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• Discuss

  By tigtog on 2007-06-01 • ( 1 )

  Tom Cruise: the male Paris Hilton (hat tip for proposition to Elizabeth, via mailing list)

• Friday Parasites at Zygote Games

  By lauredhel on 2007-06-01

  Y’all who are into things that wriggle and suck should be compulsive readers of Zygote Games, ’cause it’s awesome. They run a Weekly Parasite series that is always worth a look. We’ve been treated to filarial worms, giant roundworms, intracellular… Read More ›

• “Disposed of”: stolen indigenous woman plans her return

  By lauredhel on 2007-06-01 • ( 2 )

  I’ve blogged a couple of times in recent weeks about the Stolen Generations of indigenous children, and about the anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report: Referendum Roundup, and Indigenous Health “Report Card” Australian linguistocide, and antipodeal approaches to aboriginal… Read More ›

• Friday Fizzicks Fun

  By lauredhel on 2007-06-01 • ( 1 )

  Have you ever wondered what happens when you add an Alka Seltzer effervescent tablet to a sphere of water in microgravity? Now you know! The narrator opens with: “I hope you folks are trying to guess what’s going to happen… Read More ›

• Friday Fun – “Museum” edition

  By tigtog on 2007-06-01 • ( 3 )

  aka When is a museum actually a theme park? Here it is: the Ken Ham’s Creation “Museum” post that Hoyden had to have, made much easier by the recent spate of LOLCreationists online. Image Credit: Dancing Spring PZ Myers put… Read More ›

• Rape Resistance more effective than Rape Prevention

  By tigtog on 2007-06-01 • ( 2 )

  Because victims can’t prevent crimes, so “prevention” strategies targeting potential victims are selling a crock. Crime prevention programs only work insofar as they persuade offenders not to commit crimes, which is a whole other story (one that is hardly ever… Read More ›

• How to talk to a global warming skeptic

  By tigtog on 2007-05-31 • ( 2 )

  An inadvertent companion piece to Suzoz’ earlier find from New Scientist (A guide to the Perplexed on Climate Change), from Gristmill comes How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic. a complete listing of the articles in “How to Talk… Read More ›

• Thursday Soapblogging, May 2007 edition

  By lauredhel on 2007-05-31 • ( 8 )

  Further to last month’s effort, I bring you this month’s soapblogging! Once again, rubbish camera, poor light, yadda yadda. Feel free to enthuse about the “artistic” effect. Raspberries ‘N’ Cream

• Cancer genes and other factors

  By tigtog on 2007-05-31 • ( 3 )

  There’s been a lot of press this last week about the reported breakthough in genome testing that will pinpoint clusters of imperfectly-copied genes that increase the risk of inheriting breast cancer. Much of the excitement is due to the fact… Read More ›

• Consumerism and children (and parents)

  By tigtog on 2007-05-31 • ( 2 )

  Lauren is guest-blogging this week at Feministe. Her review of a book about marketing to children, and her discursion about her own rules for buying toys for her son, is a cracker of a post.

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