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It’s the Sundaylies, with Sea Water Pseudoscience, Camels, and How Much Skeptics Value Education
Sunday Funny: Lone Wolf (via Tree Lobsters) Esceptica Introduction to Pseudoscience: Sea Water (en español) New contributor Nuskis talks about the dangers of drinking sea water as a remedy for illnesses. School of Doubt Why Aren’t You Reading This? Jay thinks many skeptics only talk a good game when it comes to education. Science for the People Where Do Camels…
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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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Kathy Etchingham, former partner of Jimi Hendrix, speaks out against new biopic
Kathy Etchingham was a DJ working in London when she met a young Jimi Hendrix on his first day in the city in 1966. They would date for the next three years, during Hendrix’s rise to stardom, and live together in London until 1969. Etchingham played a key role in Hendrix’s life, inspiring, among other songs, the much-loved “Wind Cries Mary”…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Mutant Super Rats, Slime Mold of Life, Drag Race, and “Momnesia”
Teen Skepchick Science Sunday: Bleeding Hearts and the Tribulations of Initializing Variables in C Elizabeth explains what went wrong with OpenSSL. Adulthood: Mourning the Past Being an adult is more than just gaining responsibility. You lose something important, too. In Defence of Giant Ravenous Mutant Super Rats The British don’t need to fear a rat infestation. Mad Art Lab Parity…
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ICYMI: August 18 – August 24 on the Skepchick Network
Teen Skepchick The ‘Schism’ in Skepticism A smaller skeptics movement sans misogynists is OK with Lux. Suspension of Disbelief: The World’s End Eddy reviews the last installment of Simon Pegg’s and Edgar Wright’s ‘Cornetto trilogy.’ Speak Your Mind: Art Class How does doing art feed your academics? Mad Art Lab A Tale of Two Mediums: Photography vs. Cinematography Watch Gigi’s…
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ICYMI: July 14 – 20 on the Skepchick Network
Hello! You’re back! It’s been, like, a whole week. Better catch up on what you missed last week on the Skepchick Network. Teen Skepchick The Pseudoscience of Victim Blaming 4: Selling Miracles Eddy continues his series by examining the ways woo-peddlers blame diseases on sick people. Contradictions with Religion Beccy discusses the contradictions in religion, and how that logically leads…
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ICYMI: March 10 – March 16 on the Skepchick Network
Hunker down, folks. It’s time to catch up on all the awesome stuff you missed last week on the Skepchick Network. Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 39: Angling to Get Ahead Mindy is still trying to teach herself physics. See how far she’s gotten. Angry Feminism Olivia defends a recent Guardian op-ed about keeping the anger in feminism. There’s…
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