{"id":3231736,"date":"2014-09-29T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2015-09-22T19:23:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T22:23:46","slug":"tws291-to-nobelly-ig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/tws\/tws291-to-nobelly-ig","title":{"rendered":"TWS291: To Nobelly Ig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TWS291-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1160\" src=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TWS291-logo-257x300.png\" alt=\"TWS291 logo\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On the show this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Front Page<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t Mean To Pry, Mate<\/li>\n<li>The Digital Analogue<\/li>\n<li>Extras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CQ: Which will come first: world peace, or interstellar space travel? Is one necessary for the other?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: large;\">Full list of 31 articles after the jump!<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1159\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Front Page:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>&#8220;To all the losers, and especially the winners: better luck next time!&#8221;<\/em>: <strong>The Annals of Improbable Research <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.improbable.com\/ig\/winners\/\" >The 2014 Ig Nobel Prize Winners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Well, when you put it that way, it sounds kinda dumb and tedious&#8230;<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26232-feedback-ig-nobel-prize-for-watching-dogs-urinate.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VB4i_OcUZWY\" >Feedback: Ig Nobel prize for watching dogs urinate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>And the prize for &#8220;best comeback&#8221; goes to&#8230;<\/em>: <strong>The Huffington Post <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/09\/19\/satanic-coloring-book_n_5846640.html\" >Florida Satanic Church To Pass Out Children&#8217;s Coloring Books In Public Schools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Sounds like an anime. &#8220;Quick, break out that ancient robot to fight for us!&#8221;<\/em>: <strong>BBC <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29224170\" >Canada: Air force raids museum for spare plane parts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>That happens when it transforms into Megalithictron.<\/em>: <strong>Mysterious Universe <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mysteriousuniverse.org\/2014\/09\/new-megalithic-site-could-steal-title-for-oldest-stone-monument\/\" >New Megalithic Site Could Steal Title for Oldest Stone Monument<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t Mean To Pry, Mate:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Once we actually meet up with alien life, these things will just be traffic reports..<\/em>: <strong>The Portsmouth News <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsmouth.co.uk\/news\/a-sign-of-alien-life-or-just-a-ufo-hoax-1-6308685\" >A sign of alien life &#8211; or just a UFO hoax?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>It&#8217;s like the ultimate experimentor robot..<\/em>: <strong>Wired <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/09\/oxytricha-encrypted-genome\/\" >This Bizarre Organism Builds Itself a New Genome Every Time It Has Sex<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>A very firm statement that ultimately needs no proof. (Hmm..)<\/em>: <strong>Transcendant TV and Media <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtranscend.blogspot.ca\/2014\/09\/researcher-claims-sasquatch-are.html\" >Researcher claims &#8216;Sasquatch&#8217; are advanced human-type beings with UFO connections<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Haven&#8217;t they always been there?<\/em>: <strong>The Moscow Times <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/has-the-yeti-come-to-the-moscow-region\/507329.html\" >Has the Yeti Come to the Moscow Region?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Did they have British accents? I&#8217;m thinking they did.<\/em>: <strong>Gympie Times <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/m.gympietimes.com.au\/news\/gympie-man-tells-of-yowie-encounter-queensland\/2393323\/\" >Yowies: &#8216;they&#8217;re out there I&#8217;ve spoken with them&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>To a certain degree, it&#8217;s the best way to get a specimen. But is it murder or science?<\/em>: <strong>Boing Boing <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2014\/09\/18\/men-determined-to-kill-bigfoot.html\" >Men determined to kill Bigfoot<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>By &#8220;primal pull&#8221;, I&#8217;m thinking fight or flight response, personally..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22329873.100-primal-pull-of-a-baby-crying-reaches-across-species.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VB4jbOcUZWY\" >Primal pull of a baby crying reaches across species<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Yeah, but how&#8217;s the haggis?<\/em>: <strong>Yahoo! Travel <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"\" >Buy This Scottish Pub That Promises Views of the Loch Ness Monster<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Well, where else are you going to park it?<\/em>: <strong>Metro <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2014\/09\/17\/bear-tied-to-lamp-post-outside-pub-while-owner-goes-for-a-drink-4871822\/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pulsenews\" >Bear tied to lamp post outside pub while owner goes for a drink<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Digital Analogue:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>And by &#8220;brain-to-brain&#8221;, we mean through all these machines over here.