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It’s the Sundaylies, with Ashley Madison, A Guide to Menstruation, and Chipotle’s GMOs
Sunday Funny: Exoplanet names. (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick Ashley Madison: Protecting Those We Dislike Elizabeth explains why it’s important to protect the rights of everybody, even if they are doing something we disapprove of. Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Neuroscience and Music with Special guest Indre Viskontas The gang talk neuroscience and music with Indre Viskontas! Escéptica A Skeptic’s…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Science Paper Dolls, What it Means to be Queer, and Gender Policing Children
Sunday Funny: Agree to disagree? (via Cyanide and Happiness) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast: Art and Astronomy with Special Guest Maki Naro! Learn about the Mauna Kea telescope and it’s impact on native Hawaiians and learn how to create millions of stars. Gotta Formalin ’em All: The Marine Biology of Eugenie Clark, The Shark Lady Dale tells the fascinating…
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It’s the Sundaylies! With Weird Spider Sex, Art at CONvergence, the Endless Summer for Working Parents
Sunday Funny: “You’re not five foot eleven.” (via Manfeels Park) Teen Skepchick Sex is weird: The Australian Redback Spider Two words: Sexual cannibalism. Mad Art Lab What I Drew At CONvergence Check out these cool doodles drawn by Celia at Convergence! Mad Art Cast: Scott Sigler’s ALIVE Mad Art Cast has a new episode out with special guest, best selling…
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Skepchick Sundaylies, with Marriage Equality, Cool Bones, and Pharmacy Transparency
Sunday Funny: Is there a difference now? (via Cyanide and Happieness) Teen Skepchick The Best Museum You Never Knew Existed is in Oklahoma City Mindy can’t believe how many bones she saw at the bone museum. Awesome Sauce Music Friday: Endless Forms Most Beautiful Science-inspired music from one of Elizabeth’s favorite symphonic metal bands. Escéptica Alternative Medicine, Medicine that Kills…
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Skepchick Sundaylies, with Orange is the New Black, Women on Money, and Nuclear Shell Theory
Sunday Funny: Saint Cecilia, Dying (via Hark! A Vagrant.) Mad Art Lab Quantizing the Nucleus: Maria Goeppert-Mayer and the Creation of Nuclear Shell Theory “How does radioactive decay know when to stop? When Uranium-238 breaks up, it goes through twenty-two intermediate isotopes before finally coming to rest at Lead-206, but why remain there? What’s so special about Lead-206, or Calcium-48,…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Florence Sabin, the God of Mockery and Scorn, and the Corporate Relationship with GMOs
Sunday Funny: New Horizons (via xkcd) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast Episode #14 – Birdman! The Mad Art Cast crew discusses the Michael Keaton movie Birdman. Lymph, There It Is: Florence Sabin, Pioneer Woman of Medical Research (Women in Science 39) Dale writes about Florence Sabin, the scientist who rewrote our knowledge of the lymphatic system. Riddle of Valyrian…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with a Little Scientology, a Pinch of Sexual Assault Prevention, and a Dash of Pink Robots
Sunday Funny: Schlub Actually (via Tree Lobsters!) Mad Art Lab Computing Venus: The Astronomy of Maria Mitchell Meet the woman who put American astronomy on the map. Mad Art Cast: Going Clear The gang talks about the Scientology documentary, “Going Clear.” Escéptica Gods! Cerridwen (en español) Silvia tells us about the really weird story of the Celtic goddess Cerridwen. Queereka…
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Sundaylies with the Flame Test, Operation Pi, “Poised and Articulate” Teachers, and Owning Guns while Parenting
Sunday Funny: Full-Spectrum Bulbs (via Tree Lobsters) Teen Skepchick How Things Don’t Work: Dancing for a Cause Edition Elizabeth learns the difference between promoting a cause and promoting yourself. Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast with Elmo, Kristen Bell and Vaccines! What do Elmo, the Surgeon General, and Kristen Bell have in common? What The Heck is a Flame Test?…
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