In today’s #FeministFriday post, I’m back at it again. This time I’m talking about how Feminism is (or should be) used to stop blanket assumptions about men, as well as women. You’ll see what I […]
In this post I cover the very real but poorly understood “Chronic Lyme Disease” — which should really be called Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome. But before I start, there’s a clip from Fox News you […]
$1 Billion for SpaceX This week SpaceX announced that the private spaceflight company had raised another billion dollars in venture capital for “just under 10%” of the company. The majority of this amount, $900 million appears […]
In this week’s #FeministFriday post, Elle tackles the rage-inducing “#Meninism” that’s begun to seep from the ignorant corners of the internet into the ignorant corners of reality. *** When I used to tutor for Women’s […]
Everyone’s favourite kickaround chemical BPA is back in the news this week because of a recent study that has otherwise rational people quaking in their boots (and melting down their water bottles). Yes, it turns […]
The Beagle Has Landed This is a photo of a model of the Beagle 2, a British lander that was part of the Mars Express mission in 2003. This, we think, is a picture of […]
In this week’s #FeministFriday, Lindsey tackles #GamerGate and the law of unintended consequences. *** How does Intel change a funny-sad failure of character into a still-funny-sad but also funny-good response to the machinations of #GamerGate? […]
Every now and then, I like to try something new on this blog to see if it sticks (or who clicks). So today I’m going to start something I’m going to call Skeptical Tuesday. You can hashtag that […]
From a Grassy Field in Maine It’s only the second week of 2015, and we already have a contender for the biggest medical news of the year. The TL;DR is that we have a brand […]
In this week’s #FeministFriday post, yours truly does some non-roundup writing of his own, on the topic of finding a male feminist and growing up in privilege. *** A recent article in the Washington Post […]