<\/em>: <strong>The UK Telegraph\/AFP <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/11077094\/Brain-to-brain-telepathic-communication-achieved-for-first-time.html\" >(O) Brain-to-brain &#8216;telepathic&#8217; communication achieved for first time<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Too much can be shockingly ineffective.<\/em>: <strong>BBC <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-27343047?ocid=socialflow_twitter\" >(O) Warning over electrical brain stimulation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>The brain is a wonderful, strange land..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26237-epilepsy-gives-woman-compulsion-to-write-poems.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VB4iuucUZWY\" >Epilepsy gives woman compulsion to write poems<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Fortunately, he spoke a bit before the coma as well.<\/em>: <strong>Orange <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/web.orange.co.uk\/article\/quirkies\/Man_wakes_from_coma_speaking_Mandarin\" >(O) Man wakes from coma speaking Mandarin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>It&#8217;s like breathing, only with the mind.<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26242-free-will-persists-even-if-your-brain-made-you-do-it.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VB4ilecUZWY\" >Free will persists (even if your brain made you do it)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Is it any reassurance to say that, on the whole, Wikipedia is as accurate as mainstream encyclopedias?<\/em>: <strong>Michael Prescott <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelprescott.typepad.com\/michael_prescotts_blog\/2014\/09\/wiki-is-still-wacky.html\" >Wiki is still wacky<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>The iPhone: sure to get a rise of even the most stiiff of critics!<\/em>: <strong>The UK Guardian <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/sep\/19\/joan-rivers-apple-iphone-6-instagram\" >Joan Rivers posts from the grave: &#8216;I&#8217;ve just bought an iPhone!&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Sometimes we remember that we are carrying some of the most powerful computers in the world in our hip pockets.<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22329874.300-iphone-eye-test-spots-vision-problems-cheaply.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VB4ikucUZWY\" >iPhone eye test spots vision problems cheaply<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>What do you gaze at to launch the porn? Oh, nevermind.<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22329874.600-gazetracker-lets-you-connect-to-devices-with-a-glance.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VB4izOcUZWY\">Gaze-tracker lets you connect to devices with a glance<\/span><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Not the best way for conjugals, tho..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22329874.200-video-chat-in-us-jail-shelved-over-concerns-for-inmates.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VB4irecUZWY\" >Video chat in US jail shelved over concerns for inmates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>If she does it well enough and keeps the photos, she may fool herself in forty years, too..<\/em>: <strong>Orange <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/web.orange.co.uk\/article\/quirkies\/Student_tricks_family_with_fake_holiday\" >(O) Student tricks family with fake holiday<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>The math teachers always told us &#8220;show your work&#8221;!<\/em>: <strong>NY Times\/The Upshot <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/19\/upshot\/to-get-more-out-of-science-show-the-rejected-research.html?_r=0&amp;abt=0002&amp;abg=0\" >To Get More Out of Science, Show the Rejected Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Is this necessarily a bad thing? Sometimes, science isn&#8217;t enough for life..<\/em>: <strong>NPR <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2014\/09\/09\/345289127\/when-scientists-give-up?refresh=true\" >When Scientists Give Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Now you see it, now you don&#8217;t &#8212; within a certain range of probabilities.<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22329873.000-quantum-internet-could-keep-us-safe-from-spying-eyes.html?full=true#.VB4sXucUZWY\" >Quantum internet could keep us safe from spying eyes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extras:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>What rights do you retain, when all else have been taken away?<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn26233-some-inmates-should-have-the-right-to-euthanasia.html?full=true#.VB4qMecUZWY\" >Some inmates should have the right to euthanasia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>He might also spark static..<\/em>: <strong>BBC <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-essex-29203663\" >&#8216;Gimp Man of Essex&#8217; aiming to spark debate while fundraising<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>In the Polish vs Mexican food of the gods debate, I guess this is a point to the Poles..<\/em>: <strong>UPI <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2014\/09\/09\/Church-members-see-face-of-Jesus-in-pierogi\/8531410262435\/\" >Church members see face of Jesus in pierogi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3283\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/DOmzkwUw2YI\/TWS291-2014-09-27.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3283','http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/DOmzkwUw2YI\/TWS291-2014-09-27.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/DOmzkwUw2YI\/TWS291-2014-09-27.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3231736-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/DOmzkwUw2YI\/TWS291-2014-09-27.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWS291-2014-09-27.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the show this week: Front Page Don&rsquo;t Mean To Pry, Mate The Digital Analogue Extras CQ: Which will come first: world peace, or interstellar space travel? 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