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Today I talk with Dr Adrian Gentle, formerly of the Los Alamos National Laboratories, and currently at the University of Southen Indiana, on a topic that everyone has heard of – but one that not everyone understands. Relativity, and in particular, special relativity.

Dr Gentle’s web page is at: http://www.usi.edu/science/math/apgentle/ and his papers can be found at arxiv.org

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You are made of space-time (New Scientist)

Why Pluto had to go (Cosmos Magazine)

Chimps cheer for attention (Discovery channel)

Researchers find what may be a new state of matter (Ars Technica)

Waterless planets defy expectations (Discovery channel)

Regular naps make hearts healthy (Discovery channel)

Spice healer (Scientific American)

Pluto’s newest moons named Hydra and Nix (Space.com)

Huge seas spotted on Saturn moon (ABC Australia science news)

How to be on time, always (ABC Australia science news)

IPCC Report at a glance (telegraph.co.uk)

Neanderthal brain spared schizophrenia (ABC Australia science news)

Oldest black hole ever found (ABC Australia science news)

Found! World’s oldest tree (ABC Australia science news)

Expect weird climate zones by 2100 (ABC Australia science news)

Bizarre hexagons found on Saturn (ABC Australia science news)

Universe may disappear from view (ABC Australia science news)

You are made of space-time (New Scientist)

Why Pluto had to go (Cosmos Magazine)

Chimps cheer for attention (Discovery channel)

Researchers find what may be a new state of matter (Ars Technica)

Waterless planets defy expectations (Discovery channel)

Regular naps make hearts healthy (Discovery channel)

Spice healer (Scientific American)

Pluto’s newest moons named Hydra and Nix (Space.com)

Huge seas spotted on Saturn moon (ABC Australia science news)

How to be on time, always (ABC Australia science news)

IPCC Report at a glance (telegraph.co.uk)

Neanderthal brain spared schizophrenia (ABC Australia science news)

Oldest black hole ever found (ABC Australia science news)

Found! World’s oldest tree (ABC Australia science news)

Expect weird climate zones by 2100 (ABC Australia science news)

Bizarre hexagons found on Saturn (ABC Australia science news)

Universe may disappear from view (ABC Australia science news)

Short show today including a brief introduction to thermodynamics and the movie Blade Runner. Pin of the episode, and a promo of the CaffiNation podcast.

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The CaffiNation Podcast – Ep 141 (At about 8 minutes 31)
Pageant Cast – Ep 077 (At 8 minutes 37)
Radio Free Philosophy – Ep 026 (At 13 minutes 55)

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Erk Pod – Ep 71 (at about 32 minutes 45 seconds)
Erk Pod Mini – Ep 10 (at about 4 minutes 1 second)
Wasting Time Podcast – Ep 42 (At 55 minutes 25)

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Erk Pod – Ep 72

Has your head ever felt hot after using a mobile phone?

Mobile phones boiling an egg

Anyone willing to comment on this and talk through the physics?