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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.

Hosted by Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff.

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Anti-slip shoes that were inspired by geckos and an update on the Europa Clipper mission as new images have been received from its flight to Jupiter. Plus, on This Day in History, restrictions on leather shoes were issued during WWII. Gecko-Inspired Material Could Be The Future of Anti-Slip Shoes That Stick to Ice En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars - NASA NASA's Europa Clipper on its way to Jupiter's icy moon shares first images of stars from space These Photos Captured What Happened When the United States Started to Ration Shoes During WWII | Smithsonian During World War II, Many Items Were Rationed in the United States, Including Shoes! ~ Vintage Everyday Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A new study suggests that apes can recognize when a human doesn’t know something and will try to fill in the gaps, plus, we look at the first possible lunar data center. On This Day in History, we focus on Jack Kilby and his groundbreaking work at Texas Instruments. Bonobos Know When You’re Clueless — Their Theory of Mind Explains Why | ZME Science The World’s First Moon Data Center Is Launching — Here’s What It Means | ZME Science Texas Instruments Integrated Circuit | Bullock Texas State History Museum How a Texas Instruments engineer created the integrated circuit | San Antonio Report February 6: Kilby Files Patent for Integrated Circuit | This Day in History | Computer History Museum Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's a Weird Wednesday episode; the new fabric that will warm you up without the use of electronics, a resurfaced image has people questioning life on Mars, an old satellite that is for sale, and cats are safe in Scotland…for now. Plus, on This Day in History, the lost atomic bomb off the coast of Georgia. New fabric can heat up more than 50 degrees to keep people warm in ultracold weather | Live Science Smart fabric can heat up by 30°C after 10 minutes of sun exposure Color tunable photo-thermochromic elastic fiber for flexible wearable heater | Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials Why Is Everyone Talking About The "Square Structure" Captured On Mars? | IFLScience NASA Image Reveals Wild ‘Square Structure’ on Mars—Elon Musk Backs Urgent Mission to Investigate This 60-Year Old Telstar Comms Satellite Chassis Never Made It to Space, Now It's for Sale - autoevolution TELSTAR SATELLITE FRAME / Historical Space Technology / Press Photos / Bell Labs | eBay Cats won't be banned in Scotland, the government confirms | AP News Fact Sheet: The Missing Tybee Bomb - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How robot pets could be beneficial, the sample from Bennu adds insight to extraterrestrial life, and on This Day in History, the space mirror that designed to light up the long winter for the arctic. Cat-Like Robot Mimics Bunting to Help You Relax — And It Actually Works | ZME Science Our chances of finding alien life just skyrocketed. Here’s why | BBC Science Focus Magazine 'It could illuminate an area the size of a football stadium': How Russia launched a giant space mirror in 1993 | BBC Space mirror test a qualified success | Tampa Bay Times Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Groundbreaking immunotherapy for treating brain cancer in kids, the retro yet futuristic spaceplane that could be used to resupply the ISS and, on This Day in History, the day the music died - the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly. Groundbreaking immunotherapy could finally treat devastating childhood brain tumors | ZME Science CAR T cell therapy: Overview Curvy spaceplane is one step closer to its ISS rendezvous | Popular Science Retro Spaceplane aces test for space station cargo missions Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser® Spaceplane Successfully Passes NASA Testing Milestone in Preparation for Launch Flashback: How Waylon Jennings Survived the Day the Music Died Former Buddy Holly drummer Carl Bunch died "positive and at peace" - NorthIowaToday.com Roger Arthur Peterson (1937-1959) - Find a Grave Memorial The day the music died: How Don McLean’s “American Pie” immortalized a tragedy The Daily The Daily Winter Dance Party Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains revealed a pristine frozen ancient forest, we head out of this world where the Juno spacecraft detected the largest volcanic eruption in our