On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Body Of Work
- Hi Lo Tech
- Extras
CQ: Are we are in a temporary period of turmoil, with old patterns being transformed, augmented and disrupted by technology — or are we in the new “normal”, where the constant change is a permanent feature?
Full list of 20 articles after the jump!
- Front Page:
- Sometimes ideas are more real that reality — and harder to kill.: Reuters – Wisconsin girl in Slenderman case still believes in him: lawyer
- Not every idea needs to be killed, does it?: Examiner – Image of Virgin Mary grows on tree in Iowa
- Body Of Work:
- A classic tale in a new, old location.: Bigfoot Evidence – U.S. Soldier Spots Possible Bigfoot In Afghanistan
- They may be slow, but they’ve been after us for years!: New Scientist – First carnivorous-plant fossil is 40 million years old
- I wonder if they get cable with that?: BBC – Plants talk to each other using an internet of fungus
- We should recognize that symbiosis more often, rather than just spraying Raid!.: New Scientist – Armies of ants keep New York squeaky clean
- Yeah, but can’t an awkward hug just provoke weirdness in most people’s brains?: New Scientist – ‘Hug’ brain test could diagnose disorders like autism
- A blessing? Or a boy with lots of expectations?: The UK Daily Mail – Baby born with four arms and four legs has been dubbed God Boy by his parents because they say he looks like an Indian deity
- It would be weird to steal body parts, if they weren’t already being stored in a museum rather than a cemetary..: Bangkok Post – Bottled body parts stolen from Siriraj Museum
- Hi Lo Tech:
- It’s like a sequel!: New Scientist – Hayabusa 2 probe begins journey to land on an asteroid
- We’re goin’ back to space, people!: New Scientist – I helped build Apollo and the shuttle – Orion is next
- (EXTRA) I can’t wait to see how they update the cow-catchers!: New Scientist – Locked-on lasers burn through leaves on train lines
- It’s the first step to Robot Jox. Yeah!: New Scientist – Cleaning bot operators get censored view of your home
- (EXTRA) Clearly, it was a cloaked quinjet, and S.H.I.E.L.D. was on the case.: The UK Daily Mail – Were mysterious bangs heard all over Britain and in New York caused by U.S. stealth jet?
- (EXTRA) It’s possibly the last time we’ll ever have film to give any strength of evidence.: Metro – New Area 51 alien autopsy image is “smoking gun”, researcher claims
- Extras:
- (EXTRA) Sounds like a summer vacation..: Roadtrippers – Strange creatures, psychic spies, and “time-travel” experiments haunt America’s strangest state park
- (EXTRA) Clearly, it’s Santa’s summer home.: Siberian Times – Who built this Siberian summer palace? and why?
- (EXTRA) It’s not bad, but I think it’s a little derivative (of animals).: New Scientist – Shell ‘art’ made 300,000 years before humans evolved
- (EXTRA) And what did it have on it?: Atlas Obscura – Who Stole a Fragment of Georgia’s Esoteric Tablets?
- (EXTRA) Who were they trying to keep out?: Epoch Times – Buried in Time: The Great Wall of Texas Could Change History
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