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Image taken from the University of Illini Secular Student Alliance A few weeks ago, a friend of mine, student at Mississippi State University, participated in the ‘ask an atheist day’ event on the campus. This event was created by the Illini secular student alliance and is going to be organized annually by the secular student Continue reading I survived ‘Ask an atheist day’ and I didn’t even get a stupid T-shirt! We all know the stories. A young woman feels out of place in her all-male research group. A female scientist finds it difficult to get lab space that is liberally given to male colleagues. A female engineering student is delighted to see her work featured on a popular news site, and immediately discouraged by the Continue reading When space kitchens make me cranky… I was plinking around on the Web while eating at my desk today, and discovered that this is National Engineering Week. I used to keep track of it, back when I was a member of various engineering societies. I also used to assist with the Boy Scout Engineering merit badge when my own sons were Continue reading Engineer Your Life! A group of anti-vaxxers fell hook, line and sinker for a very fake graph. Here’s where a lack of critical thinking could get Continue reading Anti-Vaxx, Anti-Critical Thinking It has been suggested to me, in the past, to use my education to help people learn about general nutrition. This is a disturbing task to undertake because people don’t want to hear about realities regarding health and nutrition, especially when everything they see seems to contradict each other. While it is true that navigating Continue reading Why You Should Hate Weight Loss Tips Perth researcher, teacher, and SheThought contributor Kylie Sturgess is quoted (and SheThought given a shout out!) in a new article on women and superstition in the Australian National Times: Are women really more likely than men to believe in the paranormal? You’d certainly think so if you were to go by what’s on the female-oriented Continue reading Do I (and all women) WANT to Believe?? As I mentioned recently on Skeptic North, I’ve been going through my boxes of books recently. One of the treasures that I found was The Science Book for Girls and Other Intelligent Beings, written by Valerie Wyatt and published in 1993. It’s battered, beaten, and has some stains on it, Continue reading Book Review: The Science Book for Girls and Other Intelligent Beings How many times have we heard someone (including scientists in the field) say that the Big Bang exploded from ‘nothing’. Or the newage yayas hopping onto the quantum mechanics bandwagon claiming that ‘quantum possibilities’ prove ghosts, or other so-called psychic phenomena. Capitalists wasted no time at all putting out their own interpretations of quantum theory, erroneously slanted to support their own agendas. Witness: The Secret, or Marlee Matlin’s embarrassing “What the Bleep” Continue reading There’s no such thing as nothing or random; and let’s define theory, again  Our family (three adults, a seven-year-old and a two-year-old) attended the King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum on 12/18 around 12:30PM. I had heard mixed reports so was very interested in checking it out for myself. Two families we know attended prior to our visit. One family with tween-aged kids thought Continue reading A Non-Expert Review: King Tut Exhibition It is tough to believe that I was once married, but when I reflect upon it, it still sometimes makes me a little sad. I was 21 and I didn’t really want to be married, but I was under the impression that it was the right thing to do. The ceremony on November 21, 1999, Continue reading One snowy night … |
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