{"id":3235370,"date":"2015-05-13T20:31:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T23:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2015-05-13T20:31:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T23:31:08","slug":"tws316-scatastrophic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/tws\/tws316-scatastrophic","title":{"rendered":"TWS316: Scatastrophic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWS316-logo2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1274\" src=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWS316-logo2-258x300.png\" alt=\"TWS316 logo\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On the show this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Front Page<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s Finally Deal With This Crap<\/li>\n<li>OFU&#8217;s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CQ: What is the most disappointing shortcoming of a commonplace modern technological invention?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: large;\">Full list of 15 articles after the jump!<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1272\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Front Page:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>English: winning by being the least unpopular one..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22630193.200-scientific-babel-why-english-rules.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VUlZ0mbpZi4\" >Scientific Babel: Why English rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Funny, I just needed to go to high school dances to experience this..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn27401-illusion-allows-people-to-feel-what-it-is-like-to-be-invisible.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VTlThmbpZi4\" >(O) Illusion allows people to feel what it is like to be invisible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s the holidays: someone boot up Grampa!<\/em>: <strong>Discover Magazine <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/lovesick-cyborg\/2015\/04\/26\/when-robot-personalities-mimic-the-dead\/?%20Brain%29#.VUA-Rmbpbbw\" >(O) When Robot Personalities Mimic the Dead<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Repeat after me: a photograph is not a person..<\/em>: <strong>TechRadar <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/wearables\/could-virtual-reality-bring-your-loved-ones-back-from-the-dead--1291980\" >(O) Could virtual reality bring your loved ones back from the dead?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>It would be really great to have some focussed geniuses looking at this.<\/em>: <strong>LiveScience <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50694-child-prodigies-autism-genetics.html\" >Child Prodigies and Autism: Is There a Genetic Link?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Let&#8217;s Finally Deal With This Crap:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s one part Aliens, one part toxic farts..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn27463-beetle-blasts-toxic-spray-of-hot-chemicals-from-its-rear-end.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VUlY2mbpZi4\" >Beetle blasts toxic spray of hot chemicals from its rear end<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>And when Spiderman was accidentally bitten by a spider, and then accidentally sprayed with graphene..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn27468-spiders-sprayed-with-graphene-or-carbon-nanotubes-spin-super-silk.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VUla4WbpZi4\" >Spiders sprayed with graphene or carbon nanotubes spin super silk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Just giving this stuff away!<\/em>: <strong>LiveScience <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50235-solid-gold-poop-could-yield-precious-metals.html\" >(O) Solid Gold: Poop Could Yield Precious Metals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>This story rings a bell..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn27404-direct-probing-of-brain-reveals-multiple-regions-cause-tinnitus.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VTlTcmbpZi4\" >(O) Direct probing of brain reveals multiple regions cause tinnitus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>OFU&#8217;s:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Apparently, hundreds of years passing by means more than one civilization may have seen really old things.<\/em>: <strong>LiveScience <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50699-nasca-lines-ritual-procession.html\" >Mysterious Nazca Line Geoglyphs Formed Ancient Pilgrimage Route<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>And yet there is not absolute, honest or even really truthful about this story. It&#8217;s not even about UFOs!<\/em>: <strong>Macleans <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/society\/the-absolute-honest-truth-about-ufos\/\" >The absolute, honest truth about UFOs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Apparently, there are some who take aliens seriously..<\/em>: <strong>Vice <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/the-very-serious-business-of-figuring-out-how-earth-will-handle-first-contact-with-aliens-514\" >The Very Serious Business of Figuring Out How Earth Will Handle First Contact with Aliens<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Like, really HUGE.<\/em>: <strong>Metro <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2015\/04\/07\/if-aliens-exist-than-theyre-absolutely-massive-scientist-claims-5138519\/\" >(O) If aliens exist then they&#8217;re absolutely massive, scientist claims<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>It&#8217;s kinda the equivelent of &#8220;We hit a person on the toe with a hammer, so therefore all stubbed toes are caused by hammers&#8221; explanation..<\/em>: <strong>Live Science <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50683-out-of-body-illusion.html?adbid=10152719251241761&amp;adbpl=fb&amp;adbpr=30478646760&amp;cmpid=514627_20150501_44980306&amp;short_code=2wnoz\" >Out-of-Body Experience Is Traced in the Brain<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>An article drove this writer out of his mind, at least..<\/em>: <strong>Daily Grail <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailygrail.com\/Mind-Mysteries\/2015\/5\/Science-Claims-OBEs-Solved-Yet-Again-Is-It-Really\" >Science Claims OBE&#8217;s Solved, Yet Again! 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