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On the show this week:

  • From Here To Beyond

    • CQ: Isn’t gravy just really thick soup?

    Full list of 9 articles after the jump!

    • From Here To Beyond:
      • Not sure how you land something going straight up.: LiveScience – Flat Earth Rocketeer Says He Will Launch in Two Weeks
      • It’s really just taking drones to the next level..: The UK Daily Mail – The ‘Segway of the sky’ that ANYONE can fly: French Flyboard inventor Franky Zapata reveals new Ezfly hoverboard that uses jet thrusters to zoom you through the air at 80mph
      • I do not really want to hear a dog speak.: NBC/MACH – Dogs can’t speak human. Here’s the tech that could change that.
      • Why would we make animals dumber?: SingrularityHub – If We Could Engineer Animals to Be as Smart as Humans-Should We?
      • Isn’t the Internet changing *everything*?: LiveScience – Is the Internet Changing the Way People Feel About Religion?
      • What even exists? (And how did the X-Files know?): Metro – Jim Carrey believes he doesn’t exist and is just an ‘idea’
      • Are any of us really here?: Boston Review – Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans
      • (EXTRA) I hope they have a department and aren’t working alone..: LiveScience – Why the UK Just Appointed a Minister of Loneliness
      • (EXTRA) Survival of the social media fittest?: boingboing – Crowdfunding for medical costs is turning health-care into a reality-TV competition
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