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NASA Probe Set to Touch the Sun and TDIH - “Twas the Night Before Christmas"

2024-12-2322:27

On Christmas Eve NASA aims to touch our Sun in hopes to learn more about how it works and the source of its high-energy solar particles. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back one of the most famous holiday poems of all time - “Twas the Night Before Christmas". Watch: NASA Experts Discuss Mission to 'Touch the Sun' with Parker Solar Probe - Newsweek NASA is set to touch sun on Christmas Eve | firstcoastnews.com Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science It's been a hell of a year, and we're going to end it by pinging a spacecraft travelling at 430,000 mph off the Sun in a presumed affront to the laws of the universe | PC Gamer The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All | Columbia Magazine Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yardwork Leads to Found Mastodon Jaw, the Coexistence of Humans, Giant Sloths, and Mastodons. Plus, TDIH - The Failed Coup Attempt by Hitler

2024-12-2016:06

One New York homeowner’s yardwork unearths a rare mastodon jaw. Plus, there is new evidence that humans, giant sloths, and mastodons coexisted for over 10,000 years. On This Day in History, we look at the failed coup attempt by Adolf Hitler before he was elected Chancellor of Germany. New York Homeowner’s Yardwork Reveals Complete Mastodon Jaw Bones and Teeth | Good News Netowrk Giant sloths and mastodons lived with ancient humans in the Americas | AP News Murder Hornets Have Been Eradicated From The U.S. | Mic.com Beer Hall Putsch | Facts, Summary, & Outcome | Britannica The Munich Putsch – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools The Beer Hall Putsch - 100th Anniversary Special (Video) Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Plan to Re-Freeze the Arctic, Could Geo-Thermal Be Our Long-Term Energy Solution? & TDIH: NASA's Plan for a Moon Base ... in 1988

2024-12-1925:20

On today's episode, we've got details on the plan to refreeze the Arctic. Plus, could geo-thermal prove to be the renewable energy source we've all been waiting for? And on 'This Day in History', NASA's 1988 plan for a moon base and manned trips to Mars Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risks | CNN The plan to refreeze Arctic ice | The Week Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first tests | New Scientist The deepest hole on Earth: Inside the race to harness unlimited power from our planet's core TDIH: NASA Offers Plans For Manned Missions - The New York Times TDIH: U.S., 11 Nations Sign Pact for Space Station - Los Angeles Times That’ll do it for another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home. Connect with us by email using the address coolstuffcommute@gmail.com. Also, like us and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. I’m Reggie Risseeuw, he’s Marques Pfaff – we’ll be back with more cool stuff tomorrow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vast Reserve of Hydrogen Found, Weird Wednesday - Fish Getting Busy, Googly Eye Sculptures, "Trekkie" Plate Issues, and a Festive Car. Plus, TDIH - Piltdown Skull Hoax

2024-12-1821:05

A vast reserve of geologic hydrogen was found. Plus, Weird Wednesday has fish getting busy after an earthquake, sculptures with googly eyes, the "Trekkie" license plate that was causing trouble, and a festive car. Also, on This Day in History, we look back at the Piltdown skull hoax. Massive new energy source discovered hiding under Earth’s surface | BBC Science Focus Magazine Northern California earthquake prompts an endangered Death Valley fish species to get busy | Phys.org Stop sticking googly eyes on sculptures says US city - BBC Newsround Woman ticketed thousands of dollars because license matched numbers on ‘Star Trek’ ship | WBAY - ABC 2 Look: Driver stopped in Wyoming for covering car in Christmas lights - UPI.com How the Piltdown Man skull became the greatest hoax in anthropology - History Skills Study reveals culprit behind Piltdown Man, one of science's most famous hoaxes | Science | AAAS How to Solve Human Evolution’s Greatest Hoax | Smithsonian Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cream-Based Vaccines, the Connection Between Leaded Gas and Mental Health, and TDIH - the Prize for Alien Communication

2024-12-1724:25

Getting your vaccine from a needle could be a thing of the past, as a cream-based vaccine is being developed. Also, how your mental health may have been altered by leaded gas, if you were born before 1996. Plus, on This Day in History, the prize offered for communicating with aliens, however it doesn’t include Martians - as that was thought to be too easy! Stanford scientists transform ubiquitous skin bacterium into a topical vaccine | Stanford Medicine Discovery and engineering of the antibody response to a prominent skin commensal | Nature Born Before 1996? According to Scientists, Leaded Gas May Have Permanently Altered Your Personality | SciTechDaily Lead in gasoline tied to millions of excess mental health disorders: study | NBC News Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US population over the past 75 years - McFarland - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - Wiley Online Library 17 December 1900: The Guzman Prize is announced | MoneyWeek December 17, 1900 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google Claims its New Quantum Chip Could Prove the Existence of Parallel Universes, New Technology Could Aid the Search for Aviation's Biggest Mystery & on TDIH, the Last Eruption of Mount Fuji

