Man aids wife with HIV

(link to BBC)
A New Zealand man who had AIDS was refused sex by his wife, so he decided to go ahead and prick her with a needle "tainted with his blood". The idea was that, once she developed the virus, she would once again agree to have sex with him. Listen in to Harvey and Phillip's discussion of this controversial-yet-sensitive topic.

Hatch does Hannukah

(link to dangerousminds)
Orrin Hatch is a republican mormon senator from Utah in America. He is well known as a religious songwriter, and now he has turned his talents to writing a hip-hop Hannukah song. Hatch is seen in the video sporting a very nice Mezuzah necklace. Vocals on this track are performed by the great Madeliene Stone. Enjoy!

Santa drunk and dirty-handed

(link to WEAU.com)
Kevin Arnold of Sparta got drunk and dressed up as Santa Claus, but he had dirty hands and even 6 year-old Zoe Dockerty could tell that he was drunk! The police were alerted when he tried to put his hat on little Zoe. Zoe's sister Kate said she knew he wasn't the real Santa because Santa doesn't drink alcohol!

Meet the Elements

(link to Boing Boing)
People will know and love They Might be Giants for the lovable Malcom in the Middle theme song, the adolescent anthem of angst Boss of Me. Their new album is called Here Comes Science and is full of clever and simple explanations of scientific concepts. This single Meet the Elements is an introduction to the physical elements with some facts you might not have known, and it also explains why the elements are so important. The video is now available to view online, with nice animation by Feel Good Anyway.
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Episode 0009

Phillip and Harvey are back for your enjoyment and their own personal fulfillment with another great show! Perhaps the best ever, this episode is sponsored by BoB; the internet and phone in one by iiNet Australia. Find out more about BoB, and possibly even get naked with BoB by clicking this link. Apologies for the delay, but it is now over a month since the last show! We have another series of universal news and commentary from Harvey Plankers and Phillip Moreso. In this super episode, featuring: numerous reports about celebrity rumour in Moreland, breakdancing robot spins on head, aliens love proud Slavic culture, Obama sponsors home invasion, growing 'soggy' pork in the lab, and a philosophical conversation about separating the world and sea monsters. Another installment from Raymond and Peter in which Raymond crucifies dinner. Another Symphony of Science delight as Doctor Jastrow et al give us the beautiful composition 'Our place in the cosmos'. Next episode is a big event as it's episode 10 and the Christmas special in one! Just wait for that!

Jennifer Connolly Moreland Celebrity

Following up from our conversation with Francesco Tramlovinbitch on episode 0007 in which we remarked upon the epidemic of some interesting graffiti in the Moreland and Brunswick area. Namely, this graffiti offers the shocking claim that Jennifer Connolly is a whore! Not only a whore, but various adjectives besides, including: Moreland whore, movie-star whore, and others. We speculated about what this could possibly mean and offered various amusing theories, and now it seems that others are investigating these claims. Marieke Hardy -celebrated Australian vibe girl and former breakfast radio personality- has written of this issue on her now-finished blog Reasons You Will Hate Me. There are two threads of relevance and the comments may provide some illumination of the subject, they are: Dance Magic Dance and Following up a little RYWHM business... She also provides many photographic examples of local installations of this concept.

Breakdancing Robot is GO!

(link to 3news)
The Japanese have done it again with another robotic toy sure to impress. This one is a breakdancing robot that can spin on his head. This article says it's called Manio Go, but this seems to be a mistake and it may actually be Manoi Go. He doesn't seem to be worth the $2000 price tag as he is continually breaking and requiring repairs. This article claims "It is not quite Robocop, but it is close." I fail to see any resemblance to Robocop, but will eagerly awaits its deployment into law enforcement.

There is also a short YouTube video showcasing the robot performing an impressive routine to some catchy Japanese hip-hop.

MANOI GO やるならやらねば！真打バージョン

Bulgaria in contact with Aliens (link to Metro)

(link to Metro)
The Bulgarian space research institute claims that they are in contact with aliens, and are analysing crop circles that have appeared around the world in the past year. Bulgaria is known for its good value skiing, Black Sea resorts and proud Slavic culture. A combination of these three factors may be why extra-terrestrials are attracted to the area. Lachezar Filipov, deputy director of the space research institute, makes the bold claim that ‘Aliens are currently all around us and are watching us all the time.' He also claims that they are critical of people's amoral behaviour. The researchers say they have asked the extra-terrestrials 30 questions, one of which might have included asking them why they didn't contact NASA first. A very good question, although America doesn't have the same proud Slavic culture.

Obama sez 'have shower'

(link to NWFdailynews)
A man broke into a home in Crestview to have a shower, and he claims President Obama let him in. When one of the children saw him in the shower, he told them that he had special permission and to get out. I am curious as to why Obama would allow St. Petersburg resident Donald Leon to shower in a random property, and if this is true, there may be many other such cases all accross America. For some reason, Obama likes people to have showers in other peoples' homes.

God and sea monsters

(link to Telegraph)
Professor Ellen van Wolde is a respected Old Testament scholar and author. She claims that the first sentence of Genesis has been wrongly translated, and instead of creating the world, God merely separated it. This revision comes out of fresh textual analysis and an investigation of the word "bara", which was thought to mean to create; however, van Wolde claims that it means "to spatially separate". Harvey and Phillip speculated on what this could mean and how it might effect religious ideas. Van Wolde also claims there were sea monsters that actually pre-date God! Enjoy this infinite and thought-provoking article.

Scientists Create Soggy Pork

(link to Telegraph)
Researchers in the Netherlands have successfully created 'soggy pork' in the laboratory. This is an exciting step towards the dream of being able to grow meat, bypassing all the hassle of eating meat from animals. Vegetarian groups have said they would eat artificially grown meat, and the ethical issues that plague the slaughter of animals do not apply. At this stage, we will have to settle for soggy pork, but researchers will surely experiment with different levels of firmness and types of meat.

Symphony #3

Yet another work of brilliance comes to us via the infamous YouTuber MelodySheep and the 'Symphony of Science' series of science-themed songs. Our Place in the Cosmos is another interesting song that features great quotes and clips from various talks, also in the clip are visuals taken from the films Baraka, Kooyanisqatsi, History Channel's Universe series, and IMAX Cosmic Voyage. There are several scientific heavyweights featuring on this song including: of course, Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, and Dr Jastrow! A description accompanying the video claims that "The themes present in this song are intended to explore our understanding of our origins within the universe, and to challenge the commonplace notion that humans have a superior or privileged position, both on our home planet and in the universe itself" Enjoy, and may this help you to discover our infinite place in the cosmos!

Symphony of Science - 'Our Place in the Cosmos' (ft. Sagan, Dawkins, Kaku, Jastrow)