Strange Realm - Ep. 041 - Dec. 10th, 2023

Tonight we bring you a cat-aclysmic cacophony of speculation and reporting about our wide and weird world! Does owning a cat trigger schizophrenia? Will China use humanoid robots to build its Moonbase? What can a 1000-qubit quantum computer really do? What are thousands of UFOs doing in our orbit every month? These questions and more will be discussed and deliberated. After the break, we continue our reading series and Frobisher reads more of the paranormal classic, "Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us," by Jason Offutt.

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Notes:
- China takes the lead in Moon Politics
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-china-scores-big-moon.html
- Space Force sees thousands of UFOs in a month
https://www.wionews.com/trending/us-space-agency-has-seen-thousands-of-ufos-in-one-month-report-664809
- IBM releases first ever 1000-quibit supercomputer
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03854-1
- Link Between Owning Cats and Schizophrenia Is Real
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-link-between-owning-cats-and-schizophrenia-is-real-study-says
- Darkness Walks:
https://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Walks-Shadow-People-Among/dp/1933665378/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnusualArt/comments/fxxamz/shadow_people_by_me/

Intro music: "Banned from Living" by Gloomcvlt
Outro music: "The Outlands, Pt. 2" by The Abyss
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)

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