Cool Stuff Ride Home

<p>Covering the most interesting and coolest stories that you may have missed around the world in about 15 minutes a day. Cool Stuff Ride Home looks at science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art, and hope. This is the antidote to depressing headlines. Smart stuff in podcast form. Cool news, as a service.</p><p>Hosted by Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff.</p>

Our Feline Friends May Hold Clues to Fighting Dementia + The Benefits of ADHD (yes, we said benefits)

Elderly cats with dementia may hold clues for Alzheimer’s People with ADHD may have an underappreciated advantage: Hypercuriosity Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-18
20:51

Recycled Glass To Assist in Tempering Hurricane Destruction, A Cold to Combat Covid & One Freaky Wasp

Recycled glass could help fend off coastal erosion A cold today helps keep the COVID away A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-15
14:58

A New Approach To Generalized Anxiety Disorder + We Were Wrong About Why Ice Is Slippery

A Single LSD Treatment Could Keep Anxiety At Bay for Months The Real Reason Ice is Slippery, Revealed After 200 years Secure your online data by visiting ⁠ExpressVPN.com/COOL⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-12
15:36

How Climate Change Increases Our Sugar Consumption

How Climate Change can cause mankind to consume more sugar and what that sugar does to our bodies. Scientists find a surprising reason why people are eating more sugar | CNN Study finds that in a warming world, Americans eat more sugar | AP News The Truth About Sugar and Its Effect on Your Body | Science News Today Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-11
20:46

The First Pig Lung Transplant In a Human Has Taken Place + A 'Dinosaur Fish' Rediscovered in Ireland

Secure your online data by visiting ⁠⁠ExpressVPN.com/COOL⁠⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. Gene-edited pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead patient for first time Fisherman stunned after catching massive 'dinosaur fish' thought to be extinct: 'I nearly fell over' Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-06
16:56

Caffeine: The Pros, Cons and Ideal Amount + Earth's Seasons Are Out of Sync (Why and What Are the Implications?)

Secure your online data by visiting ⁠ExpressVPN.com/COOL⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. How the just right amount of caffeine unlocks lifelong benefits for your body and mind Earth's Seasons Are Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space : ScienceAlert Global phenology maps reveal the drivers and effects of seasonal asynchrony | Nature Earth’s seasonal cycles increasingly out of sync « Euro Weekly News Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-05
20:08

What Could Be Brewing in Saturn's Lakes and Catching Snakes with Robot Rabbits

Saturn’s lakes may be creating primitive cells and how Florida is using robotic bunnies to catch one invasive species. NASA finds Titan’s alien lakes may be creating primitive cells | ScienceDaily Robotic bunnies deployed to combat invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades | AP News Researchers deploy 120 robots in Everglades National Park. Their mission is to help catch 20ft snakes | Discover Wildlife Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Secure your online data by visiting ExpressVPN.com/COOL to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-03
16:40

Record Breaking Solar Flight and Satellites Affecting Astronomy

A record breaking flight offers a glimpse of the future of clean aviation and how satellites are affecting Earth's oldest science - Astronomy. A Swiss Pilot Flew a Solar-Electric Aircraft to the Edge of the Stratosphere | ZME Science Astronomers Warn That Satellite Mega-Constellations Could Steal the Night Sky Forever | ZME Science Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Secure your online data by visiting ⁠ExpressVPN.com/COOL⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-02
18:56

The New "Ice" That Never Melts

The new innovation of "Jelly Ice" that never melts and doesn't hurt the environment. Reusable 'jelly ice' keeps things cold—without meltwater | Phys.org 'Jelly Ice' Inspired by Tofu Never Melts | Gizmodo Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Secure your online data by visiting ⁠ExpressVPN.com/COOL⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-01
09:59

What's Better Than Mental Toughness? Science Weighs In + A New Celestial Body Discovered in Our Solar System

'Mental flexibility' is science's best predictor of lasting willpower. Here's how to improve yours NASA's Webb telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus - ABC News Uranus may have a 29th moon | Popular Science New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope - NASA Science Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-25
22:32

The Power of Naps + A Revolutionary New Material from NASA

Does a short nap actually boost your brain? Here’s what the science says 3D-Printable Alloy Can Take the Heat | NASA Spinoff NASA-developed printable metal can withstand extreme temperatures NASA-Developed Printable Metal Can Take the Heat - NASA Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-23
15:24

A Universal Antiviral? + Toothpaste Made w/ One Key Ingredient & A New Earthquake Alarm System in AK?

