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When Aliens a Tax Dec 29, 2017

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Since 2007, the $600 billion annual Defense Department budgets included $22 million spent on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. The Defense Department has never before acknowledged the existence of the program, which it says it shut down in 2012. For years, the program investigated reports of unidentified flying objects. Jeff and Anthony discuss this state sponsored UFO investigation and whether that constitutes a real-life X-Files.

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Plantesthesia Dec 27, 2017

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Researchers from the journal Annals of Botany report that, just like humans, plants can succumb to the effects of general anesthetic drugs. The finding is striking for a variety of reasons—there’s the pesky fact that plants lack a central nervous system, for one thing. Jeff and Anthony examine the problem and come up with some theories as to what is going on.

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Today’s story was sent in by tfofurn: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/10/05/pretending-to-be-batman-helps-kids-stay-on-task/

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Batman Doesn't Need Super Vision Dec 22, 2017

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Psychologists have reported in Child Development that when four- to six-year-olds pretended to be Batman while they were doing a boring but important task, it helped them to resist distraction and stay more focused. The experts don't know exactly why this works so well, but Jeff and Anthony have a few ideas.

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Sign on the Clotted Spine Dec 20, 2017

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It’s usually OK to be proud of your work and lend your name to it. But most people would draw the line at signing their initials into the flesh of internal organs. Not Dr. Simon Bramhall of the UK, apparently. He pleaded guilty to charges that he etched his initials, “SB,” onto the livers of two transplant patients with an argon beam in 2013. Jeff and Anthony discuss whether this should be a crime at all, and what kind of person does it.

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Today’s story was sent in by Mark Nuhfer: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/sb-wuz-here-surgeon-pleads-guilty-to-burning-initials-into-patients-organs/

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The Nutty Processor Dec 18, 2017

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Squirrels can bury up to 10,000 nuts annually, many of which they do go back and find. A recent study on cognition in the journal Royal Society Open Science examines how fox squirrels keep track of their nuts, and whether those techniques can be used by humans. Anthony and Jeff discuss the finding in hopes of learning to chunk like squirrel.

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Today’s story was sent in by Brandon Hawk: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/squirrels-can-store-the-same-kinds-of-nuts-in-specific-groupings/

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Have a Tat Habitat Dec 15, 2017

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Engineers at MIT have developed a temporary tattoo that’s 3-D printed with living ink. The tattoo is made up of bacterial cells that are genetically programmed to light up when exposed to different types of stimuli. Jeff and Anthony discuss the usefulness of a living tattoo and whether they'd want to get all inked up for science.

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School Injection Dec 13, 2017

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Two neuroscientists at the University of Rochester say they have managed to introduce information directly into the premotor cortex of monkeys. Anthony and Jeff discuss the idea of injecting information directly into the brain, and what it could mean for monkeys - and humans.

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Ground Control to Major Germ Dec 11, 2017

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According to a new study in the journal PeerJ, the interior surfaces of the 17-year-old, 250-mile-high, airtight International Space Station harbor at least 1,000 and perhaps more than 4,000 microbe species. Jeff and Anthony discuss germs in space, and the very real society of Cheerleader Scientists.

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Shake, Rattle, and Roil Dec 08, 2017

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In a study published in Geophysical Research Letters earlier this year, Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado and Rebecca Bendick of the University of Montana predict that, because of Earth’s slowing rotation, the world will see a significant spike in large earthquakes in 2018. Jeff and Anthony take a look at their findings to decide whether they should start to panic.

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Today’s story was submitted by Jeff_Rose: https://qz.com/1133304/as-earths-rotation-slows-2018-could-see-a-spike-in-large-earthquakes/

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Die Hardly Dec 06, 2017

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Rather than go with realistic methods of death, many films contain unbelievable movie death scenes that viewers accept as possible because they have been shown so many times. These movie death myths have become tropes that are used throughout the industry but that no one questions. Time to question them! Jeff and Anthony run down 11 movie deaths that don't hold up to science.

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Today’s story was submitted by Julie Watts: https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-deaths-that-can-t-happen-in-real-life/nathan-gibson?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pd&pgid=763663430350503&utm_campaign=Reality_of_Movie_Deaths_maptest&asid=23842738282080681&psid=1737123626337807

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