Teen Skepchick Science Sunday: Denial of Service Attacks and the Cost of Security Elisheba explains how DDoS attacks work and why they are so hard to protect against. What Actually Happened and a Rough Timeline Grimalkin clarifies his objection to ablesim. On the Uselessness of Mathematics and Resultant Magical Oracular Godness of Computers Just because computers can do math for…
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ICYMI: January 5 – January 11 on the Skepchick Network
Teen Skepchick Science Sunday: Eavesdropping on Computers for Fun and Profit Elisheba discusses a new paper that analyzes the noises created by computers. How Our Stance on Bullying Echoes the Adult World Grimallkin has noticed parallels between how we handle bullying and the criminal justice system, and it’s not flattering. The United States: Where Men are Men and Women are…
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Why Science and The Maker Faire
People often ask me, why science? What they really want to know is why do I want to make art and jewelry based on something as dull and stuffy as nose in a textbook, eyeball in a microscope, science? I realize that what I make is slightly unusual in the grand scheme of things but in my opinion there is…
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