Some People Are Immune to All Viruses. Scientists Now Want To Replicate This Ability for a Universal Antiviral Scientists want you to use toothpaste made from hair. Here’s why Could this new earthquake system give Alaska 50 seconds to prepare? Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-21
18:02

Laser Weapons No Longer the Stuff of Science Fiction? + A Fascinating Discovery 30,000 Feet Below the Ocean's Surface

Scientists say they cruised the ocean in a deep-sea submersible and came across an undiscovered ecosystem The US Navy Just Tested a Laser Weapon That Could Change Warfare Forever Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-15
15:37

Black Holes! The Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected & The Tiny Spacecraft that may One Day Travel to a Black Hole

Scientists detect most massive black hole merger ever — and it birthed a monster 225 times as massive as the sun This tiny spacecraft could race to a black hole and rewrite physics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-13
13:38

Visions of the Six Million Dollar Man: Bionic Knees Becoming a Reality + Regeneration in Humans? What Can We Learn from Zebrafish?

This Bionic Knee Plugs Into Your Bones and Nerves, and Feels Just Like A Real Body Part Can Zebrafish Help Human Regrow Hearing Cells? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-11
15:45

The Past and Future of the Moon

New information on how the moon may have possibly formed and our future plans for our only natural satellite. Nasa to build nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media | BBC NASA wants US to be the first nation to put nuclear reactor on the moon | CNN Politics Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon - POLITICO China found something in Moon samples that shouldn't be there - Earth.com Discovery of natural few-layer graphene on the Moon | National Science Review | Oxford Academic Scientists Shocked by Lunar Soil’s “Magic” in Space Survival Study | SciTechDaily Inherent lunar water enabled photothermal CO2 catalysis: Joule Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-07
15:07

New Health Benefits of Owning a Pet and Do Dogs Actually Judge People?

New reports on the benefits of owning a dog…or pets in general and are dogs actually good at judging people? New study reveals surprising benefit of having a dog | The Independent⁠ ⁠Owning a Cat or Dog Could Boost Brain Health as You Age, Study Finds | Very Well Health⁠ ⁠Do Dogs Know Who’s Good or Bad? The Surprising Truth | SciTechDaily⁠ ⁠Your Dog Is Not A Good Judge Of Character. They Might Not Be Judging You At All | IFLScience⁠ ⁠Do dogs form reputations of humans? No effect of age after indirect and direct experience in a food-giving situation | Animal Cognition Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-31
14:08

Reconstructing the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mars Isn't Round & How Lemurs Can Help Humans with Inflammation

Scientists Discover Mars Isn’t Round Reconstructing the Lighthouse of Alexandria Lemurs age without inflammation—and it could change human health forever Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-14
14:20

The Extinct Moa Could Return with Help from Peter Jackson

Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting ⁠⁠ExpressVPN.com/cool⁠⁠ and you can get an extra four months FREE. An extinct giant bird may be coming back thanks to the help of a movie director. Peter Jackson joins Colossal Biosciences to resurrect New Zealand's moa bird from extinction | AP NewsThe moa, a giant, flightless bird, is next target for de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences | CNNContact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-10
10:56

The Benefits of Silencing Your Phone and Third Interstellar Object Discovered

Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting ⁠ExpressVPN.com/cool⁠ and you can get an extra four months FREE. How silencing your phone can help with work and your personal life, plus, the third interstellar object ever discovered is flying through our solar system. "Silent mode" phone users share similar psychological traits - Earth.com silent phone benefits: If your phone’s always on silent, you might have these hidden psychological traits - The Economic Times Frontiers | Effectiveness of mobile mindfulness training on stress, burnout, and work engagement of office workers: protocol for a randomized controlled trial It's Official: NASA Confirms New Interstellar Object Is Zooming Through Solar System : ScienceAlert NASA spots mysterious interstellar object in our solar system Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-09
19:05

Jaris Kitty

I used to listen religiously to this. the new episodes sound like watered down old episodes without the deep resesearch. listenablity has gone up but where is the nerdy?

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Bob Knudsen

I'm digging this new iteration!

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Bob Knudsen

I'm enjoying the reboot, thanks for keeping it light-hearted!

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Bob Knudsen

I'm enjoying the reboot, thanks for keeping it light-hearted!

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