On the show this week: Thinking About It; Japanimated; Space Between Your Fears; Death is a Plug-in; What Are, Water, Everywhere? CQ: Presume that humans that grew up on different planets are genetically modified — whether by nature or science — and therefore more adapted to different environments. Would they still be eligible for the Olympics?
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On the show this week: Patient, Heal Thy Self; CQ: Everybody compared inventions for ages as “the best thing since sliced bread”. Tell me a modern equivalent: what’s an invention in the last 20 years that seems relatively simple, but which has made the greatest impact to daily life?
Full list of articles after the jump!
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On the show this week: Improbable Byproduct; Emotional Journey; Transferring Science Credits; Off This Rockl CQ: When it comes to the days-of-the-week in the future, we will just extend or shorten the list of named days we currently use, or invent entirely new names for them. What new names will we use? Full list of 16 articles after the jump!
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On the show this week: Learning To Fail; Apocalypse How?; Future Toys; Future Imperfect; CQ: What would you do if you thought that existence was about to end in 5 minutes? Full list of 19 articles after the jump!
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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!
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On the show this week: Mind Bullets; Bee/Movies; CQ: Have we really invented any new scares for mankind, or are they just window dressing over things that frightening the more primitive animal ancestors?
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On the show this week: Front Page; Mind Your Please and Cues; Why-Tech; CQ: Will the present-day cultures we identify ourselves with have any meaning once we have transitioned into an inter-planetary species — or will they mean even more? Full list of 15 articles after the jump!
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On the show this week: Front Page; Mind CTRL-ALT-DEL; Unnatural History; CQ: Would the discovery of alien gear — but not aliens themselves! — which would catapult humanity technologically forward thousands of years tear humanity apart, or would we easily adapt to it?
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On the show this week: Front Page Brain Drain Inverse Universe CQ: Is a very active imagination a luxury or a valued asset? Full list of 23 articles after the jump! Front Page: I blame the molemen!: Unknown source: – Mystery tunnel found near Pan Am Games venue SEE!?! They even *mention* the mole people!: […]
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On the show this week: Front Page Awl In Your Head Big Hairy Deal Space is both Out and In Extras CQ: If computers and robots could have free will, can we turn it off when we don’t like it? Full list of 44 articles after the jump! Front Page: No, it doesn’t make you […]
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On the show this week: Front Page; Eyes on Space; In The Flesh; Extras; CQ: Most persistent, ancient holidays seem to be apparently religion acting as mass psychologists to celebrate good times and counter-program against dark times (like Winter) — so should psychologists (under the guise, perhaps, of governments) be put to work creating holidays and celebrations that will be used in space, on Mars, or on future planets — or should such celebrations only be allowed to develop “organically” from a combination of mass meme and clever capitalism?
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TWS273: A Fresh Old Start On the show this week: Front Page Broken Premises The Unnatural World Historical Blindness Extras CQ: What one thing would a person from the year 2014 find recognizeable in humanity or its creations in the year 20014? What would have radically changed the most? Full list of 36 articles after […]
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pmW4mhHm_E] Hosts: Marc Cabot, Richard Gray, Andy McMullen, Nuchtchas, The Clockwork Doctor Description: Marc, Rich, Andy, Nuchtchas, and Tek talk about some mind blowing (and some not so mind blowing) facts. Epic Words “The reason why certain people turn to philosophy, why I became a philosopher, since I was a little boy, I always felt
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