Six Degrees of Rumination

Episode 80 - 10/01/18 - A Positive Nature

Six Degrees had so many good articles this time around, we decided to record TWO episodes at once!  This first of the two has a more positive bent, and is the "nature" side of "nature vs. nurture" if you will (and Reno will).  Learn why elephants get cancer less often than other mammals, how producer Mike would deal with a robot begging for its life, and oh--just so things don't get too serious, Six Degrees also discusses the culinary experiences that ensue following an amputation.

 

 

https://psmag.com/environment/the-planet-now-has-more-trees-than-it-did-35-years-ago

 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/cancer-one-worry-elephants-forget-180969993/

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/11/646724291/a-massive-floating-boom-is-supposed-to-clean-up-the-pacific-can-it-work

 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17642868/robots-turn-off-beg-not-to-empathy-media-equation

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/would-a-world-without-work-be-so-bad/488711/?utm_source=facebook&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_term=2018-07-25T16%3A25%3A07

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/12/645221590/blind-grocery-shoppers-access-second-set-of-eyes-through-app-at-wegmans

 

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gykmn7/legal-ethical-cannibalism-human-meat-tacos-reddit-wtf?utm_source=vicefbus

 

 

Episode 79 - 7/21/18 - With special guest Chris Gorman and a shout out to Jason Ryerson

Six Degrees welcomes Reno's brother on their 79th episode!  Chris is like Reno but with less Reno and more Chris.

This episode is a collection of articles demonstrating how amazing - and how terrifying - science is getting: reattaching legs backwards, growing brains with Neanderthal DNA, getting pregnant by eating undercooked seafood...it's a strange and beautiful world we live in.

Also, a shout out to Jason Ryerson, one of our listeners who met Reno recently :D

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-most-of-us-stop-discovering-new-music-after-30-according-to-science

 

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2153310/china-brings-star-wars-life-laser-ak-47-could-set-fire

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/seven-year-old-girl-rotationplasty-procedure-tumour-surgery

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/11/scientists-to-grow-mini-brains-using-neanderthal-dna?CMP=fb_gu

 

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/robotic-living-muscle-tissue-science/

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/04/23/605054470/veteran-receives-penis-transplant-to-repair-war-wound?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180423

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/penis-satellite-space-google-maps-australia-marree-man-geoglyph

 

https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/lottery-winner-arrested-for-dumping-200000-of-manure-on-ex-boss-lawn/

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/hippos-poop-so-much-that-sometimes-all-the-fish-die/560486/

 

 

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/womans-tongue-gets-inseminated-by-squid-after-eating-undercooked-seafood/

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34001790

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-art-of-lying/

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/cracker-test-how-many-carbs-health-diet-sharon-moalem

 

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/experiments-show-that-humans-can-sleep-for-days-when-living-alone-underground

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/10/610102872/man-allegedly-used-change-of-address-form-to-move-ups-headquarters-to-his-apartm

Episode 78 - 05/28/18 - Producer Mike's Longest Episode

Join Six Degrees for producer Mike's longest episode, in which he is so angry his co-hosts started late that he cuts them off even before their first segue...

The world doesn't disappoint in its strangeness; this episode's articles range from trying to prove small talk can actually be interesting to how a turtle can breathe through its genitals.  Oh, and did you already think platypuses (platypi...) were impossibly weird?  Well, prepare yourself to be blown away yet again by their bizarre genetic make up.

 

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/13-genius-questions-most-interesting-people-ask-to-start-great-conversations.html

 

 

http://goodfullness.net/science-shows-sister-makes-better-person/

 

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willburns/2018/04/19/more-scientific-studies-reveal-how-we-can-unleash-our-creativity/#46a9ba102d17

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/11/green-haired-turtle-that-breathes-through-its-genitals-added-to-endangered-list?CMP=fb_gu

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/birds-see-magnetic-fields-cryptochrome-cry4-photoreceptor

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/platypus-weirdest-creature-australia-science-sweat-milk-see-electricity-venom

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-we-should-start-drinking-cockroach-milk-superfood

 

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/chimpanzees-monkeys-brains-animals-predators/

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-to-tell-the-difference-between-a-headache-and-a-migraine

 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/darpa-funded-prosthetic-memory-system-successful-in-humans-study-finds

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/counterfeit-cosmetics-seized-by-police-contaminated-with-bacteria-faeces

 

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/flushing-toilets-launch-germs-and-hot-air-dryers-aim-them-at-your-hands/

 

http://www.newsweek.com/christians-should-not-do-yoga-says-indian-catholic-church-873140

 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/10/17219406/embalmed-alive-russia-formaldehyde-how-caleb-wilde

 

 

Episode 77 - 03/26/18 - Bionic Eyeball Incisions, Circumcision Decisions, and a Cocaine Bear

Episode 77 is full of bears, bees, (no birds though), legal and illegal drugs, and what's next for human improvement on a bionic level.  Also discussed is the case of a dead man who couldn't prove he was alive in a court of law.

