{"id":3234969,"date":"2015-04-09T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2015-04-09T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T14:00:47","slug":"tws311-significant-volumes-of-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/tws\/tws311-significant-volumes-of-nothing","title":{"rendered":"TWS311: Significant Volumes of Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TWS311-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1251\" src=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TWS311-logo-258x300.png\" alt=\"TWS311 logo\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On the show this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Front Page<\/li>\n<li>Space Intentionally Not Left Blank<\/li>\n<li>Unscenery<\/li>\n<li>Extras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CQ: If you could fool the entire world into doing something good, what would it be about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: large;\">Full list of 21 articles after the jump!<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1250\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Front Page:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I&#8217;m pretty sure that breaks a law of science or two..<\/em>: <strong>Inhabit <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/australias-first-carbon-positive-prefab-house-produces-more-energy-than-it-consumes\/\" >Australia&#8217;s first carbon-positive prefab house produces more energy than it consumes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Potential leap forward? Or party game?<\/em>: <strong>Metro <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2015\/03\/29\/mad-scientist-becomes-superhuman-after-gaining-night-vision-power-5126571\/\" >Mad scientist becomes superhuman after gaining night vision power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Perhaps they can see in the dark, too.<\/em>: <strong>Discover <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/crux\/2015\/03\/26\/real-life-vampires-exist\/#.VRyBU8bpbGt\" >Real-Life Vampires Exist, and Researchers Are Studying Them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Space Intentionally Not Left Blank:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The answer is both shorter than you think, and longer than you have patience for.<\/em>: <strong>Live Science <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50312-how-long-to-fall-through-earth.html\" >How Long Would It Take to Fall Through the Earth?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Yo dawg.. I&#8230; wont&#8217; dignify that parody by repeating it.<\/em>: <strong>Wired <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/03\/nasas-plan-give-moon-moon\/\" >NASA&#8217;s Plan to Give the Moon a Moon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Let&#8217;s hope it&#8217;s not an optical illusion.. And they are close enough to detect radio waves, aren&#8217;t they?<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn27259-twin-earths-may-lurk-in-our-nearest-star-system.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VRn83MbpbGs\" >Twin Earths may lurk in our nearest star system<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>We will see them by their wake and drag. Just like Nessie!<\/em>: <strong>MIT Technology Review <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/view\/536091\/spacecraft-traveling-close-to-light-speed-should-be-visible-with-current-technology-say\/\" >Spacecraft Traveling Close to Light Speed Should Be Visible With Current Technology, Say Engineers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>The trouble with popular terms like &#8220;force field&#8221; is that when science finally gets around to using them, they use them incorrectly..<\/em>: <strong>Trusted Reviews <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustedreviews.com\/news\/boeing-spins-sci-fi-into-reality-with-force-field-patent\" >Boeing spins sci-fi into reality with force field patent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>I suppose he just wants to get out in front of his name being used as an expletive by scientists: &#8220;What the Hawking are you doing?&#8221;<\/em>: <strong>Live Science <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50302-stephen-hawking-trademark.html\" >Stephen Hawking Wants to Trademark His Name<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Shades of Hawking! &#8220;Oh great, Mildred: you should have Hawkinged that result. Now the whole galaxy will know what we&#8217;ve done!&#8221;<\/em>: <strong>The NY Times <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/03\/28\/opinion\/sunday\/messaging-the-stars.html?_r=1&amp;utm_content=bufferb4cde&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" >Should We Keep a Low Profile in Space?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unscenery:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>I like big bucks and I cannot lie\/ Them other babies can&#8217;t deny..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn27269-a-big-bank-balance-leads-to-bigbrained-babies.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VRn-FMbpbGs\" >A big bank balance leads to big-brained babies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Our language is insufficient. We should turn to binary, I say!<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22530140.300-english-speakers-you-stink-at-identifying-smells.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VRn9lsbpbGs\" >English speakers, you stink at identifying smells<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>How we&#8217;ve ruined food by peer pressure..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22530142.700-why-food-is-rarely-the-simple-pleasure-it-once-was.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VRoNFsbpbGt\" >Why food is rarely the simple pleasure it once was<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Turns out: we forget things we don&#8217;t like. That&#8217;s why we write them down, clearly!<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22530140.200-natural-disaster-amnesia-threats-we-choose-to-forget.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.VRn9HMbpbGs\" >Natural disaster amnesia: Threats we choose to forget<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Ever laughed in a movie theatre at a joke that wasn&#8217;t that funny? Or cried because others are sad? Is this surprising?<\/em>: <strong>Discover <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/crux\/2015\/03\/25\/infected-emotions\/#.VRym1cbpbGs\" >We Get Infected By Other People&#8217;s Emotions &#8212; And That&#8217;s a Good Thing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Do you believe in strange, intangible things, like UFOs, ghosts and love?<\/em>: <strong>The Daily Grail <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailygrail.com\/Forteana\/2015\/3\/Love-First-Fort-Kreskins-Supernatural-Dating-Service\" >Love at First Fort? Kreskin&#8217;s Supernatural Dating Service<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extras:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>It&#8217;s more like a hat.. or a shell cozy.. A shell prosthetic?<\/em>: <strong>Metro <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2015\/03\/27\/a-tortoise-has-a-brand-new-shell-made-from-a-3d-printer-after-her-old-one-was-damaged-5123207\/?ito=v-a\" >A tortoise has a brand new shell made from a 3D printer after her old one was damaged<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>To think: I&#8217;ve been just giving this stuff away!<\/em>: <strong>LiveScience <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50235-solid-gold-poop-could-yield-precious-metals.html\" >Solid Gold: Poop Could Yield Precious Metals<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Everybody&#8217;s doing it! Poor Einstein..<\/em>: <strong>LiveScience <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50262-spooky-action-is-real.html\" >Proving Einstein Wrong with &#8216;Spooky&#8217; Quantum Experiment<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Good to see that cutbacks haven&#8217;t hit the&#8230; oh, wait..<\/em>: <strong>LiveScience <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50286-kitty-litter-to-blame-for-nuclear-waste-leak.html\" >Kitty Litter to Blame for Nuclear Waste Leak<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>The ultimate prank &#8212; or the ultimate destiny sculptor?<\/em>: <strong>Mysterious Universe <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mysteriousuniverse.org\/2015\/03\/the-eerie-enigma-of-cicada-3301\/\" >The Eerie Enigma of Cicada 3301<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6919\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/MryT5Kceg_A\/TWS311-2015-04-04.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6919','http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/MryT5Kceg_A\/TWS311-2015-04-04.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/MryT5Kceg_A\/TWS311-2015-04-04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3234969-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/MryT5Kceg_A\/TWS311-2015-04-04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWS311-2015-04-04.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the show this week: Front Page Space Intentionally Not Left Blank Unscenery Extras CQ: If you could fool the entire world into doing something good, what would it be about? 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