On the show this week:
- Animals Are Aliens
- Stray Thoughts
- Pack A Lunch For A VERY Long Trip
- Extras
CQ: Should we teach philosophy as much as we teach mathematics?
Full list of 18 articles after the jump!
- Animals Are Aliens:
- Rise up and serve the multilegged masters!: Sciencehook – Lycaenid Butterfly Caterpillars Can “Convert” Enemy Ants And Turn Them Into Bodyguards
- More like “swimming spaghetti monster”, but I’d still run screaming from it. Or burbling.: New Scientist – ‘Flying spaghetti monster’ caught on video off the Angolan coast
- Maybe they are cousins to the FSM?: The Irish Examiner – Don’t freak out, but scientists think octopuses ‘might be aliens’ after DNA study
- The Better To See You With (AND HUNT YOU DOWN).: LiveScience – Why Cats Have Vertical Pupils
- Be prepared to be… somewhat underwhelmed.: Bigfoot Evidence – NEW UNEDITED The Complete Patterson Gimlin Film Footage!
- Stray Thoughts:
- Do you really only need 10% of your brain?: Unknown source: – Brainy thoughts
- Careful, talk like that and they’ll want to regulate it..: New Scientist – Why music makes us feel good: It releases brain’s painkillers
- This would be a welcome change from my brain interrupting me to tell me to check Facebook..: New Scientist – Software checks if your brain is busy before it interrupts you
- Pack A Lunch For A VERY Long Trip:
- (EXTRA) I hope their garden turned out better than mine!: LiveScience – Astronauts Snack on Space-Grown Lettuce for First Time
- (EXTRA) What are you willing to give up to explore new lands?: News.com.au – Sonia Van Meter’s Mars One dream a journey for her husband, mankind
- Extras:
- (EXTRA) We are only a few clicks away from living within our video games..: New Scientist – Create your own realistic digital double with a few selfies
- (EXTRA) Oh dear.. Now they want to be Space Jews..: Jewish Press – Raelian Statement Condemns Zionism, Says Raelians Are the True Jews
- (EXTRA) And you thought smokers weren’t welcome at NORMAL bars..: CNN – Breathe responsibly: The cocktail bar where you get drunk without drinking
- (EXTRA) I think we should remodel more of the world to match our fictional realities..: Metro – A group of architects are crowdfunding to build Minas Tirith from Lord of the Rings in England
- (EXTRA) Or at least differs by which part of the memesphere you pay attention to..: LiveScience – LOL, Haha or Hehe? Online Laughter Differs by Age, Gender
- (EXTRA) Haven’t we always been seeking ways to understanding the universe?: LiveScience – Are Smart Mini Sensors the Next Big Thing? (Op-Ed)
- (EXTRA) If the universe has rules, couldn’t they also lead to coincidences?: Geelong Advertiser – Chris Mackey: The startling science of synchronicity
- (EXTRA) How many *other* Bills, Pennys and Toms are there in the area?: The Stokes Sentinel – Supernatural Staffordshire: Two men meet to find they’re living identical lives
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