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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Slicing Through Fake News, Fighting for Truth in the Age of Trump, Toys Dressed for Lab Work, and more!
Sunday Funny: The Math Professor’s Lemma. (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Fake News? Take a Razor to It. Amy’s art reminds us that the simplest explanation for something is often the best explanation. Astronomy Cast Podcraft and Review Ryan makes a replica of the golden record on board the Voyager space probes. Science is Not the Enemy Important reminder: Despite…
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Parenting
Cross-Post: Muppet With Autism Makes Anti-vaxxers Lose Their Shit
Editor’s Note: This cross-post was written by Deek and originally featured on Grounded Parents. If you thought anti-vaxxers couldn’t get worse before now, you are wrong. ****** I guess it was bound to happen. Sesame Street introduces a new character who has autism as part of a larger campaign, and anti-vaccine advocates are up in arms. But, unsurprisingly, when you look at…
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Science
Pre-order Your Copy of The Fear Babe: Shattering Vani Hari’s Glass House
With foreword by Dr. Kevin Folta, The Fear Babe: Shattering Vani Hari’s Glass House, due out on October 29th, is now available for pre-order. Dubbed “the book the organic and natural food industries don’t want you to read”, I co-authored this 434-page tome with UK native and “Banned by Food Babe” veteran Marc Draco, and my favorite southern skeptic…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with Wizard-Bros, Sexy Plants, Slow Scholarship, and Action Heroes!
Sunday Funny: Time to Shine (via Hark, a vagrant) Mad Art Lab Hydrogen Rules the Universe: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Composition of Stars (Women in Science 48) Dale shares the story of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an American astronomer and trailblazer whose work was often under-appreciated. Mad Art Cast: Update on Happy Birthday, Frida Kahlo and New York Maker Faire! On this…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Featuring the Science of Hot Peppers, Bisexuality vs. Pansexuality, a GMO-Free School District, and Those Ugly, Ignorant, and Poor Youth
Sunday Funny: Jesus is immune to water attack. (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Sex Ed with James Dobson: In Which We Feel Bad About Ourselves Because We are Ugly, Unintelligent, and Poor The good Doctor Dobson explains all the ways in which teens hate themselves in excruciating detail. Mad Art Lab Ada Lovelace and the Curious Practice of Programming for Non-Existent…
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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 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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Activism
Science Drama at March Against Myths about Modification, and My Showdown with Zen Honeycutt
Sometimes science can be boring, or at least seem less-than-riveting to the general public. There are a lot of dry methodologies, frequent snafus, those pesky problems of having to reproduce results, and don’t forget peer review and meta-analyses. Though scientific advances are certainly exciting to many who follow them closely, the process from bench to discovery can seem dry. Science activism…
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