Show Notes for TWS055: EXTREME scales

On the show this week:

• It all began in Peru..
• Micro meets Macro (makes Macreme?)
• EXTREEEEM!

This week’s Challenge Question: What is the most EXTREEM thing you have ever done — or plan to do?. Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to encaf1[[at]]gmail.com, record your message via the MobaTalk client on the right hand side of Encaffeinated!, leave an answer on Facebook or call in at 206-203-2292.

Full links to all stories covered and many more after the jump!

• Theme Song: Caffeine by Grubspoon from The Podsafe Music Network
• It all began in Peru…
  • No little green gases.. – The Globe and Mail: Theories about Peruvian meteorite discounted
  • When a hole in the ground becomes a tourist attraction, it’s time to rethink your country.. – Living In Peru.com/LIP-ir: Crater left by Meteorite to be New Tourist Attraction in Puno, Peru
  • Oooh, shiney! And it glows at night, too! – New Scientist: Chernobyl to be encased in steel
  • Never second-guess the trees.. – The Arizona Daily Star: UA study shows rain forest resilient in drought
  • EXTRA: Frogs are the new canaries… in black. – AOL/AP: Runoff Blamed for Rise in Deformed Frogs
  • Yay! Microbes to the rescue! – BBC: Sea creatures’ global warming fix
  • Achoo! says the universe, as we are hit with tiny particles of space snot. – The Geelong Advertiser: Space junk threat to earth
  • Your lunch will go bad quicker in space. – The New York Times: A New Reason to Fear Space Germs
  • Come on, planetoid — cough it up! – New Scientist: Moon’s gentle surface could hide life’s secrets
  • Micro Whooo-oo! Hey! Micro Whooo-oo! – AlphaGalileo: Tardigrades from Sweden: first animals in open space
  • They actually cheat and wear hats; that’s my theory, anyway. – The Independent: Antarctic: The bugs that came in from the cold
  • Just to add the missing plot element to this movie.. – National Geographic News: 80 Ancient “Cloud Warrior” Skeletons Found in Peru Fort
• Micro meets Macro (makes Macrome?)
  • No wonder people thing that astronomy is dull, when all they can see is a haze. – Vancouver Sun: Our starry night sky has been steadily disappearing over the past 50 years
  • Background: remember when we had a *wow*? – Wired: Aug. 15, 1977: My, Earthling, What a Big Ear You Have
  • Background: The Wow in Wikipedia! – Wikipedia: The Wow Signal
  • More of a *blip* than a *wow*.. – New Scientist: Extragalactic radio burst puzzles astronomers
  • Silly humans, presuming that because we declare something a “law” that it is somehow more than the best answer we have so far.. – New Scientist: Rival theory fights back against dark matter
  • Exploring space from within your mind. – New Scientist: ‘Sci-fi’ model worlds aid planet classification
  • EXTRA: Mars has holes. – Discovery: Cave Entrances Found on Mars
  • EXTRA: Finally, something we made ourselves! – Malaysian Sun/ANI: Earth’s oceans were ‘home-grown’, not from outer space
• News From The Future #5
• EXTREEEM!
  • I, for one, welcome our new giant overlords. – the Sydney Morning Herald: She ain’t heavy, she’s my daughter
  • The most creative thing *I* do when I sleep is drool… – Ananova: Artist can only draw asleep
  • I wonder if he just blew it out his colon. – Ananova: Man loses 6st on baked bean diet
  • Finally, something that I can carry around and prove I’m sexy! – New Scientist: Deep-voiced men father more children
  • Next time you complain about your economy seats, consider the “super economy” seats.. – Russian News and Information Agency: Boy survives two-hour flight to Moscow hanging onto plane wing
  • Eek! Frostbite! Wait.. did I say “Nepalese” or “Nipplese”? – The Advertiser/Sunday Mail: Calls for less nudity on Everest
  • These people are to blame; they ruined the whole casual nudity thing by doing it too much.. Granted, they save money on clothes.. – Ananova: Couple’s naked ambition
  • EXTRA: The biggest prize for crackerjacks EVAR. – CBS/AP: Shopper Gets Leg Up At Carolina Auction
  • It’s like making the most expensive card by piling money in the trunk. – Ananova: World’s most expensive dessert
  • Proving that low-brow records can come from any source. – Ananova: World’s biggest bikini photoshoot
  • Extreme cat copter CHALLENGE! – Ananova: Couple hire ‘copter for cat
  • You can trust strangers, but not your neighbours. – Ananova: Bike stolen after 5,000 mile trek
  • WANT. – Ananova: Nuclear missile base on eBay
  • EXTRA: Apparently, more women and girls would be heavily armed, but the colours clash.. – Ananova: Pink guns for girls
  • The Mile High Soap Club. – Ananova: Passenger ‘has bath’ on plane
  • Washing your hands before supper: optional. – Ananova: Underwater dinner party
  • EXTRA: I’ve heard of following in the footsteps of your heros, but this is EXTREEEM! – BBC: Three-year Genghis Khan trek ends
• Extra, extra!
  • EXTRA: Aw, come on. Give’em a *real* finger. – New Scientist: Online biometrics flaw gives hackers a ‘fake finger’
  • EXTRA: This looks more like a headless insect than a dog, but if it wags its tail it might be fine. – New Scientist: Robot dogs race to be soldier’s best friend
  • EXTRA: Haven’t we got enough ways to cause each other pain? I suppose it lingers less than sharp words. – The Daily Mail: Run away the ray-gun is coming : We test US army’s new secret weapon
  • EXTRA: Somehow, I just can’t see it. – New Scientist: Artificial brain falls for optical illusions
  • EXTRA: I spy, with my million-dollar eye.. – LiveScience: Satellite Searches Could Spot Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster
  • EXTRA: This little croc when “Rawr, rawr, rawr” all the way home… – BBC: Homing crocodiles defy relocation
  • EXTRA: Some people see hateful symbols everywhere… – Los Angeles Times: Navy to mask Coronado’s swastika-shaped barracks

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