Category Archives: She Blinded Me With Science

Hello, operator? I think I’ve been framed.

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Could you please put me through to Dr. George Lakoff? I have a really bad case of brainwashing I’m trying to overcome. New research confirms that repetition of “myths” and slogans helps lodge them in the minds of the public … Continue reading →

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Do you feel safer knowing this?

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I don’t. The US Air Force has launched an investigation after a B-52 bomber flew across the US last week mistakenly loaded with nuclear-armed missiles. It follows reports in the Army Times that five missiles were unaccounted for during the … Continue reading →

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An uppity woman rears her fair head

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Dr. Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and winner of this week’s Buzzflash “Wings of Justice” award:

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Stupid Sex Tricks: More AIDS ignorance in New Guinea

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Sabina Becker

This is what happens when you don’t educate the public enough about AIDS. Some AIDS victims are being buried alive in Papua New Guinea by relatives who cannot look after them and fear becoming infected themselves, a health worker said … Continue reading →

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Eat this and weep

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Chow down! Organic foods protect children from the toxins in pesticides, while foods grown using modern, intensive agricultural techniques contain fewer nutrients and minerals than they did 60 years ago, according to two new scientific studies. A US research team … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: How NOT to prevent AIDS

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From Indonesia, an unfortunate meeting of First World technology with Third World thinking… Lawmakers in Indonesia’s Papua are mulling the selective use of chip implants in HIV carriers to monitor their behaviour in a bid to keep them from infecting … Continue reading →

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I’m worried about my American friends…

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…because this explains so much about what’s wrong with the world they live in. Rugged American individualism could hinder our ability to understand other peoples’ point of view, a new study suggests. And in contrast, the researchers found that Chinese … Continue reading →

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Ratzi puts his Prada-clad foot in it again

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yikes. Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches. Benedict approved a document from his … Continue reading →

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Banzaiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Take that, you son of a Bush…Ninja Kitty’s ancestors are many times more honorable than yours! Domestic cats around the world can trace their origins back to the Middle East’s Fertile Crescent, according to a genetic study in Science journal. … Continue reading →

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The Future of Food

Posted on May 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

A scary but utterly important film on the dangers of genetically modified foods and what we can do to stop their deadly encroachment on our tables, our fields and our lives. More information can be found at the filmmaker’s website.