2024-12-1627:17

Google claims its new quantum chip could prove the existence of parallel universes, new technological advances could aid the decade-long hunt for aviation’s biggest mystery, and on 'This Day in History', the last eruption of Mount Fuji. Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist | TechCrunch Google Says Its New Quantum Chip May Prove Parallel Universes Exist - Newsweek Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip The bold new science that could soon solve the greatest mystery in aviation TDIH: It’s Been More Than 300 Years Since Japan’s Breathtaking Mount Fuji Last Erupted | Smithsonian TDIH: Most Recent Eruption of Mount Fuji Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Extinct Greak Lakes Fish Found Alive, the Evolution of Animals Ability to See Color, and TDIH - The Clip-on Tie Changes the World of Fashion

2024-12-1317:47

One extinct Great Lakes fish has been discovered alive again … but in the wrong lake. Staying in the animal kingdom, new research suggests animals’ ability to see color evolved BEFORE bright colors emerged in nature, but why? Plus, on This Day in History, the fashion world gets easier as the clip-on tie is invented. 'Extinct' Great Lakes Shortnose Cisco fish discovered in Lake Superior | USA Today Animals Evolved Color Vision before Bright Colors Emerged | Scientific American The Birth of The Clip-On Tie | Pop Culture Madness Iowa History Daily: December 13 - Classy Clinton's Clip-On Tie A Brief History of the Necktie – Center for Careers, Life, and Service | Grinnell College Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caffeine: The Ultimate Performance Booster, But Timing Is Key and How Exercise Can Help with Memory. Plus, TDIH - The First Motel

2024-12-1220:17

A new study says that caffeine can boost physical and mental performance, but it added it should be timed wisely to optimize benefits and avoid side effects. Also, new research says that exercise can boost your memory for a full day. Plus, on This Day in History, the first motel is opened. Here's the best (and worst) time to drink your morning caffeine | BBC Science Focus Magazine Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours | ScienceDaily The World’s First Motel Was a Luxury Establishment, Not a Dive | Smithsonian Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo, the world's first 'mo-tel' | San Luis Obispo Tribune Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo - SoCal Landmarks Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drones Inspired by Birds, Weird Wednesday - Salmon Hats for Orcas, Another Word of the Year, and Interesting Spanish Scrabble Champion. Plus TDIH - Anesthetic Use in Dentistry

2024-12-1125:05

New drones inspired by birds that jump for take-off. It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has orcas that are wearing salmon for hats, the Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, and the winner of the Spanish Scrabble Championship who doesn’t speak Spanish. Plus, on This Day in History, Dr. Horace Wells and the first use of anesthetic in dentistry. Bird-inspired drone can jump for take-off | ScienceDaily For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion | Scientific American No, Orcas Probably Aren't Reviving the 'Dead Salmon Hat' Trend, Despite a Viral Photo, Experts Say. Here's Why | Smithsonian There’s something fishy about a recent sighting of an orca in a salmon ‘hat’ | CNN ‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year | AP News He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish | CNN Horace Wells | Biography, Anesthesia, & Facts | Britannica Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Improving Your Life with Good Habits, Temporary E-Tattoos That Could Replace EEG Setups, and TDIH - The Theory of Gravity

2024-12-1026:54

How training your body to have good habits can change your life for the better and the revolutionary spray-on electronic tattoo that replaces traditional EEG setups, offering a more comfortable and reliable way to monitor brain activity while paving the way for advanced brain-computer interfaces. Plus, on This Day in History; Edmund Halley’s and Isaac Newton’s collaboration on the theory of gravity. Good habits are life-changing: A psychologist's guide to hacking your brain's autopilot Temporary scalp e-tattoos that scan brain could replace traditional EEGs forever Sir Isaac Newton's Principia | American Physical Society Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Edmond Halley and Newton’s Principia | Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Desalination Method Could Provide Water for Billions, Possible Wolf Pollinators, and TDIH - the Kecksburg UFO incident

