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PROMO: The Leviathan Chronicles
PROMO: Pseudopod
NFTF: The (LXX)XXI Olympic Games
CQ: Will a computer ever love?
On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Space Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- Information Overflow
- There’s Something In The Air
- Extras
Full list of 69 articles after the jump!
- Front Page:
- Next explanation: it was really just a bird holding onto a lit cigarette..: Yahoo!/CP – N.L. woman who claims she saw missiles says area not used by model hobbyists
- The irony here is that disinformation is also an optical illusion..: CBC/CP – Finnish UFO researcher says winter sun on jet streams creates rocket effect
- Mark my words: in 50 years, they’ll be saying “3 more weeks of winter”..: National Geographic – Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow–And Long Winter
- The choice: to simply dismiss a myth, or celebrate it?: UPI – New York marks 75th year of gator legend
- On a scale including 2012 and Y2K and terrorism, where does the humble pig sniffles lay?: The UK Telegraph – Was swine flu ever a real threat?
- Funny: they don’t seem to be worried about doing the same with Vitamin C or aspirin..: BBC – Sceptics stage homeopathy ‘overdose’
- Finally: the problem of space travel will be solved! (Think about it..): MIT Technology Review – Physicist Discovers How to Teleport Energy
- I would never have expected such a journal to exist, but it’s perhaps lucky that it did..: JSUR – Journal of Serendipitous and Unexpected Results opens
- Does it pass the “if we left it alone for a hundred years, would anything go wrong?” test..: Wired/Danger Room blog – Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included
- Space Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere:
- Turns out, the moon might be made of Earth..: Discovery – Did a Nuclear Blast Give Birth to the Moon?
- Methinks they be making a claim that they can’t back up — and is a little outisde their jurisdiction. (Just for the record: I claim Europa.): BBC – California ‘protects’ Apollo 11 landing site on Moon
- I wonder if we’ll find gravity-spun Enceladus greens…: The UK Telegraph – Enceladus: Nasa discovers new evidence that Saturn moon ‘may contain life’
- … and it ain’t involving any Moon landings..: New Scientist – Space 2020: what NASA will do next
- (EXTRA) It’s the probability equivalent of an adult catching one kid making faces at another, I think..: Wired – Hubble Spots First Potential Asteroid Collision
- It’s more like “Primordial Farts”..: Science Daily – New Research Rejects 80-Year Theory of ‘Primordial Soup’ as the Origin of Life
- Pretty soon, we’ll find out they were demanding pants, too.: Science Daily – Did Bacteria Develop Into More Complex Cells Much Earlier in Evolution Than Thought?
- Another kick at the can for panspermia.: BBC – Professor’s alien life ‘seed’ theory claimed
- It was more of an excuse to turn people’s heads from looking down at their feet to looking up at the possibilities of the sky..: The Daily Telegraph – UFO clouds spark possibility of alien life
- They should have put a big banner on the exit of the school, saying: “Neener, neener, fooldja, gotcha! Madja look!”: This is Bristol – Aliens have landed . . . rumours spread through village after teachers forget to reveal story was made up
- It seems to make sense to spread the work, given that space is very, very big.: New Scientist – SETI opens up its data to ‘citizen scientists’
- Information Overflow:
- Let’s take a trip, but go nowhere..: Ananova – Travel the world’s longest railway – online
- Are we reaching the point where future civilizations will no longer find us?: New Scientist – Digital doomsday: the end of knowledge
- If we have more information than we can deal with, who’s fault is it? And what do we do to cope?: New Scientist – Innovation: We can’t look after our data — what can?
- Maybe a little “digital” brain damage would do us some good..: New Scientist – Damaged brains escape the material world
- Is this a tragedy, or a natural part of the cycle? Should everything be remembered?: The UK Guardian – Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
- Not if we make ourselves extinct first!: Phenomenica/IANS – Sumatran tiger may become extinct in 2015
- (EXTRA) (a) Do we need to preserve them? (b) Just how much time did they stay holed up here, anyway?: Cambridge News – Worms eat away at centuries-old carvings
- Now, not even death will end your information scope..: New Scientist – Resurrection: ancient humans ‘rise from dead’
- I think I’ve covered this story before..: PhysOrg – Probing Question: What causes deja vu?
- There’s Something In The Air:
- Actually, I worship *all* authors, collectively, as a God.. (sometimes): The UK Guardian – Would you worship an author as a God?
- I’m reminded of The Life of Brian, here..: The New York Times – In Internet Era, an Unwilling Lord for New Age Followers
- (EXTRA) Ah, the most basic of human emotions: greed!: The UK Times – Doctors and lawyers fight over ownership of meteorite from asteroid belt
- (EXTRA) That seems a little.. specialized..: ScienceDaily – Brain Location for Fear of Losing Money Pinpointed — The Amygdala
- (EXTRA) It just got a whole lot more confusing, telling people and plants apart..: LiveScience – This Tree’s a Lady!
