Show Notes for TWS057: Non-sonorous Rewards For Exploratory Study

On the show this week:

• Nobel Prizes for Science
• Noble Prizes for Tech
• Put another naked moth on the barbie

This week’s Challenge Question:
Do you think that a truly robotic human will emerge in the next 50 years? Why or why not? How about a robot on par with a 10 year old?
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Full links to all stories covered and many more after the jump!

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• Nobel Prizes for Science
  • Stem cells do seem to be a growth industry (bah dum ch!). – New Scientist: Stem cell pioneers scoop Nobel Prize
  • For every basic, fundamental thing we use, someone invented it or discovered it. – New Scientist: Hard-disk breakthrough wins Nobel Prize
  • We should do more research on the things that will kill us, especially ourselves. – New Scientist: Catalysis researcher wins Nobel Prize
  • God is not a DJ, he is a DM. – New Scientist: Universe explained by quantum randomness
• Noble Prizes for Tech
  • Next: dumb humans, smart machines? I, for one, welcome our new sheet overlords… – New Scientist: Smart sheets let gadgets talk through their feet
  • Great, now even fibreglass can be “smart”! – New Scientist: Smart composite detects and repairs airplane cracks
  • Did a strange Scot do this? Wait.. didn’t somebody already do this? – Sci Fi: New plastic is thin, transparent, and as strong as steel
  • Innovation often means turning what exists now upside down and backwards.. – New Scientist: ‘Transparent’ gadget could trump iPhone interface
  • Are the voice mail in my head bothering you? – cnews/AP: Is that a new BlackBerry message, or is it all in your head?
  • EXTRA: The new Nano is hot, hot, HOT! – The Register: Pod Nano in airport trouser conflagration horror
  • “Hello? God? Are you in there? [echo]” – Scientific American: Searching for God in the Brain
  • We all make mistaks. – New Scientist: Spontaneous brain activity causes ‘unforced errors’
  • “Here comes the bride, all carbonized…” – Ananova: Humans to marry robots
• Put another naked moth on the barbie
  • This is just a subtle way to say “SHUT UP!” – Metro: Yawn ban prevents mouthful of moth
  • … and this is just a subtle way to tell somebody off? “Go Eat Moths!” – Ananova: Aussies urged to eat moths
  • Nothing like conflicting messages to get your meaning out. – Herald Sun: Greenpeace urges kangaroo consumption to fight global warming
  • As long as they don’t advertise it as “Come on over and eat on us!”, I don’t see a problem.. – cnews/AP: Eatery’s ‘Naked Lunch’ promotion may be banned
  • EXTRA: Can I be the world porridge tasting champ? – Ananova: World porridge-making champ named
• Extra parts leftover after construction of the robots
  • EXTRA: “Oops!” says the institution, as the flames still smolder.. – BBC: Vatican book on Templars’ demise
  • EXTRA: Apparently, aborigines had cable. Or homes. Or something. – The Guardian: Scientist debunks nomadic Aborigine ‘myth’
  • EXTRA: Ok, it wasn’t the Aborgines who had cable, it was the Egyptians.. – eWorldWire: Dr. Bruce Goldberg Reveals Electricity, and Possibly Television, Existed in Ancient Egypt
  • EXTRA: This is the guy who makes claims about the Egyptians… look deep into his eyes, you will see it all.. (((({o})))))(((((({o})))))) – DrBruceGoldber.com: Welcome to the Site of Dr. Bruce Goldberg – the Hypnotherapist
  • EXTRA: I never understand how they only ever find 1 footprint.. was it hopping? – The Daily Mail: World’s first Tyrannosaurus rex footprint found by British dinosaur hunter
  • EXTRA: Columbus got “around”. – AOL News/The New York Times: Seeking Columbus’ Origins, With a Swab
  • EXTRA: Hmm.. are we just trying to sucker rich people into paying for explorations? “Yeah, see, there are these rivers of diamonds, and trees made of gold!” – Yahoo!/Space.com: Cosmic Factories Produce Rubies and Sapphires
  • EXTRA: I knew it! Proof we’re going to Mars! After all, why else would we need interplanetary currency? – Ottawa Citizen: Extraterrestrial money an issue of ‘QUID’ pro quo
  • EXTRA: Great… so putting my “almost off” sandwich in the freezer isn’t going to do it, eh? – New Scientist: Microbes can survive ‘deep freeze’ for 100,000 years
