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Random Asides
Bad Chart Thursday: How Hip Hop, Heavy Metal, and My Little Pony Can Kill You
University of Sydney researcher Dianna Theadora Kenny recently wrote an article titled “Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians’ life expectancy,” about her research into early mortality and causes of death among popular US musicians by genre, complete with head-banging charts.* The first chart, according to Kenny, “plots genres over time (oldest to youngest genres), showing the average…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Nightvale, Minecraft, Ashley X, and Critical Thinking Ponies
Sunday Funny: Academic Priority (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Welcome to Nightvale Alice recommends Welcome to Nightvale for all your procrastination needs. Mad Art Lab This is What Happens When I Avoid Doing Work Minecraft has been Minecraft’d. Escéptica Introduction to Pseudoscience: Positive Energy (en español) Elara explores the strange world of the believe of magical positive and…
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ICYMI: April 21 – April 27 on the Skepchick Network
Hello, everyone! Are you ready to start your week? No? Me neither. Let’s delay the inevitable by checking out these posts from the Skepchick Network. Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Orphan Black A review of the BBC American series. It’s About More than Just Marriage Lauren is proud that her home country has legalized same-sex marriage. On Going Vegan Olivia…
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Science
My Little Pony Physics
“Alternate explanation: Applejack might be composed of dark matter.”
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