On the show this week:

• Front Page
• SciHiTech
• Cryptospookology
• Random

CQ: What can we do to legitimize cryptid research?

Full list of 35 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • The man did research in the stacks as a *hobby*… That’s BADASS.: Above Top Secret – Charles Fort’s Entire Note Collection Becoming Available Soon
  • I’m not afraid of clowns. I’m afraid of jerks!: BBC – Portsmouth mystery clown ‘disturbing’ people in streets
  • And no, it’s not mimes..: The Local France – Fear of ‘armed clowns’ grips northern France
  • I always wonder if a Haunted House set inside a “haunted house” aggravates or deflates the mythos..: Honolulu Magazine – Friday Frights: Ghost Stories from Hawai’i’s “Haunted” Plantation Village
  • How far is too far? And how do we prove it?: Inquisitr – ‘Extreme’ Haunted House Or Legal Torture? McKamey Manor Allows You To Live A Horror Movie [Video]
  • Of course, that’s a bold claim, given they can’t prove it.. Can they?: Orange – British firm offers zombie-proof log cabin
  • “… Many miles away something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake…” – The Police, Synchronicity II: BBC – Sex ’emerged in ancient Scottish lake’
  • So, the mission will last for 67 days and then return, right?: The UK Independent – Mars colonists ‘would start dying after 68 days’
• SciHiTech:
  • Yes, it works. Yes, it hovers. Yes, you ride it like a skateboard. The details are important, but don’t change the fact that it really works (if to a limited degree).: Orange – World’s first hoverboard in action
  • The only people who will really be disappointed are those who invented a bigger picture of the invention for themselves!: The Register – Back to the … drawing board: ‘Hoverboard’ will disappoint Marty McFly wannabes
  • (EXTRA) Is it bad when scientists have friends? Does friendship invalidate the science?: Unknown source: – E-Cat test issues
  • Following in the wake of the E-Cat news, does this make either claim more credible?: International Business Times – Lockheed Martin to Develop 100 Megawatt Compact Fusion Reactor in a Decade
  • Yes! No. But.. Maybe?: MIT Technology Review – Does Lockheed Martin Really Have a Breakthrough Fusion Machine?
  • Because we know we all needed this..: Orange – Smartphone-controlled paper plane
  • Appropriately enough, they can’t even determine if they actually have one. It’s like, just looking at it forces it to be something else..: New Scientist – Quantum computer buyers’ guide: Buy one today
  • Continuing the fine tradition of separating entangled pairs by ship..: New Scientist – Quantum internet could cross seas by container ship
  • I’m sure it was totally legit and wouldn’t make us wag our fingers and “tut-tut” if we found out. Totally legit. (Oops! Left off the tag!): The Guardian UK/AP – Secret space plane lands at US air force base after unknown two-year mission
  • Is this even something you *can* prepare for?: Gizmodo – The Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Flip Within Our Lifetime
  • (EXTRA) Well, son, for this story we have to go waaaaay back..: The Daily Grail – The Origin of Robotics: A 4000 Year Journey
  • We are still pretty bad in handling technology after death.: BBC – South Shields woman’s ‘text from the grave’ shock
• Cryptospookology:
  • (EXTRA) Good thing we don’t have those here; they’d be pets!: Orange – Scientist photographs dog-sized spider
  • (EXTRA) And by “Ghostbuster”, they mean “Professional Skeptic Paid To Make Things Go Away”. And by “Actual”, they mean “Professionally Paid”.: Fast Company – Meet The Actual Ghostbuster
  • (EXTRA) Interesting note is that they use a “spirit box”, a detuned receiver..: The Anniston Star – Alabama group deploys high-tech to hunt ghosts
  • (EXTRA) Wherein things that shouldn’t live on the islands are legends, either of what is now gone, or what people brought with them.: Fate Magazine – Aloha, Cryptozoology: Mythic and Mystery Beasts of Hawaii
  • (EXTRA) Which is to say, people are bickering about who should investigate.: Cairns Post – Port Douglas on yowie watch after close encounters with strange beasts
  • (EXTRA) Is Reality TV ever really something we can hold up as “good”?: Cryptoville – Doing More Harm than Good?
  • (EXTRA) A summary of the history of a creature that may never have existed — or might be all of us!: Paranormal People – The Golem: Friend, Foe, or Farce?
• Random:
  • (EXTRA) I don’t think that marriage vows should read like stereo receipts, with a “money back guarantee”..: BBC – UAE: Man divorces wife ‘possessed by genie’
  • (EXTRA) Just a reminder that not everything we find — or that our descendents, many generations from now find — need be an actual thing, merely the shadow or mockery of a thing.: LiveScience – Photos: Uncovering Sphinxes from 1923 ‘The Ten Commandments’
  • (EXTRA) That weird part is that they use the word “cult” over and over again..: Fox News/Livescience – Storm god worship: Ancient cult complex discovered in Israel
  • (EXTRA) What’s so strange about that? A lot of people love to screw around with engines..: Dangerous Minds – Man admits to having sex with over 700 cars
  • (EXTRA) Because Winter is Coming.: Orange – Garden centre recruiting reindeer walkers
  • (EXTRA) Will never be able to break the record of Least Number of Records Broken.: Orange – Man is addicted to breaking records
  • (EXTRA) That’s not a motorbike — that’s an low-orbit glider!: Orange – Mum, 46, breaks bike speed record
  • (EXTRA) If they know your favourite drink, does that mean your cover is blown?: The Washington Post – At CIA Starbucks, even the baristas are covert

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