Oh, and heaps and heaps of jokes about cocaine. 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/03/21/woman-dies-after-acupuncture-session-that-used-live-bees-instead-of-needles/?utm_term=.ff2cf6e1d5cb

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/daycare-workers-arrested-giving-children-melatonin-gummy-bears

 

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/03/14/cocaine-bear/

 

https://science.howstuffworks.com/caffeine4.htm

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/03/22/great-pacific-garbage-patch-grows/446405002/

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/thousands-of-dead-sea-creatures-star-fish-washed-up-england-frozen-to-death

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/octopus-and-squid-evolution-is-officially-weirder-than-we-could-have-ever-imagined

 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/15/17124312/nasa-twins-study-dna-scott-kelly-international-space-station

 

https://futurism.com/bionic-contacts-goodbye-glasses-hello-vision-thats-3x-better-than-2020/

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/iceland-male-circumcision-ban-religious-leaders-outrage-mp-bill-proposed-a8217696.html

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/16/594431754/man-claims-hes-not-dead-court-doesn-t-buy-it?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180316

 

 

Episode 76 - 03/05/18 “Black slime mummy zombie butt breathing BARBRA STREISAND”

Six Degrees maintains our streak of doing an episode once every time we all meet up with microphones!  This one is all about those odd cases in science, from animals' unusual coping mechanisms to how a change in climate turns mummies into creatures from the black lagoon.  Discussed also are deer who move slower than deer in the headlights and how the Y chromosome of human beings may be on its way out...

 

https://www.livescience.com/61018-turtles-breathe-through-butt.html

 

https://www.menshealth.com/health/never-hold-in-a-sneeze

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/feb/28/barbra-streisand-cloned-her-dog-twice-variety?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-oldest-mummies-are-turning-into-black-slime-why

 

https://www.menshealth.com/health/chronic-wasting-disease-in-humans

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-engineered-sheep-human-hybrids-first-time-stem-cell-chimera

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/chemistry-kits-history-risks-benefits-education

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/y-chromosome-vanishing-changing-genetics-males-evolution

 

https://nypost.com/2018/02/04/doritos-to-make-lady-friendly-chips-that-dont-crunch-for-women/

 

https://futurism.com/two-decades-scientists-gmos-corn-good-seriously/amp/

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/china-will-be-carrying-insects-and-plants-to-the-surface-of-the-moon-this-year

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/08/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind/2780303/

Episode 75 12/18/17 - Macaque! (with guest Sean Keehan)

For their 75th episode, Six Degrees is joined by guest Sean Keehan, and celebrates with a plethora of topics, including the alarming number of body parts in the Pacific Ocean, a gene that almost eliminates pain, what LSD does to dolphins (and humans living with dolphins), plus one very special story about Jesus.

 

https://nypost.com/2017/11/29/300-year-old-note-found-inside-butt-of-jesus-statue/?utm_content=inf_11_2731_2&utm_source=tsefacebook&utm_medium=tsefb&utm_campaign=tse&tse_id=INF_47bf80d0d60611e7b926579f881108d6

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/570189142/human-feet-still-washing-up-in-pacific-northwest-but-dont-panic?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2041

 

http://www.sciencealert.com/this-italian-family-feels-no-pain-scientists-finally-understand-why-marsili-insensitivity

 

https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/high-tech-suicide-machine-makes-death-painless-peaceful-optimal-way-go

 

https://futurism.com/space-kingdom-asgardia-first-nation-territory-orbit/

 

https://futurism.com/china-is-enacting-a-plastic-waste-import-ban/

 

https://futurism.com/amino-acid-plant-waste-offers-unexpected-energy-potential/

 

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9amw88/what-weve-learned-from-giving-dolphins-lsd?utm_campaign=fansLAL1&utm_source=vicefbusads

 

https://janest.com/article/2017/12/05/five-plants-beside-cannabis-target-endocannabinoid-system/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pagepost

 

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/new-research-finds-that-kids-aged-4-6-perform-better-during-boring-tasks-when-dressed-as-batman/

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/15/571175252/scientists-say-japanese-monkeys-are-having-sexual-interactions-with-deer?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2044

 

https://www.space.com/38983-nasa-extends-beam-inflatable-habitat-space-station.html

 

https://futurism.in/2017/12/11/uae-minister-artificial-intelligence/

 

https://futurism.in/2017/12/04/new-black-metal-album-published-wasnt-made-human/

 

https://imgur.com/gallery/u3Ata

Episode 74 11/27/17 - A Beluga of a Bidet for an 11 pound scrotum

Six Degrees discusses surgery to shrink a penis, why toilet paper is destroying parts of the planet, and what 65 cats are capable of when given the proper training. 

