On the show this week:

• In Between
• Front Page
• Life
• Death

CQ: Is a world in which “equal pay for equal work” is a _universal_, world-wide right a possibility or a pipe-dream?

Full list of 35 articles after the jump!

• In Between:
  • It basically amounts to hiking: pay taxes, take pictures, turn in strange pictures to a government authority. Well, depends on where you go hiking, I suppose..: Slate/The Vault – The American Government’s Advice for Yeti Hunters, 1959
  • Last week, the AVRO flying disc was mentioned. This week, it is refuted as only a flying disc of human origins, not an alien craft. (But I’m sure they *wanted* it to be!): Ghost Theory – Never A UFO
  • Ah, the bible.. a sacred text with words often taken literally as the only way of believing. To others? “S**t my God Says”.: Orange – Church leaders angered by loo roll Bible quotes
  • Ah! So is _that_ what it means for the party to go BOOM!?: Metro – Marijuana cannon used to hurl drug parcels over US border seized by police
  • My reaction ran from “awesome” to… No, it just stayed on “awesome”.: Orange – Woman recreates Hogwarts – in Lego
  • My heart weeps for the 11-year-old who saw his own miniature apocalypse..: Metro – Lego bricks spill on to West Virginia highway causing major delays
• Front Page:
  • First, the meteorite was suggested to be a weapon; now, it’s the target of a weapon?: The UK Daily Mail – Did UFO ‘hit’ Russian meteorite blasting it to smithereens? Conspiracy theorists’ extraordinary claim after new footage emerges
  • Or so he says..: Metro – Man plants entire forest in northern India ‘by himself’
  • Probaby doesn’t include “planting trees”.: Orange – The best jobs in the world
  • The world continues to astonish.: The UK Daily Mail – The coolest beach in America: Hundreds of giant ice boulders weighing 75 POUNDS wash ashore in Michigan
  • Some look and see “Oh, no! A storm!” Others: “An opportunity!”: New Scientist – Reap the whirlwind for cheap renewable power
  • So.. more temperature change in the last 100 years than a few thousand? Must be a coincidence! Right? :/: New Scientist – True face of climate’s hockey stick graph revealed
  • Leading to the “Google Camo” print.: New Scientist – Google Glass app identifies you by your fashion sense
  • Steve Mann has seen the future of Google Glass — by living it for the last 40 years..: CBC – Google Glass is just the beginning
  • Moreover, he believes they’ve visited _and_ abducted us.: The National Post – Q&A: Retired McGill University professor convinced ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ that aliens exist
  • Space laser? Intergalactic pot-shot? Natural phenomenon? : ABC Australia – Mysterious light blamed for circle of fire
  • (EXTRA) Should we have an automatic and fair reaction to be skeptical about what skeptics say?: Daily Grail – James Randi Responds to ‘Social Darwinism’ Controversy
  • (EXTRA) Does all the good that you do erase the stupid things you have said? (I kinda hope so..): Doubtful News – James Randi responds to Storr’s ‘Social Darwinism’ quote
• Life:
  • Hey, that crap has to go somewhere — why not put it to use?: New Scientist – Mars trip to use astronaut poo as radiation shield
  • The four main problems are: leaving, getting there, being alive while getting there, and getting back..: New Scientist – Solve four big problems to get people to Mars by 2018
  • “Tests have shown that, suspicious or hostile, their lives need not be shortened. Truth be told, they can live a long, long while.” – “Scared”, The Tragically Hip (from Day for Night): Science Daily – Pessimism About the Future May Lead to Longer, Healthier Life
  • (EXTRA) I admit: when I thought of “evolution”, I considered it mostly in the “predator/prey” sense, not in the “forming of social bonds to create mutual solutions” sense..: New Scientist – Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest
  • (EXTRA) Well actually, it seems to say more about redefining death than the transition from non-living to living..: Discovery News – New Book Suggests Return from Death Possible
  • (EXTRA) Well, aside from cutting her bangs..: The UK Daily Mail – ‘I’m addicted to my hair!’: Chinese woman, 44, hasn’t cut her 6ft 7in locks in 11 YEARS – and standing just 5ft tall, her tresses are longer than she is
  • Not so much “mummified” as “stored in a box, in separate cities from the rest of his body”. Like a vampire?: BBC – Richard the Lionheart’s mummified heart analysed
  • Should scientists be heros? Or should they be collaborators?: New Scientist – Our $3 million prizes will turn scientists into heroes
• Death:
  • (EXTRA) Still wondering if there is the potential for an internal world of caves under the surface..: The Sydney Morning Herald/AP – Florida man swallowed by sinkhole
  • (EXTRA) Science died in a fire..: New Scientist – Fire destroys the City of Science in Naples, Italy
  • (EXTRA) I suspect much of ancient texts are really the Fortean Times of their times, chronicling the tremendous oddities to inform people and warn them..: Arutz Sheva – Egypt Struck by Swarm of Locusts Ahead of Passover
  • (EXTRA) The bad side: lots of people running into things, as they check their cell phones to see if zombies surround them..: New Scientist – Need to get fit? Try running from zombies
  • (EXTRA) Or maybe it’s a cover-up plan for a Sasquatch invasion?: The Gralien Report – Zombie-UFO Crash Landing: A New FEMA Exercise?
  • (EXTRA) Really, it’s not the size of the official, it’s the amount of sneering superiority to watch out for..: Orange – Short fat cops to be taken off the streets
  • (EXTRA) And in some places, the short, fat guy in a funny suit is a hero!: Metro – The Dark Knight: Bradford Batman says criminal days are behind him
  • (EXTRA) The saddest short story, redux? (“For sale: pair of baby shoes, never worn.”): The Pakistan Daily Times – Shoe-dunnit? Archaeologists determined to solve the mystery
  • (EXTRA) Just reminds me that the world is far stranger than any fictional horror story..: The Huffington Post – Joshua Miner And Alisa Massaro Had Sex On Top Of Corpses They Allegedly Murdered: Police

Podcast: Play in new window | Download