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Home » Current Shows » Spoken Word Shows » The WEIRD Show » TWS280: The Universe Will Learn To Conform

TWS280: The Universe Will Learn To Conform

Posted on 2014-04-06 by weirdshow@gmail.com (the Encaffeinated ONE) Posted in The WEIRD Show

TWS280 logoOn the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • Animalice
  • Dubious Invention
  • Upper Space

CQ: Will the notion of a “workweek” in which you work at your job for several regular days in a row survive into the future, when days, weeks and other planetary-based time measurement become obsoleted by the travel into space — or is the traditional workweek timeframe already completely disrupted by globalization, individual entrepreneurship and the Internet of Tribes?

Full list of 26 articles after the jump!

  • Front Page:
    • Oh, *NICE* one!: Orange – Vikings ‘gave sarcastic humour to Britain’
    • Livin’ the dream? Or waiting for the inevitable GAME OVER.: Orange – Gamer earns enough to give up day job
    • We don’t really know where money comes from, so why should it matter?: New Scientist – Why the search for Bitcoin’s founder matters
    • Will victory by another name smell half as sweet?: Orange – Poker game cost man his good name
    • You pay less, you get less healthcare, but you get the same ghosts..: Fear Net – This Haunted Kentucky Hospital Will Soon Reopen as a Haunted Hotel
  • Animalice:
    • Well, better we revive them than the Old Ones do..: ABC Australia/AFP – Giant, 30,000-year-old virus Pithovirus sibericum reborn from Siberian permafrost
    • If it doesn’t exist, it really isn’t necessary to create them.. Honestly!: The Houston Chronicle – Houston ‘chupacabra’ sighting could be real animal purposely bred
    • “Do you want flies with that?”: BBC – Australia: Lost German tourist ‘ate flies’ to survive
    • And yet, no one is arrested for a stupid hat and booties..: Orange – Tattooist slammed for inking pet dog
    • Challenge accepted!: Orange – Stray looks grumpier than Grumpy Cat
    • I really imagine a leather-vest on a cat, with heroic rockets letting it fly and claw out enemy eyes..: The Guardian UK/AP – Fur flies over 16th century ‘rocket cats’ warfare manual
    • The difference is likely: dogs volunteered, cats were drafted..: Gizmodo – Exploding Dogs Were Used as Mobile Anti-Tank Mines During World War II
  • Dubious Invention:
    • It’s only a hoax if you don’t believe! (And aren’t delusional): CBC – HUVr: Real life ‘Back to the Future’ Hoverboard sadly a hoax
    • Next: the guitarist with extra fingers, the singer with bionic vocal cords, and the bassist with extended arms.: New Scientist – Bionic arm gives cyborg drummer superhuman skills
    • People are paying thousands to have bad fake hairdos, too.: Metro – People are paying thousands of pounds to have platinum inserted into their eyeballs
    • It was probably a bit stale by the time it arrived.: 3 News – Boldly going where no pastry has gone before
    • Do you need to suffer to really reach great heights? How do you build that into education? Have we already done so?: New Scientist – The science of success: Blood, or sweat and tears?
    • This will likely cause some religious conundrums when combined with a time machine..: Orange – Miracle Machine turns water into wine
    • Can software make a good judge of character?: New Scientist – Perjurers and fake reviews train software to spot lies
    • Can software make a good judge of character — and be your best friend?: New Scientist – Feeling sad? Computer knows by looking at how you move
    • Just because you make a healthier alternative doesn’t guarantee people will use it.: Slate – Shorter, Fatter “Average Barbie” Is No Match for the Original
    • Are we just replacing one bad ideal with a better ideal?: The Daily Trojan – Society shouldn’t be too quick to praise ‘Lammily’
  • Upper Space:
    • (EXTRA) In other words: “INVISIBLE STUFF LOOKS LIKE RIGHT INVISIBLE STUFF”. ?: Wired – Strange Signal From Galactic Center Is Looking More and More Like Dark Matter
    • (EXTRA) The world is strange, and now it sends us signals.: LiveScience – Mysterious Flashing ‘Earthquake Lights’ Maybe Explained
    • (EXTRA) Shields up, captain Planet!: New Scientist – Earth raises a plasma shield to battle solar storms
    • (EXTRA) Like most of the UFO files we’ve heard of, they are a little too little, a little too late.: Grenz/Wissenschaft-aktuell – Revealed: The UFO-Files of the German Secret Service BND
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