*They do hit a serious note for one article* 

Well, for a few seconds, anyway...

 

 

 

https://www.inquisitr.com/4582284/mans-3-foot-penis-and-11-pound-scrotum-gone-surgeons-give-20-year-old-new-lease-on-life/?utm_content=inf_11_3140_2&source=se&utm_source=se&utm_campaign=se&utm_medium=fb&tse_id=INF_a51b2910beb811e7b926579f881108d6

 

https://futurism.com/sponsored-15-of-deforestation-is-due-to-toilet-paper-alone-heres-how-we-can-fix-this/

 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/integrated-circuits-printed-directly-onto-fabric-for-the-first-time

 

https://futurism.in/2017/11/13/bill-gates-smart-city-arizona/

 

http://www.gosocial.co/people-born-1977-1983-given-new-name/

 

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/elderly-woman-accused-of-training-her-65-cats-to-steal-from-neighbors/

 

http://wakeuptop.com/2017/11/08/pedophile-priest-who-was-forgiven-by-church-for-raping-26-children-found-dead/

 

http://www.sciencealert.com/quick-eating-bad-for-waistline-heart-health

 

http://www.sciencealert.com/beluga-whale-bottlenose-dolphin-learns-new-language

 

 

Episode 73 10/31/17 - Halloween-ish

It’s a scary...ish episode just in time for Halloween!  With topics ranging from sweating blood to robot offspring, Six Degrees covers just what makes us humans cringe, gasp, and scream!

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5008295/Woman-21-sweats-BLOOD-face-palms-hands.html?ITO=applenews

https://apple.news/AmkAlb4mGSJmAfTGsNpsnLg

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-turn-conservatives-liberal-john-bargh-psychology-2017-10

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/18/16479796/stockton-california-basic-income-economic-security-experiment

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-credit-score-privacy-invasion

http://www.businessinsider.com/sophia-robot-citizenship-in-saudi-arabia-the-first-of-its-kind-2017-10

https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/02/an-ai-god-will-emerge-by-2042-and-write-its-own-bible-will-you-worship-it/

https://www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2017/10/23/sex-robot-creator-is-ready-to-make-a-baby-with-his-machine/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2016/12/15/boredom-quickies-might-be-why-humans-lost-their-penis-bone/amp/

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/27/560268250/does-smoking-pot-lead-to-more-sex

http://returntonow.net/2017/10/15/yoga-pants-destroying-planet/

http://www.sciencealert.com/dolphins-are-the-first-wild-animals-to-show-traces-of-alzheimer-s

http://ewao.com/2017/10/04/people-want-a-reality-show-where-flat-earthers-search-for-the-edge-of-the-world/

Epi 72 - 10/16/17 - Old St. Dick and the Crunchy Jim Crow Sex Bots

Six Degrees returns with a plethora of articles, from what dolphins could do with opposable thumbs to what some people do with their placentas.  Also discussed are the inclusion of hover bikes into policing and how hackers could be plotting your demise through your seemingly innocent sex bot.

Enjoy!

 

 

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/california-passes-law-to-ban-the-sale-of-dogs-from-puppy-mills/

 

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article124360119.html

 

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/we-visited-a-penis-museum-can-you-guess-which-penis-belongs-to-each-animal/

 

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/turkish-archaeologists-claim-found-tomb-santa-claus/

 

http://www.iflscience.com/space/you-can-now-send-your-ashes-to-be-scattered-in-space-as-british-company-launches-space-funerals/

 

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/could-hackers-program-sex-robots-to-kill/

 

http://www.kurzweilai.net/walking-dna-nanorobot-could-deliver-a-drug-to-a-precise-location-in-your-body

 

https://futurism.in/2017/10/16/officials-electric-police-hoverbikes-will-soon-patrol-dubai/

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/if-dolphins-had-evolved-opposable-thumbs-they-would-be-ruling-world-instead-humans-1643101

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kim-kardashian-placenta-eating-trend-cannibalism-says-top-gynaecologist-1643318

Episode 71 03/26/17