{"id":3238170,"date":"2015-12-16T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2015-12-16T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T12:34:00","slug":"tws339-all-features-great-and-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/tws\/tws339-all-features-great-and-small","title":{"rendered":"TWS339: All Features Great and Small"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TWS339-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1362\" src=\"http:\/\/encaffeinated.ca\/tws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TWS339-logo-258x300.png\" alt=\"TWS339 logo\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On the show this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Space In Your Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Space Between Your Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Extra Space<\/li>\n<li>Nothing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CQ: Is it possible for a country to completely reinvent itself, shedding off all of its historical baggage (and positive traditions) &#8212; and can we ask the same of a person?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: large;\">Full list of 13 articles after the jump!<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1361\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Space In Your Eyes:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>So, that makes Mars into Tattooine, right?<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn28644-moisture-farming-mission-gets-approval-for-2018-mars-launch\/\" >Mars moisture-farming mission gets approval for 2018 launch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s a trick question &#8212; much like that dress..<\/em>: <strong>Gizmodo <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/what-color-is-mars-1735004270\" >What Color is Mars?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Sometimes it take a perspective change to see the universe as it is, not as we are afraid it might be..<\/em>: <strong>Gizmodo <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/why-the-worlds-most-powerful-telescope-has-just-been-ru-1745952262\" >Why the World&#8217;s Most Powerful Telescope Has Just Been Ruled Unlawful<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Is this what trying to put too fine a definition gets you? Nothing but confusion due to rigid rules?<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22830515-000-dwarf-planet-ceres-looks-like-an-asteroid-but-acts-like-a-comet\/\" >Dwarf planet Ceres looks like an asteroid but acts like a comet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Dangit! And here I was hoping for superpowers granted by glitches in the Matrix..<\/em>: <strong>Gizmodo <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/fermilab-experiment-finds-no-evidence-that-we-live-in-a-1746130140\" >Fermilab Experiment Finds No Evidence That We Live in a Hologram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Space Between Your Eyes:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Great: so I can be unhappy for longer in my life?<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn28652-sad-face-being-happy-does-not-help-you-live-longer\/\" >*Sad face*: Being happy does not help you live longer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>The human-machine interface is in full effect!<\/em>: <strong>BGR <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/scientists-develop-worlds-first-biologically-powered-chipset\/\" >Scientists develop world&#8217;s first biologically-powered chipset<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Oh, wait: wireless? Maybe back off on the cyborg surgery then..<\/em>: <strong>Reuters <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-brainpower-car-idUSKBN0TQ23620151207#oTmthoT3RvAXPtIF.97\" >Chinese researchers unveil brain powered car<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>And yet we spend so much time trying to ram facts into people&#8217;s heads..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22830513-600-critical-thinking-is-needed-throughout-life-not-just-in-science\/\" >Critical thinking is needed throughout life, not just in science<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Or, &#8220;How to inflate things, in 140 characters or less.&#8221;<\/em>: <strong>The Guardian <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/shortcuts\/2015\/dec\/09\/science-has-spoken-ending-a-text-with-a-full-stop-makes-you-a-monster?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link\" >Science has spoken: ending a text with a full stop makes you a monster<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>Waiting for names like &#8220;Fallout&#8221; and &#8220;Creed&#8221;..<\/em>: <strong>Metro <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2015\/12\/10\/weirdest-baby-names-of-2015-included-valkyrie-madonna-quest-and-dartagnan-5556075\/\" >Weirdest baby names of 2015 included Valkyrie, Madonna, Quest and D&#8217;Artagnan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extra Space:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>I&#8217;m sure this will be the next record craze..<\/em>: <strong>New Scientist <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22830512-700-soviet-era-bootleg-music-recorded-on-discarded-x-ray-plates\/\" >Soviet-era bootleg music recorded on discarded X-ray plates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(EXTRA) <em>The microscopic cross between an alien bear and an anteater is more bizarre than ever before, you say? Not shocked..<\/em>: <strong>The Atlantic <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2015\/11\/tardigrades-worlds-toughest-animals-borrowed-a-sixth-of-their-dna-from-microbes\/417243\/\" >Inside the Bizarre Genome of the World&#8217;s Toughest Animal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nothing:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7187\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/4ClFt4e-6F0\/TWS339-2015-12-12.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7187','http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/4ClFt4e-6F0\/TWS339-2015-12-12.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\/4ClFt4e-6F0\/TWS339-2015-12-12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3238170-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TheWeirdShow\/~5\/4ClFt4e-6F0\/TWS339-2015-12-12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWS339-2015-12-12.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: Space In Your Eyes; Space Between Your Eyes; Extra Space; Nothing; CQ: Is it possible for a country to completely reinvent itself, shedding off all of its historical baggage (and positive traditions) &#8212; and can we ask the same of a person? 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