On the show this week:

• How Do You Mind?
• Transitions In Space
• UF Those
• Extras

CQ: Is there a place for “citizen science”, or does science need to stay within brick institutions to be legit?

Full list of 16 articles after the jump!

• How Do You Mind?:
  • Keep listening to the show, it’s healthy for you! 🙂: From The Grapevine – Why ‘wasting your time’ is actually a good thing
  • Or rather, shows that you can force people to control their dreams, which isn’t quite the same thing…: Big Think – New Study Shows How to Control Your Dreams
  • A different defintion of Access To Information Request.: Singularity Hub – Scientists Connect Brain to a Basic Tablet; Paralyzed Patient Googles With Ease
  • In this case, the science is stink or swim..: LiveScience – Get a Whiff of This: Man Hasn’t Showered in 12 Years
  • Rose-coloured i-glasses?: LiveScience – Teens Are Happier Than in the Past – Why Are Adults So Miserable?
  • Is it just because you are closer to death? What? Was that dark?: The Guardian UK – Signs of dementia could include sense of humour getting darker, says study
• Transitions In Space:
  • (EXTRA) Moon? That’s no moon…: New Scientist – (O) Our moon would be a planet under new definition of planethood
  • (EXTRA) I’m pretty sure they are looking at the book, and now how handsome Matt Damon plays astronauts. (I hope..): From The Grapevine – (O) How would humans live on Mars? Matt Damon’s ‘The Martian’ inspires NASA
  • (EXTRA) The little engine that shouldn’t, but does.: Yahoo! Finance – (O) NASA confirms that the ‘impossible’ EmDrive thruster really works, after new tests
  • (EXTRA) The ultimate DIY to get to space?: Daily Grail – (O) EmDrive Breakthrough: Show Us The Money!
  • (EXTRA) Are we fools to hope for scientific breakthroughs?: Forbes – (O) The EM Drive, NASA’s ‘Impossible Engine,’ Highlights Our Greatest Failing
• UF Those:
  • (EXTRA) UFOs happen to all sorts of people — not just questionable ones.: Open Minds – Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer posts UFO interview video
  • (EXTRA) Fuzzy words, or fuzzy logic?: Mysterious Universe – Roswell’s UFO — The “Victims of the Wreck”
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) How is this only art?: Smithsonian – (O) This Ear Was Made With Vincent Van Gogh’s DNA
  • (EXTRA) The movie PI clearly had it right..: EurekAlert – New derivation of pi links quantum physics and pure math
  • (EXTRA) Before you say yes, imagine a world overthrown by angry beavers who have figured out history and are pissed off about it.: New Scientist – Should the UK bring back beavers to help manage floods?

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