Moon farts, jellyfish bones, and op art abound. Night Call dives into this week in science. Plus the strange world of simulated people in pop culture and what this tells us about ourselves.
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Articles and media mentioned this episode:
Article, Vice, "New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050" (https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/597kpd/new-report-suggests-high-likelihood-of-human-civilization-coming-to-an-end-in-2050)
Article, LiveScience, "Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us"? (https://www.livescience.com/65612-gassy-moon-flashes.html)
Article, Dwell, "Discover Florida's Mysterious Dome Home Before it Sinks into the Sea" (https://www.dwell.com/article/discover-floridas-mysterious-dome-home-before-it-sinks-into-the-sea-12a0e0a0)
Film, Home Movie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275408/?ref_=nv_sr_4?ref_=nv_sr_4)
Video, Swallowed Whole - a comb jelly praying on a comb jelly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmoChWQ6xCk)
Film, The Little Mermaid (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097757/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
Article, The New York Times, "Dementia Stopped Peter Max From Painting. For Some, That Spelled a Lucrative Opportunity" (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/business/peter-max-dementia-cruise-ship-auctions.html)
TV Series, Black Mirror, "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9053874/?ref_=ttep_ep3)
Song, "Head Like a Hole" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao-Sahfy7Hg) by Nine Inch Nails
Song, "I'm on a Roll" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ihqbMicm_s) by Ashley O
Film, S1m0ne (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
Film, Under the Silver Lake (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5691670/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
Podcast, Who? Weekly (https://www.whoweekly.us/)
TV Series, Westworld (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475784/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
Film, Mulholland Drive (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
Actress IMDB, Rachel Roberts (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212051/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)
Music Video, "Bitch Better Have My Money" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3eAMGXFw1o) by Rihanna
Play, Pygmalion (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781503290907) by George Bernard Shaw
Hatsune Miku/Vocaloids (https://vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/Hatsune_Miku)
Film, The Truman Show (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
Film, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3741700/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
Film, Godzilla (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2) (2014)
Anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112159/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
Song, Yuji Koseki, "Mothra's Song" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=9lmZRRqF6wA)
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