On the show this week:
- Head In The Sky
- Elementary
- Health Stealth
- Intangible Awards
- Animal Life
- Inventions For An Alternate Present
CQ: Is it more important to have a broad life, or a deep life — and more important to whom?
Full list of 21 articles after the jump!
- Head In The Sky:
- In defence of the astronomy folks: it’s a big sky out there..: IFLScience – New Galaxy Discovered With Backyard Telescope
- In defence of the astronomy folks: it’s really, really, *really* far away..: Oxford University Press – The world’s most (in)famous exoplanet vanishes
- I think the Farce Awakened..: The Daily Gazette – Man who changed name to Obi-Mark Kenobi after Star Wars character appears at Colchester Magistrates Court
- Elementary:
- It’s a banner week for chemistry!: NPR – 4 New Elements Are Added To The Periodic Table
- Not sure if I really like the idea of an element that has properties of being very short-lasting being named after such a long-lasting talent..: Boing Boing – Petition to name a new element in Terry Pratchett’s honour
- At least this one’s heavy metal!: The UK Independent – Lemmy: Fans call for periodic table element to be named after Motorhead frontman
- Possibly a banner week for physics!: Quanta Magazine – This physicist has a groundbreaking idea about why life exists
- Health Stealth:
- No coincidence this comes after the biggest eating time of the year, is there?: MedLine – Artificial Pancreas to Get Long-Term ‘Real-Life’ Trial
- Turns out: it’s got to hurt more, so we hurt ourselves less..: New Scientist – Mexico’s sugary-drink tax was all fizz for very little pop
- A pox on all your meat-like substitutes!: San Jose Mercury News – End of meat? Former Stanford scientist seeks meat alternatives for the masses
- (EXTRA) Who breathes in from their toilets?: New Scientist – We breathe in more bugs from our tap water than from our toilets
- Intangible Awards:
- (EXTRA) I wish my memory worked that fast. My tends to… Um.. Y’know.. Uh.. stall!: New Scientist – Memory recall works twice as fast as the blink of an eye
- (EXTRA) Doing email is work. If you are working, can you be destressing?: News.com.au – Turn off emails to avoid stress: report
- (EXTRA) Funny, I was *just* going to ask that..: CNN – The Other Side: Where do coincidences come from?
- (EXTRA) Sleep is a rude habit that I can’t help but enjoy it from time to time..: New Scientist – Sleep isn’t needed to create long-term memories — just time out
- Animal Life:
- (EXTRA) I really want everything painted like this..: Atlas Obscura – Fleeting Wonders: 400 Glow-in-the-Dark Reindeer
- (EXTRA) Actually, he looks more like a late-stage video game character *should* look..: Popular Science – Bison Struck By Lightning Is Doing Fine, Looks Like A Zombie
- Inventions For An Alternate Present:
- (EXTRA) And by “smart”, they really mean “golly, gee whiz features”. (Unless you can install Watson on it..): Fox News – CES: Would you pay $5,000 for a Samsung smart fridge?
- (EXTRA) Helper, or boss-proxy?: New Scientist – Taskmaster robots watch while you work in case you miss a step
- (EXTRA) The house could be the new wave of energy. (Get it?): New Scientist – Plastic grass could cover buildings to produce energy from wind
- (EXTRA) Genius, or are we missing the missing ingredient?: The UK Mirror – Mechanic invents ‘water fuelled’ car that runs for less than 2p a litre
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