Category Archives: She Blinded Me With Science

Quotable: Some random Icelander on daylight saving time

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Three hours of sunlight a day? Yikes. No wonder this guy’s mad at the Aussies. Yes, it does get dark quickly this time of year in the northern latitudes. Especially around and above the Arctic Circle. (How close to it … Continue reading →

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German psychologists and the scientific case against prostitution

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

An 18-year-old Bosnian Muslim war survivor recovering after abortion of a rape-induced pregnancy, September 1992. Photo: Nina Berman, Sipa Press. Even as German politicians are coming under heavy pressure from the local pimp lobby to do away with all laws … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Hollywood vs. India

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

This achievement is even more impressive when you consider what was entailed in the Indian Mars mission: “We have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise and human imagination,” declared India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who watched from the space … Continue reading →

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Germ warfare, political coups, and the Venezuelan opposition’s latest gambit

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

By now, any watcher of the situation in Venezuela is all too familiar with the tactics of the local right-wing — which is to say, pretty much everyone in opposition to the elected president. Start vicious rumors, tell improbable lies, … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on mental illness and suicide

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King. Parry (Williams), who is homeless and mentally ill, retells the story of the Fisher King and the Holy Grail. In light of all the ignorant and shitty things being said in … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Keep it up…

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Sabina Becker

It was 45 years ago today that Neil Armstrong became the first person from Earth to set foot on the Moon. I was going to post the official Police video of the song, but the only copy I could find … Continue reading →

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It was 30 years ago today…

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Then-US Secretary of Health, Margaret Heckler, announces the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS. Initially (mis)classified as a third member of the HTLV leukemia virus family (there were two others, both discovered by Robert Gallo), the virus later known … Continue reading →

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A royal embarrassment for the ex-king of Spain?

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Well, two, actually. Ingrid Sartiau and Albert Solá are their names. Both have reason to believe that their biological father is Juan Carlos de Borbón, better known as the former King Juan Carlos of Spain. And with the king’s abdication, … Continue reading →

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Why does the vagina age?

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“And thereupon That beautiful mild woman for whose sake There’s many a one shall find out all heartache On finding that her voice is sweet and low Replied, ‘To be born woman is to know — Although they do not … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Not weak and insipid

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Carole Pope and Rough Trade were doing the vampire thing way before it was cool. And apparently, they were onto something with their lyrics, too, since it’s now been determined that transfusions of young blood can help reverse aging, at … Continue reading →

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