- I guess you could say that his heart really *isn’t* in the right place.. I wonder if he’s a Scrooge?: The UK Telegraph – Indian man’s internal organs all back-to-front
- (EXTRA) The answer is: shrivel up and (appear to) die..: NPR – A 30-Million-Year-Old Virgin’s Secret To Success
- Hopefully not by *this* show!: The UK Telegraph – You really can be bored to death, study shows
- (EXTRA) Just be sure not to pack the family ghost..: BBC – In pictures: House moving in Chile
- (EXTRA) The cat is back! Now, with a book supporting it’s Reaper-like claims..: The UK Telegraph – Cat predicts 50 deaths in RI nursing home
- Just ask the cats..: Ananova – Cat owners ‘cleverer’ than dog owners
- (EXTRA) It’s not like we weren’t the main course once before..: io9 – In The Future Of Eating, Could We Put Ourselves On The Menu?
- (EXTRA) As a principled omnivore, I must endorse this plan — even if it makes me squirm a little..: Phenomenica/DPI – Scientists ‘grow’ edible insects in Costa Rica
- I just hope none of the guests have really heated passion for eachother..: RIA Novosti – Russia to open first ice hotel on St. Valentine’s Day
- (EXTRA) Because everyone knows that the dictionary is where you look for “dirty words”..: The UK Guardian – ‘Oral sex’ definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools
- Obviously not identical twins..: ABC Australia/AFP – Twins’ different DNA sparks parents’ divorce
- (EXTRA) Sometimes, the grass that’s greener on the other side is astroturf..: The UK Times – Japanese murder exposes world of hired marriage wreckers
- (EXTRA) There are downsides to restrictive traditions..: Ananova – Bride’s beard irritates groom
- This claim could be seen as bad on both sides, however: no more unfair dismissal, but not more protective excuses, either@: BBC – Pregnancy baby brain lapse ‘a myth’
- If you don’t stop that, your face just *might* stay like that..: LiveScience – Botox Paralyzes Emotions, Too
- The true sign of enlightment, apparently, is not like anything, in equal measure..: The UK Telegraph – Grumpiness is a sign of advanced civilisation
- I suppose you probably get more tolerant, or unwilling to change.. (Oh, that’s not the romantic angle, is it?): PhysOrg/AFP – Love gets stronger with age: Canadian researchers
- (EXTRA) Alcohol *does* tend to blur the boundaries a bit.: The UK Telegraph – Muslim fundamentalists should ‘drink wine to learn tolerance’
- The true mark of real civilization.. Or maybe its downfall..: The UK Telegraph – Cashmere loo roll, the ultimate bathroom indulgence
- I guess the “paperless office” is no longer a goal..: The UK Telegraph – Is this the best office gadget? A lavatory paper machine
- (EXTRA) So *that’s* what you get for the Russian who has everything..: The Post Chronicle – Latvia Ghost Town Skrunda-1 (Video) Sold To Russian For $3.1 Million
- (EXTRA) My last request? “Make me come alive again!”: Ananova – Undertaker lifts lid on last requests
- Extras:
- (EXTRA) The biggest tragedy here is labelling a “meme” as “a tasteless internet trend”.. SAVVY FAIL!: The UK Telegraph – Polish newspaper claims ‘Pedobear’ is 2010 Vancouver Olympic mascot
- (EXTRA) First tip should probably be: “Don’t be fat.”: Ananova – World’s fattest man reveals diet tips
- (EXTRA) And if they aren’t put off by the poison, they’ll be dead from heart disease caused the salt.: ABC Australia – Cane toad ‘sausages’ help wildlife
- (EXTRA) There’s something vaguelly wrong here.. like a rabbit with a lucky rabbit’s foot..: ABC/AP – Fur Coats Become Animal Nests in Recycling Bid
- (EXTRA) I think that the animals are trying to send us a message: “Get off this rock!”: The UK Telegraph – Pheasant terrorising North Yorkshire village ‘attacks people in street’
- (EXTRA) More evidence that animals are revolting..: World Around Us Blog/Pravda – Swordfish Attack Angolan Oil Pipeline
- (EXTRA) More evidence that animals are revolting.. (and pretty disgusting, too).: The UK Telegraph – Rats attack the railways
- (EXTRA) And why not? It’s not like we ignore things like the breeze wafting through our hair, or the hairs on the back of your neck/on your arm standing up..: BBC – Auklets and penguins: birds use feathers ‘to touch’
- (EXTRA) Apparently, this is how you rob a bank..: cnews/AP – ‘Geezer Bandit’ strikes 6th bank
- (EXTRA) Apparently, this is how you FAIL to rob a bank..: Ananova – Robber tries to hold up closed bank
- (EXTRA) Go ahead, hum the song: “Smooth operator.. he’s a smooooth operator..”: My Fox Boston – Man arrested had 75 bottles of lotion in his pants
- (EXTRA) It has a “surprisingly domestic” pattern, which reveals Hitler’s softer side…: Discovery On/ANI – Hitler’s carpet found in North Yorkshire
- (EXTRA) Is it kinda sad that such a project would be almost inconceivable today? So much for progress!: Reuters – Film-makers uncover lost source of Roman aqueduct
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