On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Haunted
• Reconfigured
• Extras

CQ: Are we living (at least in the West), in a delusion of modernity, when reality is much more normal, old-fashioned and mundane than the technological dream we both imagine we have now and strive to solidify?

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Full list of 37 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • Something tells me that the movie ended better..: Orange – Balloonist abandons Atlantic crossing
  • Well, if he was really from the forest, the work would actually be *easier*..: The Local of Germany – ‘Forest Boy’ faces work after court fraud hearing
  • Is it any less cool if it’s an art project? (Ok, maybe..): io9 – Meet the mysterious men behind Oklahoma’s monument to Azathoth
  • It’s like a whole new level has been achieved!: New Scientist – Pop-up island emerges from the sea after earthquake
  • The easy answer is: we’re dumb. The harder answer is: we’re not, but we might think we are.: New Scientist – Climate science: Why the world won’t listen
  • Have we passed the threshold of no return?: New Scientist – World won’t cool without geoengineering, warns report
  • Hug the uglies!: BBC – Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote
• Haunted:
  • Doctors Dragon, V. Ampire and G. O. A. Tsucker are looking for genuine responses.: Bubblews – Chinese Hospital Asks for 100 Virgins to Study HPV
  • Death always seems both complicated and simple, doesn’t it?: Los Angeles Times – Brain activity found after ‘brain death’
  • It seems more like a state of awareness, rather than consciousness, but I’m not conscious of anyone aware of it.: LiveScience – Strange New State of Consciousness Could Exist, Researcher Says
  • Mind the ghastly draft!: Orange – Nude haunted house will scare your pants off
  • Unlike the ancient days, you really *can* just stop being a witch these days..: The UK Telegraph – Wookey Hole witch hangs up her broomstick
  • It’s an instant ghost story, if only it were a ghost.: News.com.au – ‘Mystery figure haunting the Swiss woods for over a decade’
  • (EXTRA) The scares are likely all in your head.: Birmingham Mail – Hair-raising chills as poltergeist runs riot at Brum salon
  • Turns out, Jack The Ripper was a locket. No, that can’t be right.: The UK Daily Mail – Has this locket finally unmasked Jack the Ripper? Descendant of fifth victim claims tiny photo proves serial killer was Queen Victoria’s surgeon
  • (EXTRA) Where wolf? Oh, over there.: The Good Haven Tribune – Legendary Dogman seen in Ottawa County?
  • More strangely, UFO belief on the wan..: The UK Telegraph – Who you gonna call? Belief in ghosts is rising
  • He’s not afraid of the afterlife, he’s afraid of the current life.: Cambridge News – Stephen Hawking raises the possibility of life after death and claims ‘the afterlife is a fairytale for people afraid of the dark’
• Reconfigured:
  • (EXTRA) There’s always someone who messes up the column size..: Skye News US – Woman Wins Battle Over 35-Letter Surname
  • (EXTRA) It’s all fine until he spreads himself on your toast.: Orange – Man changes his name to Marmite
  • (EXTRA) Forget the animals: it kinda confuses me, too!: Orange – Zoo bans leopard print clothing
  • (EXTRA) Apparently, it has something to do with being a psycho..: New Scientist – First physical evidence of why you’re an owl or a lark
  • (EXTRA) Too bad they didn’t just cover the world with this at one point..: Discover Magazine – Dinosaur Feathers Found in Ancient Amber
  • (EXTRA) Oh, how fun it is that every year we find out something bizarre about the Nazis..: The UK Daily Mail – Operation Munchkin: Bizarre Nazi plan to breed giant Angora rabbits in concentration camps for fur-lined clothes for Hitler’s men
  • (EXTRA) Yes, it’s to replace the original, not just two become a super-sniffing sleuth..: Orange – Man grows new nose on his forehead
  • (EXTRA) It’s all fun & games until someone figures out where to put the spigot.: NPR/The Salt – Auto-Brewery Syndrome: Apparently, You Can Make Beer In Your Gut
  • (EXTRA) So.. not a solid, liquid or gas? A wobbly gel.: PhysOrg – Scientists create never-before-seen form of matter
  • (EXTRA) The world is not entirely known.: Metro – British scientists claim to have discovered alien life… in Wakefield
  • (EXTRA) Strange that it takes a blast of rock & heat to make life. Not born out of patience and a calm universe, are we?: ScienceDaily – Scientists Discover Cosmic Factory for Making Building Blocks of Life
  • (EXTRA) Yeah, but how do you get the sharks *in* to the breasts?: STV – Antibodies found in shark blood could help tackle breast cancer
  • (EXTRA) Those who live in glass shells have some real stones..: The UK Daily Mail – The snail with a TRANSPARENT shell: New species of mollusc with a glass-like home is discovered inside Croatia’s deepest cave
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) Turns out, the secretest spice was: a seething hatred.: ABS-CBN News – KFC unearths Colonel Sanders? secret recipes
  • (EXTRA) Strange, the wings should have given it away..: CTV – N.B. couple shocked to find horse standing on roof
  • (EXTRA) If you are chained to your decisions, you make be a captive of bad luck.: New Scientist – How the prisoner’s dilemma changes diners’ etiquette
  • (EXTRA) The world might need to reboot..: New Scientist – Real-world Civilisation game shows impact of war
  • (EXTRA) It’s camping like this (hanging off a cliff) that convince me i’d rather be glamping..: Orange – The world’s most extreme camping trip
  • (EXTRA) It’s like creating space!: New Scientist – 3D-printed objects outgrow their printers

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