  • EXTRA: Not only do bacteria grow well in space, they grow well in pre-space, too. – The New York Times: In NASA’s Sterile Areas, Plenty of Robust Bacteria
  • EXTRA: Someone playing duck hunt with the solar system? I hope they won the bear.. – New Scientist: Have Jupiter’s smallest moons been obliterated?
  • EXTRA: If we confuse them, maybe they’ll hit someone else, or hit themselves! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk! – New Scientist: Are mirrors the best way to deflect asteroids?
  • EXTRA: Doesn’t solar power already come from space? – New Scientist: Pentagon backs plan to beam solar power from space
  • EXTRA: She’s my planet, she’s my Venus, light my spark of life.. – New Scientist: Did Venus’s ancient oceans incubate life?
  • EXTRA: Finally! Some good comes out of Microsoft! (Well, indirectly, through Paul Allen, who is a very generous geek. – New Scientist: New radio telescope begins search for alien signals
  • EXTRA: When the space-station’s rockin’… – Ananova: Spacewoman takes whip into orbit
  • EXTRA: This is still not good news to us Canucks.. – Science Alert: Ice age only froze the North
  • EXTRA: Apocalypse, in 10 easy steps.. – The New American: The Top Ten Outlandish Mega Disasters
  • EXTRA: Boo! Boo! Oh, wait, this isn’t Halloween yet.. – New Scientist: Tea might pose fluoride risk
  • EXTRA: The only way to stop what we’ve done is to stop what we’re doing… Duh! – New Scientist: Zero emissions needed to avert ‘dangerous’ warming
  • EXTRA: No longer just a useless list of materials that should have been in the main part of the document.. oh, wait… – CNN: Purpose of appendix believed found
  • EXTRA: Russian science just isn’t what it used to be… – Novosti/Russian News and Information Agency: Russian scientists excited about pregnant cockroaches
  • EXTRA: Chimps share good. – Science Daily/UPI: Chimps choose more rationally than humans
  • EXTRA: Wouldn’t you? – New Scientist: Elephants buzz off at the sound of bees
  • EXTRA: Today’s rogues create tomorrows rogue genes? – The Guardian: I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer
  • EXTRA: Save me! Save me! (hic) – BBC: Doctors save man with vodka drip
  • EXTRA: How do we bridge the gap between dada and perepere? – New Scientist: Bilingual babies show language lag
  • EXTRA: I don’t understand this at all.. – New Scientist: Allergic reactions may guard against brain cancer
  • EXTRA: “Look at me! Look at me when I’m typing at you!” – New Scientist: Virtual human has a roving eye
  • EXTRA: There is dedication to craft, and then there is committment. This guys seems like he should be committed. – Ananova: A third ear for art
  • EXTRA: Door to door organ matching? Ew.. – Ananova: Salesman gives up kidney
  • EXTRA: Not to be confused with the “furry lobster” or the “squirrel”. – The Guardian: Cocaine galore! Villagers live it up on profits from ‘white lobster’
  • EXTRA: More proof: if you got it, flaunt it (because you won’t be famous any other way). – WTSP/CNN: Man goes for world record leg hair
  • EXTRA: I think it’s more likely that “the enemy” will replace our sensible politicians with raving loonies bent on fear-mongering.. Oh, wait.. – cnews/AP: N.J. lawmakers: Gumball machines a possible terror target
  • EXTRA: I dun’t knows what dey’s talking ’bout. – New Scientist: Language ‘mutations’ affect least-used words
  • EXTRA: If you can’t beat them, use them for raw materials. – Ananova: Junk mail into art
  • EXTRA: The new “you bet your life”? – Ananova: Gameshow contestant admitted hiring hitman
  • EXTRA: You bet your life, part II. – Ananova: Man goes on hunger strike over roulette
  • EXTRA: Now, someone build Megatron, and it’s on! – Ananova: Film fans build their own Transformer
  • EXTRA: Social networking for pubs? – Ananova: Finding a new local pub gets easier
  • EXTRA: If it were a painting of a crack, I might accept it as art.. Although I’m not saying that it’s not beautiful, necessarily.. – Ananova: It’s a good crack – but is it art?
  • EXTRA: Be careful what you get in a tattoo, especially if the symbolism or language isn’t something you directly understand. Much like ordering drinks. – Ananova: Tattoo unlucky for words

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