On the show this week:
- Front Page
- People
- Places
- Things
- Extras
CQ: Have we lost the traditions, environments and social structures which used to give rise to “common sense”, or are they just in flux?
Full list of 30 articles after the jump!
- Front Page:
- Are we aware enough to be self-aware about awareness?: Collective Evolution – Is Consciousness The Next Big Thing? A Review Of The Wisdom 2.0 Summit
- I’d settle for forecasting the present, most days..: NPR – Forecasting The ‘Future’ By Tapping Into Human Consciousness
- “Then it’s an awefully big waste of space.”: EsoterX – We Are Alone: What if the Universe is Devoid of Life?
- April is a minefield of unusual things, most of which are utterly human.: OpenMinds – UFO author finds plans for worldwide UFO hoax in April
- People:
- Yeah, that’s what they all say..: 9 News – NZ Prime Minister confirms he’s ‘not an alien’
- Then again, very few things are _actually_ hardwired in our minds..: New Scientist – Racial categories aren’t hardwired in our minds
- Someone with obvious MIND POWERS.: The UK Independent – A woman pretended she was a senior Chinese Communist with magical powers to dupe victims out of thousands of pounds
- Obviously, no sense of humour.: The Lancashire Telegraph – Woman fish slapped with large bream in Accrington Asda
- She should meet the woman who could only eat French Fries. : Metro – Meet the student who eats 75kg of tomato ketchup every year
- It’s not going to be the heat, but the humidity.: New Scientist – Crime rates could rise as climate change bites
- My doctor told me this was not a good idea. Winter proves him right.: Orange – Man is aiming to go barefoot for a year
- She left breadcrumbs in unusual faerie stories..: MSN News/PA – Trail of Red Riding Hood traced
- It was quite impressive. Electrifying, you might say.: Orange – Cellists’ AC/DC cover goes viral
- Places:
- (EXTRA) With, perhaps, complex mini humanoids? Or at least, bugs?: Phys.org – Distant asteroid revealed to be a complex mini geological world
- (EXTRA) When is a square stone not a square stone? When it’s a building block.: Academia.edu – Super Megaliths in Gornaya Shoria, Southern Siberiamore
- (EXTRA) Vicious beasts, clearly. Wedged in between “Freedom” and “Right to Hate Their Leader” in the “endangered section”.: Orange – North Korea puts Yorkshire Terriers in zoo
- (EXTRA) Given that I had lots of money, there are all manner of silly ways I’d spend the money..: The UK Daily Mail – Would you spend £1million on a haunted house? Civil War era country mansion up for sale…complete with its own ghostly coach and horses
- Things:
- (EXTRA) Finally, something to make space travel cool again..: New Scientist – Spacesuit future looks sleek, speedy and commercial
- (EXTRA) You are surrounded by the hidden currents of music..: New Scientist – Music-making card turns objects into wacky instruments
- (EXTRA) Well, the propoganda _is_ pretty thick at times. It may also stop progress, free-thinking and common sense.: 9News – Bible in man’s pocket ‘stopped’ bullets
- (EXTRA) Well, at least he got the order right, because it wouldn’t do just shout “run” all day..: The UK Telegraph – Grandfather accidentally pulled grenade pin from ground before shouting ‘run’
- (EXTRA) I suspect the bill, too, was also in 3D..: Orange – 3D heart print-out helps save boy’s life
- (EXTRA) Makes sense: spicy food is my cold medicine.: New Scientist – Curry cure: Chillies are the hot new thing in medicine
- (EXTRA) A Clarke corrolary? “A sufficiently highly sophisticated and subtle art is indistinguishable from trash.”: BBC – Cleaner throws out ‘rubbish’ Sala Murat artwork
- (EXTRA) Well, so was the artistic merit, methinks..: BBC – Binned artwork claims ‘exaggerated’
- Extras:
- (EXTRA) And by “explain”, we mean “confuse even further”.: New Scientist – Ear bath helps explain rare urge to cut off own limb
- (EXTRA) Everyone else has already done it.: Orange – Farmer is the last to take cows swimming
- (EXTRA) It kinda grows on you..: Orange – Graphic designer’s beard alphabet
- (EXTRA) Turns out, being full of crap might be the best solution!: New Scientist – Healing by faeces: Rise of the DIY gut-bug swap
- (EXTRA) As a marker of civilization, the prevalence of smoking has kept us down around the level of primates.: New Scientist – Europe’s law on e-cigarettes sets global benchmark
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