TWS392: There Are Worlds Without Us

On the show this week:

• Revisible


• Off-planet Casual


• By the Numbers

CQ: With the age of the Internet, we can experience things from all over the world in an instant, and integrate them into our personal culture — but does that mean that the notion of “regional” or “national” culture are doomed to fade?

Full list of 13 articles after the jump!

• Revisible:
  
  
  
  • Finally, offal news which is good!: CTV – Scottish haggis coming to Canada for first time in 46 years
  
  
  • I’m pretty sure this is the anti-gravity of the heat world..: New Scientist – Light-filtering paint cools your home when exposed to hot sun
  
  
  • Can we hide the Earth from the Sun when it’s being finnicky?: LiveScience – ‘Beam of Invisibility’ Could Hide Objects Using Light
  
  
  • It’s probably the story of a divorce caused by unfair trade in sheep..: Vice – Settlers of Catan Is Getting Turned into a Movie for Some Reason
  
  
  
  


• Off-planet Casual:
  
  
  
  • (EXTRA) Not only does the drive continue to make news, it continues to make new science..: Big Think – Is This The Secret Behind the Mysterious Em Drive?
  
  
  • (EXTRA) Real estate with one hell of a view, but the insurance is not comprehensive.: The UK Daily Mail – The MOON set to get its own space station made of inflatable modules in 2022
  
  
  • (EXTRA) A bit of a fixer-upper, and the view isn’t as good, but it’s got character..: The Guardian UK – Discovery of 50km cave raises hopes for human colonisation of moon
  
  
  • (EXTRA) I feel like we’re scaling down the space program a bit much..: Discover Magazine – The Wearable Reentry Spacecraft of Yesteryear
  
  
  • (EXTRA) Ah, but will it hit the moon?: New Scientist – A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years
  
  
  
  


• By the Numbers:
  
  
  
  • (EXTRA) How Dundgeons and Dragons paved the way for (obsessive?) self-examination.: Slate – My Quantified Monster and Me
  
  
  • (EXTRA) Do you have the right stuff?: New Scientist – Online game will spot if you have hidden cybersecurity talents
  
  
  • (EXTRA) Aside from all the technical problems, there’s the fact that they were creepy.: LiveScience – Why You Shouldn’t Expect to See ‘Blade Runner’ Replicants Anytime Soon
  
  
  • (EXTRA) Like most fears, it isn’t real — but still has real consquences.: NY Post – ‘Slender Man’ sighting leaves small-town residents on edge