#59 - Don Quixote Syndrome Took Over

This week, we talk Let's Talk Science funding, wind turbines with no blades, and look forward to Google I/O later in the week.

Links:

• Humans Suck At Driving
• Let's Talk Science Gets New Funding
• Record-breaking Stone Tools Found
• Seismic Signals Used To Track Explosions
• Genetic Engineers Build Kill-Switch
• Spyware Shows Up In App Stores
• Bladeless Wind Turbines
• Google IoT Platform 'Brillo'
• XKCD - Competing Standards
• Google Tone Extension
• Recent Update to Google Hangouts
• Get Google Hangouts
• The 'Food Babe' Is Totally Wack
• Bigger Roads Mean More Cars
• CBC's The Irrelevant Show - Calgary Biking

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#52 - Ceres, Get It Together

In this episode, we discuss Canadian Open Source science research, updates to nuclear fusion, and dwarf planets. And much, much more!

This is the last full Future Chat episode until April, when we begin Season 2, so buckle up!

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Links:

• NSERC & SSHRC Open Access
• Hilary Clinton Emails
• New Fusion Reactor
• Bill Nye on GMOs
• Dawn at Ceres
• Curiosity Short Circuit
• J-Law Movie Streaming Pre-Theatre Release
• K-Cup Regrets
• Sugar Intake 5-10% of Calories
• MOBEO: The Game We Were Talking About

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Future Sci Chat #12: GMOs

In this episode we talked natural vs biotechnological GMOs, Monsanto, and gave a verdict whether GMOs are a positive or negative force in the world.

Links:

• GMOs can be good (Analysis)
• GMO Documentary
• Monsanto Wikipedia (LOL: Lots of litigation)
• LA Times: Letter on "Natural"
• CollegeHumor - Adam Ruins Dogs
• 100 Years of Breed "Improvement"
• Truck got Stuck - Canola Oil Reference
• Rob is famous (in the Toronto area)
• CGP Grey on Copyright

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Future Sci Chat #10: Health

We tackled health this week on Future Chat, with talk of vitamins, the debunking of homeopathy and the placebo effect. We also spent the aftershow coming up with the best way to talk about death for a whole episode, so don't miss it!

Links:

Dog Breeds - Collegehumor

Poop Transplants - Minute Earth

Skin Microbiome Post - NY Times
*I think we took the discussion off the public forum at that point.

We are taking a week off next week, but we'll be back in two weeks with all new energy!

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Future Sci Chat #8: Nutrition

This week on Future Chat, we had a very special guest, +Anna On, join us. She's a food scientist, and together we broke down some common food and nutrition-based misconceptions. Enjoy the episode!

While you're at it, check out this video I made this week about how much salt and sugar can hide itself in your food and drink without you knowing:

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