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TWS368: Backslash Flashback

Posted on 2016-10-20 by weirdshow@gmail.com (the Encaffeinated ONE) Posted in The WEIRD Show

tws368-logoOn the show this week:

  • Unusual Science
  • Usual Science
  • Animal Science
  • Unanimal Science

CQ: Is there any moral difference between creating an artificial intelligence on a computer or a new biological entity capable of thinking?

Full list of 19 articles after the jump!

  • Unusual Science:
    • And no, it’s not because bigfoot is wearing clowns as disguises.. (I think..): The Boston Globe – How a Maine-based Bigfoot expert found himself at the center of the national clown frenzy
    • The annual awards for doing good science on topics people probably don’t really care about (but perhaps should!).: The Annals of Improbable Research – The 2016 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
    • Do you really know what it means to be bored? Does anyone?: LiveScience – The Science of Boredom
    • Does this mean prescriptions to cool amusement parks, or the installation of boring rides in doctor’s offices?: LiveScience – This Roller Coaster Helps People Pass Kidney Stones (Yes, Really)
    • Is this the ultimate embodiment of “the journey is more important than the destination”.: Mother Nature Network – Manhattan is getting a $150M ‘stairway to nowhere’
  • Usual Science:
    • What if we end up with two different colonies on Mars?: Bloomberg – Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars
    • (EXTRA) Should we strive to make all things edible in emergencies?: The Stack – (O) Edible drones will deliver aid to disaster zones
    • (EXTRA) It’s a bit more BzzzT than Pew Pew Pew, but I’ll take it.: New Scientist – (O) Drones get first anti-laser lasers to stop being shot down
    • (EXTRA) Clearly, they fixed the Heisenberg Compensator.: LiveScience – Teleported Laser Pulses? Quantum Teleportation Approaches Sci-Fi Level
    • (EXTRA) Will this be the moment we “solve” the question of matter?: Futurism – Physics Breakthrough: Quantum Cat State Finally Captured on Camera
    • (EXTRA) A little more “acoustic fan” than holodeck.: LiveScience – 3D-Printed Acoustic Holograms Could Move Objects in Midair
  • Animal Science:
    • (EXTRA) Well, it’s not like they were feline Santas..: Christian Science Monitor – Did the Vikings help distribute cats around the world?
    • (EXTRA) Does “you cannot hunt bears” include “don’t shoot them when they are eating you”.: NPR – Passing Research Ship Saves Weather Station Staff From Polar Bear ‘Siege’
    • (EXTRA) How can you tell “accuracy”, if there are so many unknowns.: The Guardian – (O) Scientists reveal most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever created
  • Unanimal Science:
    • (EXTRA) You’ll be surprised to find out that this is a *good* thing..: treehugger – Toronto school bans juice boxes from students’ lunches
    • (EXTRA) I’ve got some ice in my freezer that probably qualifies.: LiveScience – (O) Remote Antarctic Library Would ‘Protect Ice Memory’
    • (EXTRA) Maybe we need to think more about better remote storage locations..: LiveScience – (O) Cold-War-Era Toxic Waste Could Be Released by Greenland’s Melting Ice
    • (EXTRA) Make your travel plans now.: CTV News – (O) Extinction-level asteroid could collide with Earth in 2175
    • (EXTRA) Feels like Stephen Hawking has been talking to folks again.: The Daily Galaxy – (O) China’s Space Scientists Warn of Extraterrestrial Danger –“Universe is a Jungle with Every Civilization a Hidden Hunter: Those Who are Exposed Will be Eliminated”
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