On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Animalice
- Dubious Invention
- Upper Space
CQ: Will the notion of a “workweek” in which you work at your job for several regular days in a row survive into the future, when days, weeks and other planetary-based time measurement become obsoleted by the travel into space — or is the traditional workweek timeframe already completely disrupted by globalization, individual entrepreneurship and the Internet of Tribes?
Full list of 26 articles after the jump!
- Front Page:
- Oh, *NICE* one!: Orange – Vikings ‘gave sarcastic humour to Britain’
- Livin’ the dream? Or waiting for the inevitable GAME OVER.: Orange – Gamer earns enough to give up day job
- We don’t really know where money comes from, so why should it matter?: New Scientist – Why the search for Bitcoin’s founder matters
- Will victory by another name smell half as sweet?: Orange – Poker game cost man his good name
- You pay less, you get less healthcare, but you get the same ghosts..: Fear Net – This Haunted Kentucky Hospital Will Soon Reopen as a Haunted Hotel
- Animalice:
- Well, better we revive them than the Old Ones do..: ABC Australia/AFP – Giant, 30,000-year-old virus Pithovirus sibericum reborn from Siberian permafrost
- If it doesn’t exist, it really isn’t necessary to create them.. Honestly!: The Houston Chronicle – Houston ‘chupacabra’ sighting could be real animal purposely bred
- “Do you want flies with that?”: BBC – Australia: Lost German tourist ‘ate flies’ to survive
- And yet, no one is arrested for a stupid hat and booties..: Orange – Tattooist slammed for inking pet dog
- Challenge accepted!: Orange – Stray looks grumpier than Grumpy Cat
- I really imagine a leather-vest on a cat, with heroic rockets letting it fly and claw out enemy eyes..: The Guardian UK/AP – Fur flies over 16th century ‘rocket cats’ warfare manual
- The difference is likely: dogs volunteered, cats were drafted..: Gizmodo – Exploding Dogs Were Used as Mobile Anti-Tank Mines During World War II
- Dubious Invention:
- It’s only a hoax if you don’t believe! (And aren’t delusional): CBC – HUVr: Real life ‘Back to the Future’ Hoverboard sadly a hoax
- Next: the guitarist with extra fingers, the singer with bionic vocal cords, and the bassist with extended arms.: New Scientist – Bionic arm gives cyborg drummer superhuman skills
- People are paying thousands to have bad fake hairdos, too.: Metro – People are paying thousands of pounds to have platinum inserted into their eyeballs
- It was probably a bit stale by the time it arrived.: 3 News – Boldly going where no pastry has gone before
- Do you need to suffer to really reach great heights? How do you build that into education? Have we already done so?: New Scientist – The science of success: Blood, or sweat and tears?
- This will likely cause some religious conundrums when combined with a time machine..: Orange – Miracle Machine turns water into wine
- Can software make a good judge of character?: New Scientist – Perjurers and fake reviews train software to spot lies
- Can software make a good judge of character — and be your best friend?: New Scientist – Feeling sad? Computer knows by looking at how you move
- Just because you make a healthier alternative doesn’t guarantee people will use it.: Slate – Shorter, Fatter “Average Barbie” Is No Match for the Original
- Are we just replacing one bad ideal with a better ideal?: The Daily Trojan – Society shouldn’t be too quick to praise ‘Lammily’
- Upper Space:
- (EXTRA) In other words: “INVISIBLE STUFF LOOKS LIKE RIGHT INVISIBLE STUFF”. ?: Wired – Strange Signal From Galactic Center Is Looking More and More Like Dark Matter
- (EXTRA) The world is strange, and now it sends us signals.: LiveScience – Mysterious Flashing ‘Earthquake Lights’ Maybe Explained
- (EXTRA) Shields up, captain Planet!: New Scientist – Earth raises a plasma shield to battle solar storms
- (EXTRA) Like most of the UFO files we’ve heard of, they are a little too little, a little too late.: Grenz/Wissenschaft-aktuell – Revealed: The UFO-Files of the German Secret Service BND
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