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On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Once Was Blind
• And Now I See (Too Much)
• Extras

Full list of 59 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • There’s an implied negative to the idea of celebrating spooky history. Why is that?: The Guardian – Tower of London exploits its spooky potential with twilight tours
  • The sideshow gives way to the sidebar, the roadside attraction to the blogside distraction..: The Wall Street Journal – For Sale: T. Rex, Good Condition, Woolly Mammoth, Needs Repair
  • It’s around here.. somewhere..: The UK Telegraph – Scientists create Harry Potter style ‘invisibility cloak’
  • I want it! But *only* if we can make it all grainy and blue like Star Wars. No HD!: BBC – Hologram messaging coming of age
  • See? Much better to think of them as pets..: BBC – Harry Potter blamed for fuelling India owls’ demise
  • Makes you wish they were being used as pets.. Or maybe lunch.: New Scientist – Diwali is a dark time for India’s owls
  • They should make a horror film about this.. They could call it.. … “Alien”..: The Register – Strange, blobaceous ‘alien pod’ lifeform found in Virginian lake
  • More importantly, “Credible Witness Films Bigfoot”, but that’s less sexy for weak press..: Fox8 News – N.C. Man Lures Bigfoot with Candy
  • Surprisingly, whenever you find humans, you find creatures.: NPR – Boo! Chinese & European Monsters Strangely, Eerily Similar
  • There’s probably a joke here about how their clients “got wood”, and were eventually “stiffs”.. But it probably should remain buried.: Orange – Coffin makers launch raunchy calendar
  • “Are you sick of this story?” “No, but it does cause a coffin fit!”: Metro – Topless coffin calendar sparks controversy in Polish church
  • This coming from the organization that uses porn in its own advertising..: Metro – ‘Slaughter porn’ animal calendar slammed by PETA
  • At a certain point, they turn from being “human bodies” into “loosely connected proteins”..: The UK Daily Mail – Hide your mummies! Museum displays of human remains are covered up for fear of offending pagans
• Once Was Blind:
  • We don’t get shaded until we get jaded.: New Scientist – Children really do see things differently
  • Eventually, they’ll use it to project ads directly on our vision.: BBC – Implanted chip ‘allows blind people to detect objects’
  • Sounds like a lot of us: trying to work hard at doing good, hoping no one will point our blind spots..: The UK Daily Mail – Meet Jack, the sheepdog that was so good no one knew he was blind
  • Yeah, but can he herd sheep?: The UK Telegraph – Zimbabwe’s blind cricket commentator
  • Something tells me I’d at least have been more awake for Math class with a jolt before hand..: BBC – Electric current to the brain ‘boosts maths ability’
  • Is there any such thing as privacy, if we can detect lies in your brain?: BBC – MRI brain imaging pinpoints deception
  • Someday, your genetic profile will be a deciding factor in determining if you get a date, or elected..: NBC San Diego – Scientists Find ‘Liberal Gene’
  • Actually, it’s really the other way around: how science can show that zombies really make sense, and want to kill you for your cerebral jelly.: PBS News Hour – What Zombies Can Teach Us About Braaain Science
  • I guess there’s an app for that.: The UK Telegraph – Facebook ‘knows’ when you will get dumped
  • Is it being controlled by your subconscious? Your unseen hand?: The Body Odd/MSN – When one hand develops a mind of its own
  • (EXTRA) Anyone thinking that superstitions cannot be used in warfare has forgotten that reality is really the myths and fiction we overlay on dead boring physics..: Mirage Men blog – RAND, Superstition and Psychological Warfare
  • (EXTRA) Urban myths have power because they tap into the oldest way of passing information: in a parable. Maybe that’s a myth..: The Guardian – The power of urban myth
  • (EXTRA) Until humans are fundamentally built differently, we can expect more information to produce more mistakes, myths and confusion..: Discovery News – Superstitious Beliefs Getting More Common
  • (EXTRA) “Okay, you can believe in these myths, but these other myths are *right* out!”: BBC – Vatican warns of ‘wayward’ Opus Angelorum sect
• And Now I See (Too Much):
  • (EXTRA) Unfortunately, they will discover too late that Paul II is only able to predict bocce outcomes..: Metro – Paul the Octopus II revealed, extent of psychic powers as yet unknown
  • (EXTRA) Perhaps not surprisingly, China seems densely populated with bigfoots, too.: Xinhua – Meet Big Foot’s Chinese cousin
