show notes

Episode 123 - The Story of Vaseline

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:57:12 +1000

Viper Caterpillar
(No Dark Place, No Deep Shadow / Jeremy Alan Hepp)

Huge Ocean Discovered Inside the Earth
(Camoflage / Fndmntl)

The Story of Vaseline
(Beth / Dan Tharp)

What If Music and Language re Neither Instinct nor Invention?
(The Calming / Remixt)

Timothy Ferris on Voyagers’ Never-Ending Journey
(Waiting to Be Born / Spheric Lounge)

Asteroid Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
(Black Smoke / The Protist)

The Word Detective
(Simplicity / Emily Loftus)

Thank Yous
(Piano Only / Till Berg)

The Surprising Origins of 9 Common Superstitions
(Midori’s Apples)

Conclusion
(Judson Hurd)

Episode 122 - 10 Extinct or Nearly Extinct Colours

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:40:35 +1000

Bakelite
(Fanisatt Strange Mood / Me)

Escaped Slaves May Have Lived in Great Dismal Swamp
(Dawn Redwoods / Jane Valencia)

The Word Detective - Stop
(Midori’s Apples)

10 Extinct or Nearly Extinct Colours
(Neversus / Alexye Nov & Songs for Night 101 A / Ken Kurland)

1970’s Children Draw the Future
The iPad of 1935
(Tamz / LJ Kruzer)

Episode 121 - Moving Sidewalks Before the Jetsons

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:13:19 +1000

8 Moon-Landing Hoax Myths Busted
(Moondial / Matt Stevens)

Squid Can Fly to Save Energy
(Bobbing Baubles / Binary Sea)

Could You Have Passed Thomas Edison’s Job Interview Test?
(Subliminal Flyin)

Plant Blooms After 30 000 Years in Permafrost
Strangely Moving Antarctic Lakes Surprise Researchers
(Edge of Morning / Longing for Orpheus)

Divers Find Clue to Ancient Civilization
(Lady Labyrinth / Ludovico Einaudi)

Moving Sidewalks Before the Jetsons
(Aerstream / G. Org)

Thank yous
(The Dreamcatchers / Absinthe Twilight)

298 Million Year Old Forest Discovered
First Photos of the Forest
(Dream in the Woods / Saskolnikovs)

Solar Tornadoes Video

Bayer Coined the Name Heroin
(Willful Amnesia / Ashelyn Summers)

Odd Spot
(We Folking / Marco Esu)

Episode 120 - The Epic Struggle to Tunnel Under the Thames

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:31:51 +1000

Has the Era of Easy Oil Ended?
(Here Today Gone Tomorrow / More Human Than Human)

Suriname Team Find 46 New Species
(Mystical Vista / Adam Zampino)

Word Detective / Cowlick
(East Autumn / Michael Mucklow)

The Capitol Architect Wanted to Reanimate Washington’s Dead Body
(Strange Days)

It’s a Wonderful Life
(Light From a Narrow Window / Ann Sweeten)

The Epic Struggle to Tunnel Under the Thames
(Halo / Gasserpe)

Thank yous
(A Song for the Sis / Sandbox Rebel)

Maggots Clean Wounds Faster Than Surgeons
(Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star / Music for Deep Sleep)

Episode 119 - One Year Since The Bloody Flood

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:09:41 +1000

Introduction
(Compassion / The Above)

Molecule That May Have Given Breath to Earth’s First Life Discovered
(Stars / Blazej Lindner)

Seven Theories on the Origin of Life
(As I Look Upon the World / More Human Than Human)

Making the Rounds with Santa Claus Smith
(Flow / Valerie Mih)

Seafloor Bridges Found
(Ley Lines / M.A. Ward)

Astronomers See More Planets Than Stars in Galaxy
(Balance / Serge Blenner)

Remarkable Night Flowering Orchid
Staring Into the Beautiful Cold-Blooded Eyes of Reptiles
(Pachelbels’ Canon for Chamber Ensemble / Steven Kreinberg)

The Origin of the QWERTY Keyboard
(Latte / Ian)

Thank yous
(Let the Right One In / Absinthe Twilight)

Word Detective - Plastered
(Intrinsic Acoustic / Union of the Faded Shadows)

Bound By Tradition
(Midori’s Apples / Jeremy Alan Hepp)