We gathered in At Bristol's wonderful planetarium to watch and discuss The Day the Earth Stood Still (Klaatu, not Keanu). We were raising money for Age UK for this, our third live Cosmic Shed recording.
Andrew, Maddy, Ti and Steve were delighted to be joined by Professors Francesca Stavrakopoulou and Bruce Hood.
As we've discussed SETI and life in the universe quite a bit recently, we thought we'd look at Supernatural Belief this time...following on from our Ghostbusters episode. A revelation about R2D2, Moses and a fair bit about Jesus followed.
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Francesca mentions animals appearing to have rituals attached to an "afterlife" belief. As it happens, the BBC's Emma Napper was in the audience (and in the shed the next day) and has filmed an elephant funeral which you can see here.
Andrew didn't mention this in the episode but had this song in his head for most of the evening...particularly when Professor Francesca was speaking.
Steve mentions Stop Killer Robots, Deep Mind and Tay, the racist, sexist, misogynist AI who only has humanity to blame.
Francesca mentions Ex Machina which we also loved
Star Trek Discovery - Oh Brother what a return!
Marina Sirtis - Dark Sublime
BONUS: Prof Alice Roberts - How do we grow?
Door 24 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 23 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 22- The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 21 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 20 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 19 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 18 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
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Door 16 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 15 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 14 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 13 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 12 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 11 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door 10 - The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
Door Nine - Hattie Briggs
Door VIII of The Cosmic Shed Advent Calendar
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