On the show this week:
- Front Page
- A Wondrous Age
- Living Is Easy
- Deity Doo Doo
- Extras
CQ: Which will come first: the immersive, 3-D hologram or the near-human-level artificial intelligence, and why?
Full list of 27 articles after the jump!
- Front Page:
- I wonder if they have a little plastic human poking his head out of a manhole to determine the weather..: Metro – Gopher for the history: Town infested by rodents puts stuffed pests in museum
- Is it inconcievable that a slightly-above-average goat might be able to predict the outcome of a game it neither understands nor cares for? (Um.. yeah..): The Plymouth Herald – No kidding – Psychic goat picked out result of Plymouth Argyle’s clash with Cheltenham
- The Voynich Manuscripts secrets are made clear when people start asking the obvious question: just what are these plants, anyway?: Digital Journal – American Botanical Council Publishes Revolutionary Analysis Unlocking Mysteries of 500-Year-Old Manuscript
- It’s the equivalent of a bearded man passing by a razer — if the razer is in a car that passes him on the highway.: News24 – Asteroid shaves Earth, more on the way
- Japanese women report that they are always in love with the end of the day..: AFP – Japanese bra only unhooks for true love, say makers
- A Wondrous Age:
- The hologram of sound.: New Scientist – Beams of sound immerse you in music others can’t hear
- Good farmers know that it’s all about good dirt.: New Scientist – Ploughable sensors help farmers get more crop per drop
- I wonder when we’ll allow drugs for kids (again).: New Scientist – UK government to ban e-cigarettes for under-18s
- He can’t seem to make up his mind — but then again, neither can the universe.: Nature – Stephen Hawking: ‘There are no black holes’
- It’s a happy story of science destroying simple predictions of hope.: The UK Guardian – The British amateur who debunked the mathematics of happiness
- And people say that technology only separates us for communication.: New Scientist – Conversation app helps parents boost child’s language
- Yeah, but aren’t we all guilty of that?: Popular Science – Lawsuit Alleges NASA Is Failing To Investigate Alien Life
- No, but it may be loaning it out to some suspicious people..: io9 – Has National Geographic lost its mind?
- Living Is Easy:
- (EXTRA) The look on his face is pure Lovecraftian mystery..: The Sydney Morning Herald – Stars form in electrician’s eyes after powerful shock
- (EXTRA) Did it really matter that humanity took the slow route to get here? Or is artificial restriction a better way to challnge complacent scientists?: New Scientist – Stem cell breakthrough could reopen clone wars
- (EXTRA) I suppose it depends on who they look up to, I suppose..: Reuters – Study finds feeling short makes people prone to paranoia
- (EXTRA) Also: the mother of all nightmares. : New Scientist – 3D fossil portrait could be the mother of all spiders
- (EXTRA) Given that so many people are afraid to die, something tells me: no.: Futurity/Boston University – Are we hardwired to believe we’re immortal?
- (EXTRA) Dagnabit! That crap gets into everything!: NPR – Ancient Plague’s DNA Revived From A 1,500-Year-Old Tooth
- (EXTRA) Also: modern humans.: New Scientist – Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility
- Deity Doo Doo:
- (EXTRA) Or maybe they are acknowledging and celebrating their native history.. (which EVERY nation is called upon to do): Gizmodo – Russia’s Hiring Shamans to Make Sure the Winter Olympics Has Snow
- (EXTRA) I wonder if you can attend church this way..: ABC15 – Reverend Bob Larson performing exorcisms via Skype from Scottsdale
- (EXTRA) A scary/sad case which seems to have officials quoted as saying the kid walked backward _up_ the wall..: Indy Star – The exorcisms of Latoya Ammons
- (EXTRA) Or, maybe by pagans. Or other Christians. (Holidays and celebrations are very muddled, thanks to church interference..): adkKronos – Italy: John Paul II’s blood ‘stolen by Satanists’ from church
- Extras:
- (EXTRA) Poking fun while still respecting?: The Kernel – Cryptozoology: the mad science of monster hunting
- (EXTRA) A beautiful way to turn lemons into lemonade.: Metro – Family embrace US polar vortex by building incredible ‘gem igloo’
- (EXTRA) I’m afraid I see no patterns here.. Well, other than sensationalizing on top of earnest but misguided interpretation, maybe..: The Examiner – UFO communications evident in Vancouver skies
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