On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Monstrous, Inc.
• Floss of Truth
• Extras

CQ: Are we living in a decadent age, with things a bit too easy, right on the edge of societal collapse? Or is this just the worry of those adjusting still to a modern world?

Full list of 46 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • Imagine that this is entirely fake.. Can you? How can you tell the difference?: Metro – Family photo taken by Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke discovered on Moon’s surface
  • Who wouldn’t? Only those who are anti-geek. (Fools!): Metro – Training for Jedis: Star Wars fans sign up to lightsaber classes
  • Finally! A practical (?) use for all my used coffee grounds! Unfortunately, it will be another idea sidelined by the coffeepacolypse..: Metro – The Bean Machine: Coffee car grinds out world speed record
  • To be fair: the Brits _do_ seem to have a knack for coming up with bizarre last names..: The UK Telegraph – Goodbye Mr Chips as study highlights surnames facing ‘extinction’
  • Maybe we can give them some of the names no longer in use by the Brits?: New Scientist – We need to rethink how we name exoplanets
  • The timing.. it’s almost like they _planned_ it..: New Scientist – New satellite will be first asteroid sentinel in space
  • Remember that scifi from 40 years ago? IT’S TRUE.: Phenomenica/ANI – Sun-powered lasers could vaporise asteroids before they get close to Earth
  • Do we have some sort of Fractional Orbital Bombardment System in operation? (Oops.. That’s a *Russian* idea..): Meteor – Meteor ‘was new US weapons test’, claims Russian MP
  • Ever feel like the unvierse was just a moment away from tilting?: New Scientist – Higgs may spell doom, unless supersymmetry saves us
  • Bird flu in your Angry Birds? War update in your Command and Conquer?: New Scientist – Insert real news events into your mobile game
  • It’s that kind of sharp, cutting humour that severs my attention..: The Huffington Post – World Sword Swallowers Day 2013 Is Anything But Pointless
  • Sounds good, until you realized that many of the couples didn’t know each other, or speak the same language.. Then again, maybe that will lead to successful marriages!: Metro – Mass wedding in South Korea sees over 3,000 people hitched
  • I’m surprised they haven’t just jumped to velcro already..: Orange – Designer invents zip-up tie
  • Currently 298,778 pounds (USD $455,367) of 20,000,000 pounds.: Kickstarter – (O) Kickstarter Open Source Death Star
  • (EXTRA) Currently $488,907 of $11,000,000: Kickstarter – (O) Crowdfunding Rebel Alliance X-Wing Squadron
  • (EXTRA) Currently at $18,492 of $2,000,000: Kickstarter – (O) X-Wing Clone
• Monstrous, Inc.:
  • Putting the “oh!” in “Oklahoma”..: NewsOn6 Oklahoma – Oklahoma Man Dies In Fire, Spontaneous Combustion Not Ruled Out As Cause
  • (EXTRA) It looks like a double-exposure or fake to me.. But then again, wouldn’t the real thing _also_ look like that?: Orange – ‘Ghost’ caught on CCTV camera
  • (EXTRA) Apparently, it was just a minor outbreak..: Reuters – That “zombie apocalypse” warning in Montana? It was fake
  • (EXTRA) Zombies have fallen to the one thing that is even more slow-moving and dangerous: bureaucracy.: The Globe and Mail/CP – Quebec cancels zombie-themed emergency training
  • (EXTRA) I know seeing the dead walk reminds me more of mornings than sandy vistas..: The Guardian – Americans love zombies because they remind us of the Wild West
  • (EXTRA) What if the hoaxes are actually just a *different* phenomenon?: Mysterious Universe – Crop Circles: ET’s Art? Nah. . .
  • (EXTRA) It’s sounds truly horrible! Imagine: the whitewashing..: TVNZ/Reuters – Bird invasion brings real-life horror to Kentucky city
  • (EXTRA) Maybe just a mischevious porkergeist..: Metro – Fireman Ham: Pig recruited to help fire crews catch escaped animals
  • (EXTRA) What happens when you create a modern myth?: The Elm – Behind You: The Cultural Relevance of Slender Man
  • (EXTRA) It’s kinda the ancient marble set..: PhysOrg – 4,000-year-old shaman’s stones discovered near Boquete, Panama
• Floss of Truth:
  • (EXTRA) Turns out, it’s what you eat, not what you brush with..: Bubblews – Cavemen Had Better Teeth Than We Do
  • (EXTRA) It’s the article the previous article talks about, but with “scientifical” language obscuring direct interpretation..: Nature Genetics – Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions
  • (EXTRA) I think they should try the same thing for other drugs..: New Scientist – Doctors would tax sugary drinks to combat obesity
  • (EXTRA) Make snacks out of EWW if you really want us to slow down on eating them..: Good Food – Scorpion with a side of bee larvae: insects go from pests to protein source
  • (EXTRA) We really don’t have a good handle on that “sustainability” thing, do we?: New Scientist – Biofuel rush is wiping out unique American grasslands
  • (EXTRA) Eventually, it will likely run apps and have Siri installed..: New Scientist – New retinal implant gives sight to nine blind people
  • (EXTRA) This is likely to make it very difficult to do tests, and they will know what’s happening ahead of time… (Oh, not *that* sixth sense..): BBC – Lab rats ‘acquire sixth sense’
  • (EXTRA) Obviously, it was Central Heating..: New Scientist – How was Earth’s life kindled under a cold sun?
  • (EXTRA) What makes you think a cold, wet rock could hold life? Oh, wait..: Phenomenica/ANI – Jupiter’s moon Europa ‘most likely’ place to harbour life
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) Surprisingly only slightly above what I expected..: The Huffington Post – Haunted Mirror Sells For $155 On EBay
  • (EXTRA) … although they are really still of the “doodle” quality level..: New Scientist – 3D-printing pen turns doodles into sculptures
  • (EXTRA) Sometimes, things are art. Other times, they are a giant, “HA HA! YOU NEVER SOLVED THE RUBIK’S CUBE!”: Metro – Wall of Rubik’s Cubes is a world record with a twist
  • (EXTRA) It’s how I imagine the Russians invading..: Metro – Russian soldiers march to SpongeBob SquarePants theme song
  • (EXTRA) It might get meta: admiring the nude who’s admiring the nude..: Orange – Art lovers strip off for naked exhibition
  • (EXTRA) Proving that people are insane. Also: that there is sex even in the frigid parts. Of the world.: Orange – Siberian snowboarders strip for cameras
  • (EXTRA) It’s the equivalent of Romeo and Juliet, only sexier.. (It will likely be a sexy film next year.): Orange – Couple’s naked protest causes gridlock
  • (EXTRA) Because obviously teachers never, ever have anything like sex or sexual thoughts..: Orange – Teacher turns star lingerie model
  • (EXTRA) That’s a bit unfair! “I’m only looking at the ads!” is likely to *still* get you slapped!: Orange – Japanese women rent out thighs to advertisers
  • (EXTRA) The more complex computers get, the more simple the things we get them to do.: New Scientist – Harness vast power of quantum computers… for sums
  • (EXTRA) I’m sure he feels like people are watching… his work..: disinformation – Why Biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s Work is So Interesting for Fans of Mixed Martial Arts and Occultists

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