TWS204: Shorter Grow The Days, Longer Grow The Hours
CQ: How do you restore your faith in humanity? What gives you hope, when the cynicism gets thick?
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On the show this week:
- Feedback
- Front Page
- There
- Out There
- Really Out There
- Christmas
- Extras
Full list of 44 articles after the jump!
- Feedback:
- Front Page:
- I wanted someone to review it, and then it appears!: Boing Boing – Cat-butt coffee: A critical review
- Next: saint’s bones also found to be real bones. Chicken bones found to be hard candy.: BBC – London Dungeon skeleton found to be real
- In Greece, it’s not the topless part they are concerned with, but the fact that an arm was added..: Orange – Greeks sue over Aphrodite cover
- Is everyone going to get eCat fever? And will they let the eCat out of the (testing) bag?: The Boston Globe – Hope, skepticism for cold fusion
- Dollhouse, anyone?: Medical Xpress – Learning high-performance tasks with no conscious effort may soon be possible (w/ video)
- There:
- Swim like dolphin, skip like stone.: Orange – Jetpack lets man swim like dolphin
- It’s not exactly like they can just talk it out!: The New York Times – After Duty, Dogs Suffer Like Soldiers
- Essentially: by them sitting on a electrical wire.: The Register – Toads predict earthquakes: Official
- Not so much the “liquid diet” as the “snowcone diet”..: The Register – Snowbound Alaskan survives on frozen beer
- Ah, Facebook: the new frontier battle for embarassingly-named people, places and things..: The UK Guardian – Effin woman launches online fight for Facebook recognition
- While we think of it that way today, “shrimp” is not *actually* synonymous with “small”..: New Scientist – First top predator was giant shrimp with amazing eyes
- Now *that* is sustenance farming!: National Geographic – “Yeti” Crabs Farm Food on Own Arms-A First
- (EXTRA) Shellepathy?: University of Western Sydney – Baby talk: Turtle eggs communicate in the nest
- Next: bringing back the sabretooth tiger (as a riding beast)..: Yahoo!/AFP – Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth
- Out There:
- (EXTRA) I wonder if it’s trying to prove it’s still useful, given that Curiousity is on its way..: BBC – Mars rover Opportunity finds ‘most powerful’ water clue
- (EXTRA) Cold.. like the heart of Scrooge..: The Vancouver Sun – Core of new deep space camera is ‘the coldest cubic metre in the universe’
- (EXTRA) Apparently, they didn’t believe the parent’s answer to why things have mass: “Because it does! Stop asking!”: BBC – ‘Moment of truth’ approaching in Higgs boson hunt
- (EXTRA) Don’t be too excited: they’re space elves and high-atmosphere sprites..: National Geographic – Lightning Sprites, Elves Caught on Camera
- It’s a little like that first day when you get new glasses, and you suddenly realize that trees have *leaves*..: Discovery News – New Batch of Giant Alien Worlds Found
- Right there, next to the star on the left..: BBC – Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed
- Oh, *now* they start funding it!: The Register – US military pays SETI to check Kepler-22b for aliens
- I wonder if this goes back to the World War II days..: Grenz/Wissenschaft-aktuell – Court decision: German parliament must give access to secret UFO-report
- Really Out There:
- It will turn out rather disappointing when it is discovered to be the “larch of the covenent” instead..: The UK Daily Mail – Will this be the first time the world sees the Ark of Covenant? Leaking roof in Ethiopian chapel ‘will lead to relic being revealed’
- Or, as the story describes: we have no idea where it is. (Lying headlines..): Pravda – Noah’s Ark officially found in Turkish mountains
- FURTHER PROOF! Tofu is a dangerous substance, and should be controlled..: Gawker – Freak Tofu Explosion Terrorizes Portland
- Particularly because it leads to relaxation and meditation, which leads to reflection and deep thinking. No cult or religion in the world wants deep thinking, these days!: Who Forted? – Yoga: The Devil’s Exercise
- It’s pretty clear to see that the puppetmasters of mankind don’t like people to see puppets who have forgone their strings..: The Huffington Post – The Muppets Are Communist, Fox Business Network Says
- Unfortunately, you need a direct line to an almighty translator..: Fox News – Mysterious Manuscript’s Code Has Been Cracked, ‘Prophet of God’ Claims
- Of *course* the end of the world is coming.. Just not for a few (million) years yet..: The UK Telegraph – The end of the world not happening – for now says expert
- Ok, that *may* have been one of the signs of the apocalypse.. Or maybe a cautionary moment we should use to reflect on the dangers of digital living..: BBC – Fahrenheit 451 becomes e-book despite author’s feelings
- (EXTRA) Yes, there’s an App for that. (And no, you won’t solve anything.): Orange – Can you solve the financial crisis?
- (EXTRA) If you turn the painting sideways and squint really hard, you can see whatever you want in the Mona Lisa painting..: Orange – Mona Lisa’s animal secrets laid bare
- (EXTRA) … and there are *other* reasons why people hate the ridiculously rich..: Orange – Dumped man’s expensive pudding
- Christmas:
- (EXTRA) It’s always darkest before the twinkling lights..: Who Forted? – The World of Grim Christmas Creatures
- (EXTRA) Robbing children of innocent fun is as bad as robbing them of exposure to choice..: LiveScience – Why Atheists Celebrate Christmas
- (EXTRA) You go, lady: celebrate how you wanna! More power to you!: Orange – Woman decks out ceiling for Xmas
- (EXTRA) Santa needs to practice the traffic control for the Big Night.: Metro – Santa traffic warden gets into the Christmas spirit on busy road
- (EXTRA) Before you celebrate the beauty of the story, remind yourself just how crappy the conditions were..: Orange – A stay in a manger
- (EXTRA) I guess Mary isn’t supposed to be a hottie?: The UK Telegraph – BeautifulPeople.com thrown off eBay for auctioning date with the Virgin Mary
- Extras:
- (EXTRA) You couldn’t pick how you came into the world (or the house), so why not make bizarre, superstitious choices about how you’ll leave it, in the end? (Um..): New Zimbabwe – Dead man in bizarre exit demand
- (EXTRA) This story may be very, very full of shift.: UFO Digest – What is Poleshift and How to Live Through It?
- (EXTRA) Soon, they’ll find the label: “Use only Flargo space product with this alien visitation device.”: 3News – Jerusalem stone carvings baffle archaeologists
- (EXTRA) To answer the question, “What happened to Fluffy the cat?”, read this article..: BBC – ‘Witch’s cottage’ unearthed near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
- (EXTRA) The conclusion: it’s still deep. And no sign of Deep Ones (yet).: BBC – Oceans’ deepest depth re-measured
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