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Posts Tagged ‘xkcd’

This IS the Worst-Case Scenario

by Sheril Kirshenbaum

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via xkcd. Sounds about right.

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July 9th, 2010 6:54 AM Tags: Gulf of Mexico, oil spill, xkcd
in Marine Science, Media and Science | 10 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

The Wonderful Thing About Science?

by Sheril Kirshenbaum

This xkcd comic has hit my inbox a few times from readers and was recently mentioned in comments on Chris’ post as well. It highlights an important distinction about where certain religious beliefs matter–and where they do not. The tricky part is figuring out what to do when these areas collide:

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January 14th, 2010 12:22 PM Tags: xkcd
in Culture, Politics and Science, Science and Religion | 91 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

Kind Of Like A Lot Of Climate Change Skeptics, Evolution Denialists, And The AntiVax Movement

by Sheril Kirshenbaum

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xkcd

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December 16th, 2009 11:02 AM Tags: anti-vaccination, denial, xkcd
in Culture, Evolution, Global Warming, Unscientific America | 50 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

The Final Frontier

by Sheril Kirshenbaum

From xkcd:

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August 20th, 2009 11:09 PM Tags: height, xkcd
in Media and Science | 10 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >





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