2024-12-0917:38

Researchers have developed a cost-effective solar-powered desalination method using clay minerals to enhance seawater evaporation, potentially providing clean water for billions worldwide and endangered wolves in Ethiopia may also be pollinators for one specific plant. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Kecksburg UFO incident. Billions of People Could Benefit from This Breakthrough in Desalination That Ensures Freshwater for the World A wolf walks into a flower — and appears to pollinate it : NPR These Endangered Wolves Have a Sweet Tooth—and It Might Make Them Rare Carnivorous Pollinators | Smithsonian Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests | CNN Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa - Lai - 2024 - Ecology - Wiley Online Library The Kecksburg UFO incident | History Is case finally closed on 1965 UFO mystery? | NBC News Kecksburg UFO Mystery: 8 Mind-Blowing Documentaries on Pennsylvania's Roswell Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1965 | Enigma Labs Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Notre Dame's New Interior, the Human-Dog Bond Is Older Than Previously Thought, and TDIH - The Book That Helped Change Obscenity Laws

2024-12-0617:08

The restoration of an icon - Notre Dame shows off the new interior after the devastating fire five years ago, and the human-dog bond may be older than we thought. Plus, on This Day in History, the court case and book that helped change obscenity laws. Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire | AP News How did humans and dogs become friends? Connections in the Americas began 12,000 years ago | University of Arizona News Scientists discover exactly when man and dog became friends | Science Focus Late Pleistocene onset of mutualistic human/canid (Canis spp.) relationships in subarctic Alaska | Science Advances Ulysses | The First Amendment Encyclopedia Obscenity Case Files: United States v. One Book Called “Ulysses” – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using Your Fat to Predict Alzheimer's, Oldest Known Bird Lays an Egg, and TDIH - The Creation of ARPANET and the Internet

2024-12-0518:03

Your body’s fat could predict Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years ahead of symptoms, plus a 74-year-old bird might be a mom again. And, on This Day in History, we look back at ARPANET and how it led us to the internet we know today. Hidden fat predicts Alzheimer's 20 years ahead of symptoms | ScienceDaily Wisdom, The World's Oldest Bird, Lays Egg At 74 Years Old After Finding New Mate | IFLScience Wisdom: World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74' | BBC Albatross - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts | Animals Network ARPANET - Packet Data, Networking, Internet | Britannica A Brief History of the Internet | Stanford Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weird Wednesday - 2024 Word of the Year, Fake Gibson Guitars Seized, Underwater Living Record Attempt, and the Defective Candy Bar; plus TDIH - Henry Ford's Peach Ship

2024-12-0422:39

It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has the Oxford Word of the Year, fake Gibson guitars, a 'living underwater' record attempt, and a defective candy bar. Plus, on 'This Day in History', Henry Ford’s Peace Ship expedition fails miserably during WWI … or perhaps it did not? We've got the details of this peculiar story featuring the famous industrialist. 'Brain rot' is the Oxford University Press word of the year | AP News Why ‘Brain Rot’ Is 2024’s Word of the Year | Scientific American More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars seized at Los Angeles port | AP News Watch: German man attempts to break record for living underwater - UPI.com Day 60: Halfway to History! - Ocean Builders German tries to break world record living underwater | Video | 2news.com Man compensated $2.53 after unwrapping smooth Mars bar - UPI.com Smooth Mars bar wins Aylesbury man £2 compensation – and internet fame | UK news | The Guardian TDIH: The Peculiar Case of Henry Ford Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pace of Brain Rot, The Value of Pyrite - No Longer Just "Fool's Gold", and TDIH - Neon Lights First Displayed

2024-12-0326:29

The reason why some human brains don’t rot for thousands of years, and who’s the fool now? Pyrite, or fool’s gold, could fuel our future. Plus, on This Day in History, the first neon lights are displayed in public. Why These Millennia-Old Brains Are So Well Preserved | Scientific American We Used to Make Fun of Fool's Gold. Now, It Might Fuel Our Future | Popular Mechanics How Pyrite Or “Fool’s Gold” Could Be The Fuel Of The Future Thanks To Its Lithium Connection | MSN.com December 1910: Neon lights debut at Paris Motor Show | American Physical Society uksignboards.com - The first neon sign was created in 1910 by French engineer and inventor Georges Claude Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Language of Pain, Nuclear Fusion Advancements, and TDIH - How "Manifest Destiny" Shaped the US

2024-12-0225:38

What do you say when you get hurt? We dive into the research around the universal language of pain and how one company is making strides towards the first nuclear fusion reactor. Plus, on This Day in History, the announcement that helped shape the US using the philosophy of “Manifest Destiny”. Expressions of Pain May Have a Common Origin | Scientific American Scientists achieve major milestone with levitating, virtually limitless energy device: 'A feat in and of itself' New Zealand powers half-ton doughnut-shaped Junior for fusion reactor Manifest Destiny ‑ Definition, Facts & Significance | HISTORY Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weird Wednesday - Earth's "Mini-Moon" May Be A Fragment of Actual Moon, 911 Homework Help, & New Year's Implosion. Plus, TDIH; The Berner's Street Hoax and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

