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My Nemesis the Lithosphere (About That Jade Amulet COVID Study)
This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca chats with Maria D’Souza and Bjørnar Tuftin about the study that claimed jade amulets can protect you from COVID-19 (since retracted). Links! Bjørnar’s previous post on the topic Retraction Watch’s coverage of this debacle The European Space Agency’s map of the lithosphere What is serpentinization? Bjørnar’s website https://media.blubrry.com/skepchick/content.blubrry.com/skepchick/My_Nemesis_the_Lithosphere.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |…
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Quickies: Equal Rights, Primary Picks, Hominid DNA, and more…
Welcome to your Friday Quickies! The US House of Representatives votes to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. This comes on the heels of ratification by Virginia as reported in a previous Quickies. As with most good things these days, the Senate is not likely to follow suit until we VOTE TRUMP AND MITCH AND THEIR…
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The Sundaylies! Ant Hill Art, Diversity Statements, and the Grounded Parents Podcast
Sunday Funny: Young Scientists vs. Old Scientists (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Sex Ed with James Dobson: In Which Masturbation is Kind of OK, but Extramarital Sex will Send us Straight to Hell Elizabeth finally gets to the sex part of James Dobson’s sex ed book. Mad Art Lab Of Art and Ant Hills MAL’s newest contributor Julie Mars discusses the…
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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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Skepchick Sundaylies! Hilbert’s Tenth Problem, Animal Superpowers, and Dating a Feminist
Sunday Funny: Terry Pratchett (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick Ignorance Embraced with Neither Shame nor Gloating There’s nothing necessarily virtuous about knowing or not knowing about pop culture. Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast Episode #4 Would a bunch of artist go live on Mars? What’s so cool about Ceres? Find out! Julia Robinson and the Cracking of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! No Place to Pee, Being a Working Parent, and Biphobia
Sunday Funny: We all have superpowers. (via Lunarbaboon) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast Quickie Listen to the Labbers discuss the #SciArt hashtag. LAWAAG, ATHEIST and Mad Art Cast Swag! Help support science, art, and atheism projects. Escéptica Gods! Shu (en español) Silvia tells us about the Egyptian god of air and light. Queereka No Place to Pee – Gender…
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Today is a Very Special Day for Mad Art Lab
Today is a special day for the Mad Art Lab blog. It marks our 4th year in existence and to celebrate that birthday we are launching a brand new podcast about the intersection of art and science called, Mad Art Cast. I am co-hosting along with original Skepchick, A Kovacs. A and I are joined by two other amazing Labbers,…
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Compassionate Investigation: An Interview With the Minds Behind “Oh No, Ross & Carrie!”
This post was originally posted on Mad Art Lab and was written by Courtney Caldwell. I added in some extra photos to this post version that I took of Ross and Carrie cuz they rock. Who rocks, you ask? They all rock. Ross, Carrie, the photos and Courtney. So enjoy the interview and the new podcast you are going to…
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