Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
From ‘Dispatches From The Culture War‘: After trying to change their sullied public image by changing their name to Quixtar, Amway is now reversing course, retiring the new name and trying to resurrect the old Amway name and rebuild the business here… If you want to learn all about the Amway fraud, go to Eric [...]
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Sick of people going on about 2012 apocalypse-tales? Just head here: http://www.giagia.co.uk/2008/01/23/apocalympics-2012/
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From Richard Wiseman’s new blog (yes, check it out – he’s very chatty; he’s got about a handful of entries for every day… maybe he’s trying to catch up to other prolific bloggers out there – such as Derren Brown who has his own great blog!): Quite a few people have sent the following illusion [...]
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Seriously, I cried. I’m now waiting on the poem and cartoon as well, because this looks like such a great line-up of writers. I am so honored – Podblack Blog is in the Open Laboratory Science Blogging anthology for 2008!! I know many of you are trembling in anticipation: “Did I make it this year?”. [...]
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Having reflected upon the survey I did for the site, earlier in the year, I have a few plans as to ‘what to do in 2009′. Some of the things you might have noticed is that I try to make an effort to promote other sites and projects, as well as making a firm effort [...]
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Scienceblogs ‘Not Exactly Rocket Science‘: Three years ago, Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard University, claimed that genetic differences between the sexes led to a “different availability of aptitude at the high end”. His widely derided led to his dismissal, but is views are by no means uncommon. In the same year, Paul Irwing and [...]
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There were two great round-ups of blog carnivals today! The first is just in time for the latest Skeptic Zone podcast to be heading your way — because the theme was about skepticism in another country, specifically Africa! Skeptics’ Circle 101: The African Edition, is up on Ionian Enchantment. Some great entries I enjoyed included [...]
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Are you ready for the challenge? Only nine days to go before the The Giant’s Shoulders #5! Be prepared to fire in those entries, like the robot-touting girl from Etchi, on the following instructions, ASAP! You can read more about the carnival – named “The Giants’ Shoulders” – on the About page. In brief, once [...]
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