On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Juxtaposition is Just A Position
• Science Still Works
• Work Still Works
• Extras

CQ: Is History accelerating? Is there more happening now, at a pace every increasing, than ever before?

Full list of 34 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • WAITAMINIT!? NO MOAR COFFEE!!?!! DO NOT WANT!!!!1!!: New Scientist – The jolt we need to take on climate change
  • One consequence of our current food’a’plenty is we also have waste’a’plenty..: New Scientist – Time to halt our massive waste of food — here’s how
  • So far, it hasn’t squealed on its client. It may have meowed, however..: BBC – Cat ‘arrested’ for break-in at Brazilian prison
  • Proving once and for all: ye olden times were dangerous!: Metro – Germany hosts Bavarian Sled Racing Championships
  • Could 2013 be the year we clear up at least one cryptid mystery?: The Huffington Post – Bigfoot Video, DNA Tests Raise Hopes For Believers In The Legendary Beast
• Juxtaposition is Just A Position:
  • Names, like news, are no longer local..: CBC/AP – Icelandic girl fights for right to her own name
  • … Just like every other year, right?: Orange – Nerds create their own glamour calendar
  • And by “pants”, we can translate that as “having none”..: Orange – Pants calendar is an unlikely success
  • Another beer for dogs?: Metro – Boneyard Brewery launches beer for dogs
  • The first “beer for dogs” story I covered.. (in recent memory)..: Orange – (O) New beer is ‘hair of the dog’
  • … and the second “beer for dogs” story, this one winning an award for being the “first” beer for dogs..: The Huffington Post – (O) Bowser Beer For Dogs Earns World Record
  • Your symbols are getting in the way of my snacking!: Metro – Chocolate baby heads are a chocky horror show
  • It’s not like the residents will complain of noise..: BBC – Cambridge’s Mill Road Cemetery tombs ‘used to sleep in’
• Science Still Works:
  • (EXTRA) First rule of science club: trust no perception..: io9 – The 12 cognitive biases that prevent you from being rational
  • (EXTRA) It’s not our fault that we are a bit blubby; we were born that way!: New Scientist – Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction
  • (EXTRA) We are still beholden to the smallest of things..: New Scientist – Faecal bacteria cocktail treats superbug infection
  • (EXTRA) In conclusion: mankind wishes to be drunk, is impatient and willing to try to craziest..: Sky News – The Perfect Cocktail: Rum And Radiation
  • (EXTRA) In the future, working a computer will look like casting a magic spell..: New Scientist – Hands on with Leap Motion’s gestural interface
  • (EXTRA) A perfect example of a tool surpassing its creator.. (Which is what we humans do best!): New Scientist – Smartphones make identifying endangered animals easy
  • (EXTRA) Reap the Power from the Sweat of Your Brow!: New Scientist – Muscle mimic pulls electricity from wet surface
  • (EXTRA) “How much do you weigh?” “Several minutes, really..”: New Scientist – Most fundamental clock ever could redefine kilogram
  • (EXTRA) If the fog was really dense, wouldn’t you just light off a spark (sun) at one side, and burn it all the way?: New Scientist – Ghostly galaxies burned off mysterious cosmic fog
  • (EXTRA) We can either stare at the ground to see where we’re from, or stare at the stars and wonder where we can be..: HistoryToday – Reaching for the Stars
  • (EXTRA) If you were a Professional in a world where everyone discredits UFO photos, would *you* come forward? Or do you just see so much that you’re used to the instantaneous elements confused for UFOs?: The UFO Iconoclasts – Where are the UFO photos from Professionals?
• Work Still Works:
  • The least glamourous job in a most glamourous location.: Orange – Royal washer-upper wanted
  • That’s pretty much hanging it all on the line, really..: Metro – Busty beauty sells adverts on her boobs
  • He’ll either be hired because he’s got a unique trick — or not hired because he’s the only one that appreciates it..: Metro – Unemployed graduate spends ‘last ?500? on billboard begging for job
  • It’s all downhill from there..: Orange – Chance to put career on the slide
  • Demonstrate your endless love by getting a short term job celelbrating the best of living with the worst of dying..: Metro – Zombie bride and groom wanted for video game wedding
  • Should we judge someone by what is written on their skin — or by what is written on their soul?: Orange – Tattooed composer in running for president
  • Would you pay someone to read your emails?: New Scientist – Personal assistant for your emails streamlines your life
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) A good list of many of the weird cryptozoology stories from the past year.: Doubtful News – 2012: A monstrously good year in review
  • (EXTRA) The question is: is it too bad to be useful, or is it “gourd” enough?: BBC – Blood of Louis XVI ‘found in gourd container’
  • (EXTRA) The secret to religion seems to be: don’t have any secrets, or have them all.: The UK Daily Mail – Revealed – the ‘alien space cathedral’ built in New Mexico desert by Tom Cruise’s Scientology church

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