Sentient Developments Episode 2012.05.14

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of May 14, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode:

• Are humans becoming more or less psychopathic?
• Why Star Trek's vision of the future is out out date
• Asteroid Mining could be against the law
• Will Sweden abolish the concept of gender?
• New study could put anti-aging pill back on the shelf
• Why humanists need to make the shift to post-atheism

Tracks used in this episode: Lower Dens: "Nova Anthem", "Propagation", "Alphabet Song", and "Lamb".

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Sentient Developments Episode 2012.05.07

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of May 7, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode:

• Scientific explanations for Game of Thrones' messed-up seasons
• Could a single pill save your marriage?
• Nature goes ahead and publishes study explaining how to create deadly mutant bird flu
• Artificial retinas give blind patients ability to see light and shapes
• The Search for Life on Jupiter’s Icy Moons
  

Tracks used in this episode:

• Unicorn Kid: Pure Space
• Atlas Sound: Te Amo
• Death Grips: Hacker
• Black Moth Super Rainbow: I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors Too

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