2024-11-2727:50

We learn more about Earth’s short lived second moon and how it may relate to our actual moon, the police are called in to help with math homework, and a New Year’s demolition is approved for one town in Georgia. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Berner's Street Hoax and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Earth's 'mini moon' may have been a chunk of our actual moon | AP News Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving | Space Deputy answers boy’s call for homework; sheriff’s office releases 911 audio | WBAY Wis. deputy responds to assist after 10-year-old calls 911 for help with math homework | Police1 The United Federation of Teachers number - (212) 777-3380 A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025 | AP News Bibb leaders approve Ramada Inn demolition in downtown Macon | 13wmaz.com TDIH: The Berners Street Hoax | History Today TDIIH: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade History: Floats, Balloons & More TDIH: Berners Street Hoax – True or False? Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turbulence May Be Getting Worse, How Video Games Improve Your Work Skills, and TDIH - The First "Day of Publick Thanksgivin"

2024-11-2620:07

Turbulence while flying may be getting worse - we’ll look at why this could be happening, and how playing multiplayer video games might make you a better worker. Plus, on This Day in History, we celebrate the first "Day of Publick Thanksgivin." You're not imagining it, flight turbulence is getting worse. | BBC Science Focus Transport Safety Investigation Bureau Preliminary Investigation Findings of Incident Involving SQ321 Multiplayer Online Gaming Associated with Better Teamwork, Problem-Solving at the Office | Good News Network Congress Establishes Thanksgiving | National Archives How George Washington used his first Thanksgiving as president to unite a new country - Government Executive Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fossil Helps Explain Humans Long Childhood, 300-Year-Old Statue Used as a Doorstop Valued at $2 Million, and TDIH - The Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart

2024-11-2521:48

How the fossil teeth of an 11-year old helps us understand why humans have an unusually long childhood and one town in Scotland will have a jolt to its budget after discovering a 300-year-old statue. that was being used as a doorstop, is valued at $2M USD. Plus, on This Day in History; Bill Schroeder makes history with the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. These Fossil Teeth From an 11-Year-Old Reveal Clues to Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood | Smithsonian Did long childhood shape the evolution of the human brain? | Knowridge The secrets of fossil teeth revealed by the synchrotron: A long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain | ScienceDaily Dental evidence for extended growth in early Homo from Dmanisi | Nature Town Gets Go Ahead to Sell 300-Year-old Marble Bust Found Propping Open a Shed–And Worth $2 Million Bill Schroeder lived 620 days with an artificial heart Bill Schroeder made medical history with artificial heart implant in ‘80s - YouTube Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart | Smithsonian Institution Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lasers Casting a Shadow, First Picture of a Star Outside Our Galaxy, and TDIH - The Campaign to Make Sean Connery the First James Bond

2024-11-2222:35

Scientists reconsider their understanding of shadow after they discover lasers – highly concentrated beams of light – can cast one. And scientists finally have a close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy – and it’s surrounded by something interesting. Plus, on This Day in History, the campaign to make Sean Connery James Bond starts. 'It invites us to reconsider our notion of shadow': Laser beams can actually cast their own shadows, scientists discover | Live Science Lasers That Cast Shadows? Physics Takes a Surprising Turn Shadow of a laser beam Scientists take first ever close-up picture of star outside our galaxy – and see strange structure around it | The Independent Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy | ScienceDaily The true story of how Sean Connery became James Bond | The Gentleman's Journal Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comments (13)

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?

May 17th

Bob Knudsen

I'm digging this new iteration!

Nov 27th

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

Nov 23rd

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Jan 11th

Micah Roberts

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Sep 23rd

For the first time, despite being a long-time listener, I'm actually listening on my ride home! Amtrak, from NYC to PHL is a bit longer than this one podcast, but the part where I got to listen was made that much more enjoyable!

Sep 14th

Our VHS boxes are only one of the many reasons Philly > NYC. Just sayin'. 😉

Sep 8th

Old man

I wonder how many people have died of obesity due to that man.

Jun 17th

Thor Engebretson

Informative and insightful.

Mar 31st

Michael Forsythe

Thanks for all your great newscasting!

Mar 27th

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Julia Burger

This is an informative podcast. Thank you and keep up the good work!

Mar 18th

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