  • (EXTRA) I wonder onces if they were called “giants”..: Cryptomundo – Early Sasquatch Were Called Mowglis
  • Not sure I’m finding parasites any less horrific than bloodsucking dogs..: Live Science – The 8-legged Monster Behind Chupacabra Mystery
  • Does the fact that the chupacabra has changed from one creature to a parasite-infected combo of two creatures make it any less scary? (Not to me!): National Geographic – Chupacabra Science: How Evolution Made a Mythical Monster
  • (EXTRA) There was such hope on the evening before…: CNET – The city that must vote on UFO ballot measure
  • I think the real problem was that it was to be staffed by PhDs: no one likes them…: The UK Telegraph – Midterms 2010: bid to set up UFO investigation team fails
  • (EXTRA) The question is: couldn’t you run it with donations and volunteers from the 16% who *did* support it?: 9News/NBC – UFO commission will not be created in Denver
  • (EXTRA) Well hey: if the governments aren’t going to sanction such things, I guess it’s up to the private sector..: The Examiner – National UFO Alert Rating: California, Georgia, Ohio move to ALERT 3 status
  • (EXTRA) I would imagine that private groups across the continent are seeking local council often on UFO matters; not everyone is an extrovert, after all.: Technorati – Rhode Island Innkeeper Keeps the Light On for UFO Researchers, Abductees
  • (EXTRA) I wonder if it sounds a lot like Blair Witch in the Rendlesham Forest..: The UK Sun – 30-year Brit UFO tapes released
  • (EXTRA) History is filled with examples of unexplainable things in the sky..: Cosmic Log/MSNBC – Sleuths study ancient UFOs
  • (EXTRA) “Dear Diary. Today I denied several lost souls eternal life. And tried mutton. Liked the mutton.”: The UK Daily Mail – Imps, warts and sex with the Devil: 400-year-old diary of Witchfinder General trials is opened to public for first time
  • (EXTRA) Kinda like the “Segway of the Sea”..: Orange – Brit invents underwater scooter
  • (EXTRA) Most of us just call it “web surfing”..: Orange – Man to fly around the world in his bedroom
  • (EXTRA) Uh.. I think he’s thinking a little too literally. Or maybe to figuratively..: Orange – Artist answers the big question
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) Someone walks by her on the street: “Hey, it’s you! The Gurning Champ!”: Metro – Gurning champ finally recognised after claiming world title 27 times
  • (EXTRA) It’s a little weird that both mother and child could end up in the same school..: AOL/AP – Report: 10-Year-Old Gives Birth in Spain
  • (EXTRA) Another phenomenal essay that I completely fail to grasp, which tells me there’s more there than I need to interpret..: Intangible Materiality – Part One: The X Factor of A Phenomenon
  • (EXTRA) An artist’s interpretation of the modern need to share things.. Or something..: AOL News – Dead Drops: The New Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Network
  • (EXTRA) Now would be a great time to bring in a smelly industry, because you could always blame it on whatever this already is..: The Local – Aachen stinks
  • (EXTRA) The only problem seems to be utter lack of blinking technology. And no Dan Akroyd.: AOL News – Haunted House? ‘Ghost Buster Gals’ at Your Service
  • (EXTRA) And not just personally, either!: Irish Times – Ugandan leader wants flight to the moon
  • (EXTRA) The winner really is *weird*: wants to spend the money on… flying to another championship!: Orange – Transsexual scrabble player is Britain’s champ
  • (EXTRA) Personally, I’d be quite happy just to have them clean up the place.. The rest is kinda bonus..: Orange – Stripping students clean up in business
  • (EXTRA) Proving that we know far less about the ancient past than we actually profess to..: New Scientist – Earth may have had water from day one
  • (EXTRA) Well, at least they won’t be spending money inappropriately..: AOL News – Dead Candidate Re-Elected in California
  • (EXTRA) The bio-warfare aspect is rather intriguing..: The News-Herald – 3 area residents indicted in convenience store robbery
  • (EXTRA) Every few years, we get a honey house. I guess the good side is: the bees might be coming back!: KCRA – Roseville Homeowner Describes Honey ‘Horror’
  • (EXTRA) The Church apparently frowns on cosplay..: Orange – ‘Jesus’ kicked out of church
  • (EXTRA) Patients with extreme patience..: Metro – Boy grows leg by a foot – by turning screws
  • (EXTRA) a) does it make them wrong? b) at this point, there’s a song lyric about just about anything; that, and a Simpson’s episode.: BBC – Policeman ‘put song lyrics’ in lawyer inquest evidence

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