On the show this week:

• Front Page
• Awl In Your Head
• Big Hairy Deal
• Space is both Out and In
• Extras

CQ: If computers and robots could have free will, can we turn it off when we don’t like it?

Full list of 44 articles after the jump!

• Front Page:
  • No, it doesn’t make you invisible. And it’s not a cloak. Other than that, TOTALLY COOL.: The Sydney Morning Herald – Scientists unveil ‘invisibility cloak’ to rival Harry Potter’s
  • If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it (for dinner)!: Orange – Japanese chef’s rubbery recipes
  • Do you want stuff “on the side”?: Orange – Burger restaurant puts sex toys on menu
  • Aha! It’s all the fault… OF THE ARCTIC! Let’s bomb it! (Um..): New Scientist – Crazy weather traced to Arctic’s impact on jet stream
  • An invention that is intended for starving, drought-infested parts of the world — but might be useful for the rest of us before too long..: New Scientist – Sunflower solar harvester provides power and water
  • Is the Bible (and other ancient texts) exaggerating history? Or might they actually get something (disturbingly) right?: The Epoch Times – Did Ancient People Really Have Lifespans Longer Than 200 Years?
  • Plan your retirement accordingly.: New Scientist – The best and worst countries in the world to be old in
  • Ancient secrets unburied?: Mysterious Universe – New Geoglyphs Discovered in Kazakhstan
  • Just hope you don’t get *waitforit* “sea-sick”!: Orange – New hospital to get patients ship-shape
• Awl In Your Head:
  • Well, it’s not exactly The Flash, but I’d take it!: Orange – Lightning strike turns man into composer
  • To be fair, he already could speak Mandarin before..: Orange – (O) Man wakes from coma speaking Mandarin
  • Why does she need to do it? Why turn her into a poet?: New Scientist – (O) Epilepsy gives woman compulsion to write poems
  • You mean there might be negative side-effects to ZAPPING YOUR BRAIN? Inconceivable!: BBC – (O) Warning over electrical brain stimulation
  • Just like the invisibility cloak, it’s neither telepathy, nor really brain-to-brain..: The UK Telegraph/AFP – (O) Brain-to-brain ‘telepathic’ communication achieved for first time
  • Silly brain! Stop doing that! I COMMAND YOU!: New Scientist – (O) Free will persists (even if your brain made you do it)
  • (EXTRA) When you stare into the universe, does it stare back?: EsoterX – (O) Watching Me, Watching You: Selective Attention in a Creepy Universe
  • (EXTRA) “No, I don’t want to throw that in the trash! I was looking at the document! My mind didn’t wander! Stupid Computer!”: New Scientist – (O) Gaze-tracker lets you connect to devices with a glance
  • (EXTRA) To be fair, it’s EYEception..: Orange – Man has tattoo – on his eyeball
  • (EXTRA) To know the pathway to take, one must know the pathways NOT to take..: NY Times/The Upshot – (O) To Get More Out of Science, Show the Rejected Research
  • (EXTRA) Sometimes, you just gotta walk away.: NPR – (O) When Scientists Give Up
  • (EXTRA) Is it all about not being respected by the other gang?: ExoterX – Reality’s Cool Kids: Anomalistics vs. Science
  • (EXTRA) When is a victory not a victory?: De Void/Herald-Tribune – (O) A rhetorical concession, now go away
  • (EXTRA) We can argue all we want, but then we see it for ourselves.: Scientific American – Anomalous Events That Can Shake One’s Skepticism to the Core
  • (EXTRA) To be fair: Blackberry did it first.: MarketWatch – Here’s the real reason iPhones are bending
• Big Hairy Deal:
  • (EXTRA) Who needs alien life? This planet has plenty of weird life.: Wired – (O) This Bizarre Organism Builds Itself a New Genome Every Time It Has Sex
  • (EXTRA) Is it the edible half?: New Scientist – (O) World’s wildlife population halved in just 40 years
  • (EXTRA) Part of me really hopes they are successful. At least then, we’ll know something definite, but at a terrible cost.: Boing Boing – (O) Men determined to kill Bigfoot
  • (EXTRA) Wait.. WE’RE SASQUATCH. (And GROOT, too!): Transcendant TV and Media – (O) Researcher claims ‘Sasquatch’ are advanced human-type beings with UFO connections
  • (EXTRA) Well, it’s not like it was looking for a new winter home..: The Moscow Times – (O) Has the Yeti Come to the Moscow Region?
  • (EXTRA) Despite the title, I think this might actually be signficant.: Bigfoot Evidence – (O) Oh, Wow! You Can Totally See Patty’s Toes In This Enhancement
  • (EXTRA) Seems like a thumb to the nose challenge to me..: The Paranormal Analyst – How Skeptics Can Prove Bigfoot is Unlikely, But Don’t
  • (EXTRA) Sounds like fun! I’ll check my calendar for next year.: Mysterious Universe – The 2014 Mothman Festival — Reviewed
  • (EXTRA) Seems like a legit reason to me..: eCanadaNow – ‘Bear at door’: Canadian postman has fair excuse for failing to deliver parcel (PHOTO)
  • (EXTRA) Aha! Connection?: Metro – (O) Bear tied to lamp post outside pub while owner goes for a drink
  • (EXTRA) I’m sure my million-dollar cheque is in there, somewhere..: BBC – NY postman Joseph Brucato ‘hoarded’ a tonne of mail
  • (EXTRA) I’m sure it was just for comformt.. Um..: Orange – 50 turtles strapped to smuggler
  • (EXTRA) Maybe we woke it up..: BT – Icy mass is Icelandic lake monster, says panel
  • (EXTRA) Agreed!: MoviePilot – North American Monsters that Need Their Own Horror Movies
• Space is both Out and In:
  • (EXTRA) Soon… ish…: Huffington Post – (O) Will ET Be Here Soon? NASA Brings Scientists, Theologians Together To Prepare
  • (EXTRA) The phrase “UFO hoax” is really nonsensical..: The Portsmouth News – (O) A sign of alien life – or just a UFO hoax?
  • (EXTRA) Congrats! Now, make more!: New Scientist – India’s Mars triumph signals a rising space power
  • (EXTRA) Maybe Curiosity dropped it?: Discover – Curiosity Finds a Weird ‘Ball’ on Mars
  • (EXTRA) I find this.. hard to believe..: The Journal Online/Open Minds TV – (O) NSA says it has lost its non-redacted UFO files
  • (EXTRA) Apparently not..: The Herald Sun – (O) Are we doing enough to learn the truth about UFOs?
• Extras:

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More