The truth about “pink” and “blue” brains. (via Sociological Images) DARPA has a new wound stasis foam that could save lives. (via DARPA) The American Psychiatric Association has now approved the fifth version of its diagnostic manual, with some controversy. (via The New York Times) Newt Gingrich thinks Hillary Clinton would be unbeatable in a presidential campaign. (via Fem... »
Does it matter if people don’t identify as feminists? (via Jezebel) “Still we mourn. Still we work for change”. Remembering the Montreal Massacre (via The Ubyssey) Creationists Embrace “Truth in Education” in Indiana (via Love Joy Feminism) Anita Sarkeesian on Online Harassment and Cyber Mobs (via Feminist Frequency) Featured Image: The Star. »
I don’t understand how it’s the end of November and almost December. That is all. Unexpected data from the Large Hadron Collider suggest the collisions may be producing a new type of matter. (via PhysOrg) Another long-term health effect of smoking: it is associated with cognitive decline. (via BBC News) Scientists figure out the developmental origin of the brain’s chandelier cell... »
I write in a lot of places. I’m on the Patheos Channel as a contributor on Friendly Atheist. I guest post at The Heresy Club. I’m the other blogger at Ashley Miller’s on FreethoughtBlogs. I’m the Communications & Marketing intern at Foundation Beyond Belief. I’m not writing this for some sort of bragging rights. In all honesty, I’m doing too much, and in the... »
Astronomers find a rogue planet (not anchored to a sun) in our galactic back yard. (via BadAstronomy) Study finds that being a ‘healthy’ degree of neurotic lowers risk of chronic disease. Good news for me. (via The Atlantic) Chimps and humans share another evolutionary link: gut bacteria. (via Yale News) Young people are more likely to support marriage equality, marijuana, and the Drea... »
As part of our series on eating disorders, I wanted to examine the prevalent view of eating disorders- especially anorexia and bulimia- as a “White girl” problem. It is often forgotten that it isn’t just teenage girls who suffer from EDs; they also occur in older women, men and children, as well as the oft-ignored ethnic minorities. »
There are many things in our lives to be skeptical of. So many in fact, that we often don’t remember everything we should be skeptical of. Language is one of those things that permeates our lives, can affect the way we think, and that we often overlook in our skeptical thinking. Recently, I’ve been looking into something that frustrates me about English. English, in many ways, encodes ... »
Why math (and Nate Silver’s projections) are like the honey badger. (via Cocktail Party Physics) The youth vote decides the presidential election for Obama. (via The Christian Science Monitor) Dad writes code for his daughter to make a video game address the player as female. (via exple.tive.org) Because it’s so spot on: Nation’s women wake up relieved to find selves still in 201... »
