CQ: Is it better for humanity to remember everything that happens to prevent ourselves from repeating mistakes, or is it better to actually forget quite a bit of it, less we obsess over trying to get everything perfect?

Bumper: JR Murdock, author of V&A Shipping

Promo: Braindouce!

On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Vision
• Illusion
• Extras

Full list of 25 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • : The Huffington Post – UFO Sightings Increase 67 Percent In 3 Years, History Channel Investigates Unexplained Aerial Phenomena
  • : The UK Telegraph – Perfect Storm of Hype: Politicians, the media and the Hurricane Irene apocalypse that never was
  • : NY Daily News – Human foot washes up on beach near Vancouver for 11th time in four years
  • : NPR – Lab-Grown Meat: Would You Eat It?
  • : The UK Telegraph – King Arthur’s round table may have been found by archaeologists in Scotland
• Vision:
  • : io9 – Do pandas hold the key to reducing US reliance on foreign oil?
  • : BBC – Man jailed for three months for making ‘bean’ bomb
  • : ABC7 News/AP – Spanish town painted red in annual tomato fight
  • : The UK Telegraph – Latvians take to the water on milk cartons
  • : BBC – Earl of Glasgow asks to keep graffiti mural
  • (EXTRA) : BBC – Space junk at tipping point, says report
  • : Orange – Pizza restaurant to open on Moon?
• Illusion:
  • (EXTRA) : The Daily Mail – Japanese firm orders 2,700 staff to get the same ‘energy saving’ haircut… so they don’t have to spend as long blow-drying
  • (EXTRA) : Asia One – Medium claims to bring participants to Hell and back
  • (EXTRA) : Metro – Aline Westphal becomes first female Air Guitar World Champion in Finland
  • (EXTRA) : National Geographic – Dark Matter Is an Illusion, New Antigravity Theory Says
  • (EXTRA) : Orange – ‘Sick’ asylum seekers game show
  • (EXTRA) : From The Shadows blog – Black-Eyed Kid Encounter in Ireland
  • (EXTRA) : Reuters – Man nabbed at U.S. airport with snakes in his pants
  • (EXTRA) : New Scientist – Scaremongering about Fukushima radiation is damaging
  • (EXTRA) : Who Forted? – Stanton Friedman Vs. The Internet
  • (EXTRA) : Yahoo!/Reuters – Fish-catching trick may be spreading among dolphins
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) : Cryptomundo – CZ Museum On The Move
  • (EXTRA) : BBC – G4S sacks pair who tagged offender’s false leg
  • (EXTRA) : New Scientist – Test shows most efficient way to board a plane

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