Episode 30: Emotions are for baby-eaters 12/7/14

It's a carnival of the animals on Six Degrees!  Reno's and Nina's penchant for ravens is quenched, mice whose brains are part human are smarter than other mice, and a furry convention is horribly interrupted.  Elsewhere in the news, there could be a scientific reason why we say things like "That baby is so cute, I could just eat him up!"

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ravens-have-social-abilities-previously-only-seen-humans

 

http://www.iflscience.com/brain/mice-part-human-brains-are-smarter-their-peers

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/07/369186497/chlorine-gas-leak-in-chicago-disrupts-furries-convention?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202607

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/11/13/why-do-people-cry-tears-of-joy-and-pinch-babies-cheeks-according-to-science-it-may-help-you-calm-down/

 

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/solar-technology-could-make-underground-parks-cramped-cities-possible

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/03/368044880/our-ability-to-digest-alcohol-may-have-been-key-to-our-survival?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202603

 

http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10301

 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/fabrics-that-transmit-biomedical-data

 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/rewritable-paper

 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-parallel-worlds-collide-quantum-mechanics-is-born