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?
Full list of 31 articles after the jump!
- Front Page:
- Really, it was just a CR2 panic, much less than what happened when Goths discovered White Wolf games..: BBC – The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic
- There are some questionable entries, but he also has a much better stocked kitchen than mine!: Orange – Alphabet Sandwich has food for every letter
- So quiet, you can pay to hear a pin drop.: Orange – Aussies pay for minute of silence on phones
- Is this believable? Or an April Fool’s joke? Why do I feel nervous?: Mirror – Japanese gangsters Yakuza create THEME TUNE and website for recruitment drive
- A dress which looks better, the less you see of it..: Orange – Dress turns transparent when you’re turned on
- In terms of stealth construction, this definitely ranks up there with the mansion constructed behind bales of hay.: Orange – Flats planted on top of tower block
- Can we disect materialist visions of the mind by using anecdotal evidence? How much do I want to say “yes”?: The Chronicle of Higher Knowledge – Visions of the Impossible
- A materialist reponds with a bit of grounding.: Why Evolution Is True – Does consciousness refute materialism? The Chronicle of Higher Education promotes woo
- The Nuke next door?: New Scientist – Start-ups fuel boom in small-scale nuclear power
- Eyes on Space:
- There is always the perpetual problem of finishing your digitizing just as the format changes, of course.. “Whoops! So much for the JPG archive of Alexandiria!”: New Scientist – Digitising cave art will prevent it being lost forever
- I really want these to sound like the Bit from TRON..: Orange – Satnav shoes can find the way home
- Will you be a Good Citizen and let the Benevolent State spy on you?: New Scientist – A smart way to get personal with the future
- It would satisfy my sense of how absurd the universe is if this really worked.: OpenMinds – German town inaugurates UFO landing pad
- Just like he’s admitted before: “I don’t know anything, but I’d be happy to know the things that I couldn’t know.” (Are there any paraphrase quotation marks?): The Sydney Morning Herald – Bill Clinton admits on Jimmy Kimmel Live to investigating aliens
- Well, aside from the radiation, change of gravity and complete lack of anything to eat..: The Northern Echo – Scientists find possible new species which live like life on Mars
- (EXTRA) And the whole world cried out: “OOOH! SHINY!”: NBC – Bright Blips on Mars Pictures Spark a Buzz Among UFO Fans
- (EXTRA) And NASA replied with: “Well, i’ts probably just a shiny thing. Or COSMIC RAYS.”: The Houston Chronicle – NASA offers 3 explanations for strange bright light seen in photo from Mars
- (EXTRA) And suddenly COSMIC RAYS seemed just as cool as anything anyone else had come up with..: NBC – NASA Explains Martian Flash, and It’s Not What You Think
- (EXTRA) Or maybe just displaced deer’s eyes. Not that THAT doesn’t have the chance to sound just as strange..: Metro – A couple’s infrared camera recorded images of mysterious UFO in Mississippi
- In The Flesh:
- (EXTRA) Sadly, it’s one more example of a tradition at an Ivy League school being not nearly as interesting as we thought it was..: Boston Magazine – That Harvard Book Bound In Human Flesh Isn’t Actually Bound In Human Flesh
- (EXTRA) It’s dying twice that I find scariest. Best to do it right the first time, I think!: NBC4 – Grandmother Died Trying to Escape Morgue Freezer: Lawsuit
- (EXTRA) Couldn’t they just dam it up or something? A flood of beefalo sounds like… Rather tasty, if done right..: New Scientist – Grand Canyon struggles to repel invading beefalo
- (EXTRA) Because nothing says “logical next step” like “UFO hotel”.: San Bernadino Sun – Baker businessman expands vision with UFO Hotel
- (EXTRA) Apparently, people really want this hotel.: Open Minds – Beef jerky mogul’s UFO hotel gets the green light
- (EXTRA) Oh, NOW they want the beefalo, eh?: New Scientist – Synthetic biology can supplement traditional farmers
- (EXTRA) Collectively, we decided to do some good rather than cat pictures. Ok, there was time for both.: New Scientist – Online army helps map Guinea’s Ebola outbreak
- (EXTRA) It always sounds like a new Mexican food dish to me..: The UK Independent – Texas couple claim they have caught a live chupacabra
- (EXTRA) Suddenly, does all the claims that this was a phenomena that started in the 80s seem a little less likely?: Forteania – 19th Century Chupacabras
- (EXTRA) … and suddenly we will have a whole new round of “ENHANCE!” on TV shows..: Who Forted? – New Software Can Detect Bigfoot Hoax Videos
- (EXTRA) She seems to be convinced, at least.: UK Daily Mail – Can this eight-year-old really perform miracles? The Brazilian girl who claims she can channel God to cure arthritis, cancer and HIV just by touching people
- Extras:
- (EXTRA) I guess retirement works a bit differently there..: Orange – World’s oldest barmaid still serving at 100
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