On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Inside Outer Space
• Extras

CQ: Do you think we should actively seek to create the things we imagine, to create all that we think might exist, including shadow people, faeries and technology indistinguishable from magic?

Featuring an interview done by my good friends from another show, ParaPhrasing. They interviewed author and journalist Jason Offutt about his book “Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us”.

Full list of 27 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • (EXTRA) Who killed the Neanderthal? We all did.: New Scientist – Neanderthal demise traced in unprecedented detail
  • (EXTRA) I vant to suc^H^H^H use your blood in a medical rejuvination project. … Wah ha ha!: New Scientist – Young blood to be used in ultimate rejuvenation trial
  • (EXTRA) Is this a consequence of the easily rebootable video game?: New Scientist – Non-fatal diseases increasingly drive assisted suicide
  • (EXTRA) Yes, they mention Idiocracy. No, they aren’t as concerned as I am.: New Scientist – It would be stupid to ignore a drop in human intellect
  • (EXTRA) People always enjoy people doing things well. There are likely competitive snot-picking contests..: New Scientist – Esports: Pro video gaming explodes with big prize pots
  • (EXTRA) I examined these as part of my research… a decade ago.: New Scientist – Digital textbooks adapt to your level as you learn
  • (EXTRA) Then again, you were likely to be killed by EVERYTHING before long-term effects could be felt in those days..: BBC – Richard III was bottle-a-day drinker, study suggests
  • (EXTRA) *sigh*: Metro – (O) Mark Zuckerberg pours iced water over his head in Facebook challenge, nominates Bill Gates to do the same
  • (EXTRA) This is where people should donate. If they want. Just do it for the right reasons. And then, when you are done being part of the crowd, donate a second time, to something else, and don’t tell a soul.: ALS Canada – ALS Canada
• Inside Outer Space:
  • (EXTRA) 2? No, 3! Aaaaaaaaaagh!: New Scientist – How many motors can NASA cram on its fryer-oil flier?
  • (EXTRA) Sadly, not the phenomenon, just a single one.: Reuters – Japan sends Hello Kitty into space
  • (EXTRA) It’s time for the expansion sets.: News.com.au – Satellite photos reveal new hangars being built at Area 51, the United States top-secret testing facility
  • (EXTRA) A red herring? Or the only rational beings on the planet?: Huffington Post – Chile Declares UFOs Pose No Threat to Aircraft
  • (EXTRA) A look back at looking up.: Canadian UFO Report – UFOs Over Canada: 25 Years of UFO Reports
  • (EXTRA) IF this is the best, then we are in for the worst.: The Age – Ghost busters and UFO hunters tap top tools of the trade
  • (EXTRA) They are so last night.: New York Magazine – The End of UFOs
  • (EXTRA) In a world which rejects evidence, but claims to be scientific, how could this *not* happen?: Micah Hanks – The End of Ufology: Why Serious Research Goes Underground
  • (EXTRA) Ah, putting the “f” in “law’..: io9 – Emmert’s Law Proves That Your Mind Forces You To See What It Expects
  • (EXTRA) A clear case of pareidola? (Is that even possible?): NBC News/Space.com – Spooky! Rosetta Probe Spots ‘the Face on the Comet’
  • (EXTRA) The ultimate in environmental marketing.: Orange – Hotel designed to watch Northern Lights
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) A nation which constantly writes about realistic robots comes up with a realistic sex doll? Whodathunkit.: The UK Daily Mail – Japan’s creepy sex doll industry ‘reaches next level’ in creation of perfect artificial £1,000 ‘Dutch Wife’ which comes with ‘realistic feeling skin’
  • (EXTRA) Yeah, they cause me some stress, too.. Then again, “grannie” ain’t what it used to be..: Austrian Times – Dancing Grannies Stress Out Panda
  • (EXTRA) Don’t be fooled: what they really kill is people.: BBC – The Chinese cult that kills ‘demons’
  • (EXTRA) I’m kinda thinking that “Ditch Hitler” is a good band name..: New Scientist – Shark Week — ditch Hitler and fiction posing as fact
  • (EXTRA) It’s kinda like HUGE nanites. Macronites?: New Scientist – Watch a swarm of 1000 mini-robots assemble into shapes
  • (EXTRA) I dunno — so long as the coffee tastes better than the slack-jawed human cafes, I’m willing to give it a try.: Metro – The future is now and it’s terrifying — new cafe in China is run entirely by robots
  • (EXTRA) “You want to REALLY see Europe, little bunny? I show you REAL Europe!”: The UK Daily Mail – Missing in action: Globetrotting Travel Bunny that visited 20 countries to pose for ‘selfies’ snatched from car in Italy

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