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	<title>The Science Creative Quarterly</title>
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		<title>BAD SCIENCE: THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND EXAGGERATED AND FALSE RESEARCH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click on image for full size. - &#8211; - Note that the original graphic lives at http://www.clinicalpsychology.net/bad-science/]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/bad-science-the-psychology-behind-exaggerated-and-false-research/</link>
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		<title>IT’S A DEBATABLE CHRISTMAS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Characters (in order of appearance) Sean Connery Her Man Pain Michele Bachward Katy Perry’s Dad Moot Romney Newt Vader Santa HOST Hello, Hello Everyone, and welcome to the Special Christmas Edition of The Sean Connery Show.  I’m your host.  You know, of course, me as the star of Zardoz and Dragonheart, but my friends just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/it%e2%80%99s-a-debatable-christmas/</link>
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		<title>SANTA BREAKS SILENCE TO DISPUTE RIDICULOUS CLAIMS BY SCIENTISTS THAT HE DOESN&#8217;T EXIST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release North Pole – December 12, 2011 – Against advice from Mrs. Claus and 62% of the elves, Santa Claus today excoriated what he called the irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric of overeducated physicists with nothing better to do than employ fancy mathematical equations in an effort to deny children a sense of wonder. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/santa-breaks-silence-to-dispute-ridiculous-claims-by-scientists-that-he-doesnt-exist/</link>
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		<title>BAD ASS POKEMON (I MEAN PHYLOMON) CARDS.  LOOKING TO HIRE SOME ARTISTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just saying that biodiversity isn&#8217;t all about beauty and things being cute and cuddly. These cards at the Phylogame website rock! And in case, you&#8217;re new to the Phylomon idea, it&#8217;s basically a crowdsourced art, science and gaming project that revolves around the reality of children knowing WAY more about Pokemon than they do about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/bad-ass-pokemon-i-mean-phylomon-cards-looking-to-hire-some-artists/</link>
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		<title>MERMAID EXPLAINS YOUR TONGUE TO YOU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mermaid’s eyes bulge from the sides of her head, one aimed at you, one at the lead-colored sea. You cross your eyes; “No fair,” she says, and wheezes a little laugh; her breasts lift, ribs out, ribs gone again, skin shining and white like a porcelain platter wet in the sink. You want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/mermaid-explains-your-tongue-to-you/</link>
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		<title>THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AS TAUGHT BY A PLUMBER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The shortage of qualified surgeons in this country has led to drastic measures being taken. Here is a transcript of a lecture given recently to new surgical interns by Master Plumber Fred Johnson of Johnson’s Plumbing and Heating. “Let’s go over the design plans briefly before we begin our operation, fellas.” “We’ll proceed from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/the-digestive-system-as-taught-by-a-plumber/</link>
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		<title>LIFE IN FORMALDEHYDE AND ALAS! POOR YORICK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Science is beautiful. Art is beautiful. There is a schism in our cultural consciousness: the humanities and sciences have been separated, and you have to choose a side and then be intimidated by the other. I want to present science in a way that its visual beauty is apparent, I want to present art to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/life-in-formaldehyde-and-alas-poor-yorick/</link>
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		<title>LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT JOHN MICHAEL GRIFFIN, JR.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[- FROM THE ARCHIVES - Griff, as he was known in high school, was a friend of mine. In fact, late in the first half of our lives, he stood up for me physically and philosophically, for being a science geek. Truth is, John&#8217;s endorsement was the first time I was ever deemed cool for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/let-me-tell-you-about-john-michael-griffin-jr-2/</link>
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		<title>THE SCIENCE/ARTS DIVIDE STANDS BETWEEN US: A LOVE STORY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Tell me something interesting,” he says to me as we sit side by side on the bus. He looks so cold and calculated and I wonder if he feels anything towards me at all. He takes up room in his seat. I barely fit next to him. He is an overachiever, overeducated and impeccably self-reliant, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/the-sciencearts-divide-stands-between-us-a-love-story-2/</link>
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		<title>POLIO: A VIRUS&#8217; STRUGGLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[- FROM THE ARCHIVES - Download the pdf (14pages, ~2.7Mb)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scq.ubc.ca/polio-a-virus-struggle-5/</link>
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