The Cake is Embargoed

Summary: Chris and Rob talk about exoplanets, the US shutdown, cake, and the distant future. There is discussion of the mind of dog and what exactly is a planet? [MP3 Link] Episode #90. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott. Links: Timeline of the Far Future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future Shutdown silence: http://boingboing.net/2013/10/04/during-the-shutdown-some-scie.html Five Billion Years [of Solitude]: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/10/04/five-billion-years-of-solitude-lee-billings Are dogs people too? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/opinion/sunday/dogs-are-people-too.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& I installed Windows on my Mac. Why? WWT! http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx New free-floating planet : http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.0457 Kepler clouds on an exoplanet : http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/scientists-generate-first-map-of-clouds-on-kepler-7b-1003.html Credits: Audio content Copyright 2013 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).