TWS233: Conceptual Inception
CQ: If given the choice to voluntarily give up 20% of your time to work on special projects of your own choosing, or 20% of your money to fund special projects of your choosing, would you do it? And if so, what would you fund or do? And why aren’t you doing it now?
On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Pointalism of View
- Extras
Full list of 25 articles after the jump!
- Front Page:
- : Ananova – Sleeping Beauty shocked by wake-up kiss
- : BBC – Richard III dig: ‘Strong evidence’ bones are lost king
- : The Huffington Post – Elvis Presley’s Bible Sells For $94,000 At Auction, But Stained Underwear Finds No Taker
- : Metro – Giant cup of cappuccino sets new Guinness World Record
- : The Huffington Post – One-Ton Cheeseburger Sets World Record For Minnesota Casino
- : The UK Guardian – ‘A great silence is spreading over the natural world’
- : The UK Telegraph – Plans for emu underpass across Australian highway abandoned
- : Yahoo! – Corrie’s Bill Roache predicts world will ‘change dramatically’ on 12 December in bizarre interview — Daily TV round-up
- : Phenomenica/PTI – Aliens could be discovered within 40 years
- : BBC – Nasa’s Curiosity rover ‘sniffs’ Martian air
- : BBC – ‘Magic carpet’ can detect or even predict a fall
- : BBC – Geek camp comes to Milton Keynes
- Pointalism of View:
- : Metro – Quirky 19th century postcards depict what life would be like in 21st century
- : The Malaysian Star/AFP – Exorcism boom in Poland sees magazine launch
- : Who Forted? – On Demons and the Subjectivity of Evil
- : BBC – Rome’s Ponte Milvio bridge: ‘Padlocks of love’ removed
- : Metro – Loved-up couples flock to Germany’s Bonktown
- : Ananova – Munich beer festival bans fake cocaine
- : Ananova – Strip club claims lap dances are art
- : Metro – Thousands celebrate at Redhead Day Festival in the Netherlands
- : Ananova – Mum shaves numbers into quads’ heads
- : io9 – Placebo effect can be triggered by subliminal cues
- : Gizmodo – We Could Have Evolved the Placebo Effect to Save Energy
- (EXTRA) : New Scientist – Evolution could explain the placebo effect
- (EXTRA) : The UK Daily Mail – I’m addicted to eating sellotape: The 23-year-old who munches her way through 6,000ft of tape a month
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