On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Big Issues
• Small Issues
• Extra Issues

CQ: Will an artificially-intelligent product of humanity ever be granted the rights of a human, and will that happen before or after extraterrestrial aliens are granted similar rights?

Full list of 19 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • It just slithers down your throat!: RocketNews24 – Bacon soda’s new contender is here — Say hello to unagi cola!
  • Finally, a reason to generate beer — for it’s side effect benefits!: The New Zealand Herald – Beer-based fuel for Gull
• Big Issues:
  • Get away from the Earth by going to this spot on Earth.: New Scientist – Heaven on earth: The multiverse made of rock and grass
  • Is it up to the justice system to bring forth climate justice?: New Scientist – (O) Illegal not to act: Could courts save world from climate change?
  • Is it up to the religious system to bring forth climate salvation?: The UK Guardian – (O) Pope’s climate change encyclical tells rich nations: pay your debt to the poor
  • Is science the only source of truth in the universe? Or can myth also provide truth?: EsoterX – Hit or Myth: Why We Need Ufology
  • It could also be home to Superman.: The Guardian UK – Philae comet could be home to alien life, say scientists
  • (EXTRA) As long as we don’t give it “To Serve Man” to learn from..: Wired – (O) America’s Next Top Chef Is a Supercomputer From IBM
  • (EXTRA) Computer! Lie to me, make me feel better.: The UK Guardian – (O) Google a step closer to developing machines with human-like intelligence
  • (EXTRA) Doesn’t seem like the key ingredient to a bad/good scifi/horror/porn story..: New Scientist – (O) Soft robot tentacle can lasso an ant without harming it
• Small Issues:
  • (EXTRA) Turns out, this sentence may be long enough that you might reasonably come to the end of it and say… Uh.. What was I talking about?: BBC – ‘My dentist saved my tooth, but wiped my memory’
  • (EXTRA) Is it some sort of old Russian plot? Superdevice? Accidental benefit to videogaming?: New Scientist – (O) Tetris blocks traumatic flashbacks even after the memory is fixed
  • (EXTRA) If only our brains would stop eating meat! (Oh, wait..): New Scientist – (O) Blocking brain protein could stop memory loss caused by ageing
  • (EXTRA) In the future, all kids will be born cool..: New Scientist – (O) All you need to know about conceiving babies from thawed ovaries
  • (EXTRA) Maybe it’s all a ploy by freezer manufacturers..: Metro – (O) Young men urged to freeze their sperm or risk children having genetic disorders
  • (EXTRA) In the future, we will be ambigous about.. things.: News.com.au – (O) Latest trend in baby names: Gender-neutral
  • (EXTRA) Not to mention their emotional ages. Or credit scores..: The Washington Post – (O) Study of 1,000 38-year-olds shows ‘biological age’ ranges from 30 to 60
• Extra Issues:
  • (EXTRA) Are we witnessing evolutionary success? Or are we underestimating how easily intelligence grows?: New Scientist – Bonobos use a range of tools like stone-age humans
  • (EXTRA) I’m sure this was in Planet of the Apes..: New Scientist – (O) Monkeys’ cosy alliance with wolves looks like domestication

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