On the show this week:
- Front Page
- All In Your Mind
- Animalware
- Extras (IN SPAAACE!)
CQ: Once upon a time, a “snow day” was a day off, and kids and adults (except those in critical services) rejoiced. Similarly, a “rainy day” was a time to relax and catch up on hobbies and fun things that you’ve put off. Have we failed in modern life to account for the need for unexpected time without obligations and expectations?
Full list of 33 articles after the jump!
- Front Page:
- In fact, you are hardly here at all!: PhysOrg – (O) You don’t exist in an infinite number of places, say scientists
- It’s time to pledge allegience to the Imperial Way — or join the Rebel Scum!: Metro – Star Wars fans raise ?75,000 to build a Death Star
- I suspect it’s really a ploy to get more snail-mail letters sent..: Metro – Chocolate stamps launched by Belgian postal service
- Funny, I don’t remember any follow-up articles about how much stomach trouble resulted..: Metro – Grimsby Telegraph launches bread infused scratch and sniff edition
- It sounded exciting until I realized it’s gold all the way through..: National Geographic – Scientists Discover How Bacteria Changes Ions Into Gold
- The height of insanity is probably also the depth of automatic perversity..: Orange – Call for pants on Michaelangelo’s David
- It’s not what you think..: Orange – Job centre offers teen job in brothel
- How obligated are we to keep ourselves safe?: Orange – Daredevils slammed for cable car stunt
- All In Your Mind:
- Another way to look at this: 55% of people have no imagination.: Huffington Post – Spooky Number Of Americans Believe In Ghosts
- When you think about it, *all* evil lives in the brain, actually..: Fox News – What evil lurks in the brain? German neurologist says he’s found a ‘dark patch’
- Next to find: the quadrolfactory creature!: PhysOrg – Evidence that at least one mammal can smell in stereo
- I certainly know that many farts qualify as “spooky action at a distance”, so…: New Scientist – (O) Quantum theory of smell causes a new stink
- (EXTRA) I find it comforting that it’s isn’t just me who still wonders about dreams..: New Scientist – Sleep and dreaming: Where do our minds go at night?
- (EXTRA) Short answer: because we keep falling asleep!: New Scientist – Sleep and dreaming: Why can’t we stay awake 24/7?
- (EXTRA) How would it affect society if we could really sleep with a pill?: New Scientist – Sleep and dreaming: Slumber at the flick of a switch
- (EXTRA) Get old, then get high to stay young?: Sydney Morning Herald – Cannabis may help reverse dementia: study
- (EXTRA) An example of a story that would be aboslutely normal but for the history of it..: WTVR CBS5 – Once ‘pregnant’ man wants divorce
- I imagine it sounded more Klingon than French.. More Wagner than Nutcracker..: Phenomenica/IANS – Neanderthals sang opera, says researcher
- Animalware:
- (EXTRA) As always: just show us the goods!: The UK Daily Mail – Could it be Nesski? Russian scientists claim to have found remains of ‘Siberian Loch Ness monster’
- (EXTRA) Given that it is apparently a lake in *Siberia* that doesn’t freeze, all sorts of fun things might inhabit this location..: The Voice of Russia – Russian scientists say they discover jaws and skeleton of ‘Siberian Loch Ness monster’ deep down remote lake’s waters
- (EXTRA) Familiarity doesn’t breed contempt, so much as deadly accidental assassins..: The Sydney Morning Herald – Dangerous animals often found close to home
- (EXTRA) “Who wants a cracker now, bitch?!?”: The Sydney Morning Herald/Stuff/Fairfax News – Parrot steals $1100 from unsuspecting tourist
- (EXTRA) I’m a little confused: isn’t all pure academic work really “crowd-sourced”?: Ghost Theory blog – Crowdsourcing Bigfoot
- (EXTRA) Must make my vacation plans..: The UK Daily Mail – (O) New Yeti resort to be opened in Siberia to encourage tourists to catch the Abominable Snowman
- (EXTRA) At least one hair sample exam is a bust — but does it deserve praise for going through channels and being honest about the results, or mockery because it wasn’t bigfoot?: The UK Sun – Bigfoot: It’s Yogi not Yeti
- (EXTRA) Their proximity to the highway suggests that someone dumped them there, to me..: KGUN-9 TV – Mysterious, purple spheres found in the desert
- (EXTRA) (paraphrasing): “Well, since they clearly don’t match this particular brand of water beads, clearly the water beads theory must be thrown out.” Huh?: KGUN-9 TV – Mysterious, purple orbs: New developments!
- Extras (IN SPAAACE!):
- (EXTRA) Sounds like “within driving distance” to me..: New Scientist – Closest Earth-like planet may be 13 light years away
- (EXTRA) Well, this drop of water in the ocean is devoid of life.. Time to try another one!: MIT Technology Review – SETI Study of Habitable Exoplanets Draws a Blank for Jill Tarter
- (EXTRA) Do we even have a *clue* what life is, when we have a hard time including ourselves?: New Scientist – (O) Earth and others lose status as Goldilocks worlds
- (EXTRA) If this is truly a victimless crime on a computer with no secrets, then a pardon seems appropriate. Of course, I wish it were a real discovery.: OpenMinds – US military advisor suggests pardon for UFO hacker
- (EXTRA) Sadly, more likely to introduce the first “sexy” in space, rather than the first “sex”..: Orange – Actress set to be first porn star in space
- (EXTRA) Are these obviously doctored photos, or were there unexplained things seen by the Apollo astronauts?: Bubblews – Moon UFOs Found in NASA Archives? (Video)
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