On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Prize The Dead
• Science Gone Rightly Wrong
• Extras

CQ: What will the first folk song conceived on Mars be about?

Full list of 23 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • The result of “free for all” is a free-for-all..: Patheos – After Satanists Planned to Give Away Coloring Books, Florida School Board Halts Religious Distributions Entirely
  • May also read: “I’ve only got one hammer/rule, so I’m going to apply it everywhere!”: Orange – Top Saudi cleric bans snowmen
  • Well, at least it doesn’t taste like ass.: Orange – Whale testicle flavoured beer goes on sale
  • I think schools should use more themes. Star Trek High anyone?: Telegraph Journal/Times-Transcript – Picture of Riverview school’s Harry Potter world goes viral
• Prize The Dead:
  • Do I still have to worry about the environment when I’m dead?: Capsula Mundi – Capsula Mundi
  • I’m pretty sure it says something about sharing fairly or something, which is probably a lesson for the scientists involved.: Hexapolis – Researchers salvage what might be the oldest Gospel in existence
  • If only psychics and history professors would work together to fill in the missing bits..: The Florida Times-Union – Psychics say they offer legitimate, valuable services
  • Is it not really less weird to think that you’ve projected an alternative version of yourself upon your own senses?: LiveScience – Ever Wake Up and Think You See a Ghost? Here’s What’s Happening
  • Funny, usually TV and movies are blamed for /making/ zombies, not curing them..: Mysterious Universe – Former Walking Corpse Credits Disney With Return From Dead
  • The nightmare of being “locked in” is why Mark doesn’t wear pj’s..: LifeNews – Man Awakens After 12 Years in a “Vegetative State,” Says “I Was Aware of Everything”
  • They say that smell is the top sense to trigger memory. Money is probably a close second..: Mysterious Universe – Man Wakes Up From Coma After Smelling Money
  • Technically, anyone who smells a fart has sensed the unseen, but we all know there are more than 5 senses, right?: Epoch Times – Do Some People Sense the Unseen? (Part 1)
  • Well, by “evidence” they mean some strong suggestions, but it’s still interesting..: Epoch Times – Do Some People Sense the Unseen? (Part 2): The evidence
• Science Gone Rightly Wrong:
  • Talk about “spooky action at a distance” — will this lead to things like anti-gravity?: MIT News – Particles accelerate without a push
  • Why does this constantly happen?: Smithsonian – The Speed of Light Can Vary
  • It seems like the only problem with the laws of physics is that humans made them up..: The Physics Arxiv Blog – The Paradoxes That Threaten To Tear Modern Cosmology Apart
  • (EXTRA) Oh sure, planet “X” may be real, but what about that “dwarf” planet? #savepluto: Space.com – Mysterious Planet X May Really Lurk Undiscovered in Our Solar System
  • (EXTRA) Right device, wrong planet: send it to Mars!: Silicon Angle – China super-sizes 3D-printing with world’s first printed apartment building
  • (EXTRA) Using apps to teach people to read feels like using a dictionary to learn how to spell: it comes after and with learning, not instead of..: New Scientist – Forget grown-ups: apps can let kids teach themselves
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) Google: “We’re moving Google Glass from development to a production wing of the company.” Everyone’s reaction: “DING DONG! IT’S DEAD!” Um..: New Scientist – OK Glass? Wearables march on despite Google’s setback
  • (EXTRA) Is “the government” hiding the good evidence — or are we just all too lazy to look for it?: Mysterious Universe – UFOs: Great Cases in Plain Sight!
  • (EXTRA) Several sources point out that the “for free” part is the only new part of this story..: Open Minds – USAF UFO Project Blue Book files go online for free
  • (EXTRA) Pointing out a particular subset of potentially gem-worthy UFO sightings from Blue Book.: De Void – Drilling for fossils in ancient sediment

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