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Chiropractic and osteopathic graduates’ unreadiness for practice

Chiropractic and osteopathic graduates’ unreadiness for practice

Have you ever wondered how good or bad the education of chiropractors and osteopaths is? Well, I have – and this new paper promises to provide an answer. The aim ofthis study...

Mathematics for Liberation; A voting guide

Mathematics for Liberation; A voting guide

The following voting guide was created by students enrolled in a math course at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, taught by WAESN board director, Shraddha Shirude,...

The Physical Toll of Your Smartphone Addiction | Skeptical Inquirer

The Physical Toll of Your Smartphone Addiction | Skeptical Inquirer

The least-used app on my phone is “phone.” The diverse functionality of the smartphone—texting, talking, video streaming, gaming, social networking—has changed the way we work,...

Smashing Eduprotocols

Smashing Eduprotocols

What happens when you smash three EDUProtocols into one? You get an alternative assessment that gets your students talking about the book they are reading in your class. The...

Guide to the Most Common Cognitive Biases and Heuristics

Guide to the Most Common Cognitive Biases and Heuristics

Guide to the Most Common Cognitive Biases and Heuristics 4 Comments Our brains have to process an infinite amount of stimuli and make an endless number of decisions. So to save...

How Social Media Rewards Misinformation

How Social Media Rewards Misinformation

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, posts and videos promoting natural remedies for the virus—everything from steam inhalation to ginger—proliferated online. What...

How Skepticism (not Cynicism) Can Raise Scientific Standards and Reform the Health and Wellness Industry

How Skepticism (not Cynicism) Can Raise Scientific Standards and Reform the Health and Wellness Industry

Superstition and pseudoscience extend back to the dawn of civilization. In Mesopotamia—the birthplace of writing and recorded history—illnesses were “treated” by offering...

In Defense of Public Education

In Defense of Public Education

Thank you, Kourtney, Alison, Traci and Tamara. Today, we once again grieve for families shattered by senseless gun violence. Please join me in a moment of silence for the lives...

Why We Can’t Recycle Our Way Out of the Plastic Apocalypse

Why We Can’t Recycle Our Way Out of the Plastic Apocalypse

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Almost exactly one year ago, I made a video in which I...