Show notes
On the show this week:
- To The Moon, Alice
- Post-End of the World
- Disruptive
CQ: What song would you send to greet our alien cousins?
Full list of 19 articles after the jump!
- To The Moon, Alice:
- Probably not a bad idea to start making more baskets..: New Scientist – Should we seed life through the cosmos using laser-driven ships?
- Seeding the near earth orbit is a start, right?: New Scientist – The ‘space nation’ Asgardia just launched its first satellite
- C’ing the universe, one chord at a time..: Mysterious Universe – Scientists Transmit Songs to Planet With Potential Alien Life
- Because who says science can’t be cool looking.: Youtube – Sónar Calling GJ273b
- I’m pretty sure he can’t fire it in a curve, because curves don’t exist.: AP – Self-taught rocket scientist plans to launch over ghost town
- How do I want him to fail at succeeding, rather than fail to try?: Gizmodo – Flat Earth Researcher Told He Can’t Blast Himself Into the Sky at 500 MPH on Public Lands
- : AP/ABC Australia – ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes eyes Monday for new launch date of homemade steam-powered rocket
- Yeah, but aside from all the evidence, what more proof do you have?: Forbes – Five Impossible Facts That Would Have To Be True If The Earth Were Flat
- Therefore: science is *all* wrong.: The LA Times – Mars may not have the water we thought it did, study shows
- Post-End of the World:
- Seems like we should burn it or something..: Phys.org – ‘Trash islands’ off Central America indicate ocean pollution problem
- On the burning edge of fashion.: Bloomberg – A Power Plant Is Burning H&M Clothes Instead of Coal
- Seems like it would smell better than burning t-shirts.: Engadget – London buses to be powered by coffee grounds
- (EXTRA) Are we wasting a precious resource — again?: LiveScience – Here Come the Macy’s Balloons, There Goes Our Helium?
- (EXTRA) Evil or just amoral?: The New York Times – How Evil Is Tech?
- Disruptive:
- (EXTRA) OHMYGODIWILLLIVEFOREVERGIMMEMOREESPRESSO: The UK Telegraph – Even seven cups of coffee a day cuts risk of early death, study suggests
- (EXTRA) They should probably drink more coffee (and have a burger).: ACSH – Vegetarian Men are More Depressed – Are Steaks a Treatment?
- (EXTRA) Don’t be alone until it’s good to be alone.: StudyFinds – Study: Being Alone Can Be Good For Your Mental Health, Sparks Creativity
- (EXTRA) A new feat for high level Ranger characters!: Sploid – This Mind-Bending Archer Fires Arrows That Change Direction in Mid-Air
- (EXTRA) It’s the end of the term, as you know it, but I feel fine..: TwinCities Pioneer Press – ‘Zombie apocalypse’ writing assignment leads to controversy at Minnesota high school