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Entertainment/culture Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Carl Sagan’s books show up in the most unexpected places…

…even ten years after his death. I kind of like the reaction in this photo. It cracks me up. Maybe I should find a permanent home for it somewhere on the blog. (Don’t ask me how I became aware of this one.)

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Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Science

Rubbing it in: Woo not “sweating to the NIH payline”

Last week, I wrote a quick and (semi-) facetious piece about how my colleague and I are sweating to the NIH payline, as we wait to find out whether our R01 application will be funded or not. With its being rumored that National Cancer Institute (NCI) paylines will be in the range of the 12th […]

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Evolution Medicine Science

How did I miss this contest?

Sorry I’m a bit late on this. (Yes, I know that Tara and John pimped this contest nearly a month ago, but somehow it slipped by me to mention it myself; that is, until Skepchick reminded me of it as I caught up on my blog reading over the weekend. If you’ve read my Medicine […]

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Biology Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Science Skepticism/critical thinking

One antidote to creationism

I apologize for submitting you to the previous three creationist videos. I realize that they were pretty mind-numbing, and then there was that cheesy Christian rock ballad. So here’s one antidote. (Warning: The video is nearly two hours long; even I haven’t had time to watch the whole thing yet.) And it happened at one […]

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Biology Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking

The creationists asks: Science refutes its own laws?

Here’s the finale of my audience participation project for today. I’ve saved the “best” for last. This short video, called Science Refutes Its Own Laws?, is the target. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to answer the questions contained therein and/or demonstrate why they represent typical creationist canards, and do it without […]