solar system, and a feel-good story for Friday, a man is reunited with his dog after 8 years. Plus, on This Day in History, the first automobile to reach 100 mph. Pristine Ancient Forest ‘Frozen in Time’ Discovered in Rocky Mountains | Scientific American NASA Juno Mission Spots Most Powerful Volcanic Activity on Io to Date | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) NASA spacecraft flew by distant world. It saw unprecedented volcanism. | Mashable Juno Sees a Massive Hotspot of Volcanic Activity on Io - Universe Today Volcanic eruption on Io covers area larger than Lake Superior - Earth.com Io: Facts - NASA Science Arizona Man Who Never Stopped Trying is Reunited with Dog Lost 8 Years Ago in Another State America's First Car to Exceed 100 MPH Is Headed to Auction. It'll Fetch Over $1M World’s first fastest car broke records in 1905 when it sped to 104mph – The US Sun | The US Sun History: The first car to break 100mph - PosterConnection 1904 Napier L48 “Samson” - Sports Car Market Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the first time a mouse with two male parents reaches adulthood – yes, you heard that correctly and we’ve got details. Plus, an amateur astronomer thought he’d discovered a dangerous asteroid, only to realize it wasn’t an asteroid at all – what was it? Stick around to find out. And on This Day in History, the first computer virus is created … as a joke. First mouse with two male parents to reach adulthood | ScienceDaily Mouse with two fathers survives to adulthood, marking scientific milestone | Phys.org Adult bi-paternal offspring generated through direct modification of imprinted genes in mammals: Cell Stem Cell Astronomers Thought They Had Found A Dangerous Asteroid Near Earth — What Was It | ZME Science 1st Computer Virus is Written, January 30, 1982 - EDN What Is Elk Cloner and How Did It Work? Elk Cloner: The first computer virus Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For today's Weird Wednesday episode, two smelly flowers bloom on opposite sides of the planet, the mother who was mistakenly declared dead, Greece’s pool plan to help with droughts, and escaped research monkeys are found after two months on the run. Plus, on This Day in History, Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven" is published for the first time. Corpse flower: Plant with 'deadly' stench pulls huge crowds for rare bloom in Sydney | Offbeat News | Sky News Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse | AP News Rare and Stinky 'Corpse Flower' Blooms Draw Thousands of Visitors to Gardens in New York and Sydney | Smithsonian Woman 'surprised' after being declared dead | US News | Sky News How a typo led to a Maryland woman being declared dead – NBC4 Washington Hotels on Greek islands could soon fill swimming pools with seawater in drought fight | World News | Sky News Greece panic as hotels may be forced to fill pools with seawater amid worsening droughts | World | News | Express.co.uk Last 4 escaped monkeys are captured in South Carolina after months on the loose | AP News Monkeys who escaped from South Carolina facility captured, police say | USA Today TDIH: The Raven Summary On Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Summary, Analysis & Symbolism LitCharts: The Raven Summary Screenwriting Lessons from Edgar Allan Poe How to Write a Poem Like Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’ Spark Notes: The Raven Plot Summary The Philosophy of Composition Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” Summary & Meaning Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A gas-giant 500 light-years from earth has the fastest winds ever recorded – and they make a category 5 hurricane look like a nice spring breeze. Plus, a bizarre chirping in space has scientists puzzled. And, on This Day in History, the Lego brick we know today is patented. A Gas Giant 500 Light-Years Away Has the Fastest Winds Ever Recorded: A Staggering 33,000 km/h | ZME Science A bizarre ‘chirping’ in space is puzzling scientists | BBC Science Focus Magazine The day the LEGO brick was born - January 28, 1958 [Feature] - The Brothers Brick | The Brothers Brick The History of Interlocking Bricks - From Kiddicraft to the LEGO Group – Brick Me Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building | TIME Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Researchers try to make AI feel pain and what we can learn from that. Plus, one solution to food waste that might make you say, eww. Also, on This Day in History, the formation of National Geographic. Researchers made an AI feel pain, because what could go wrong? | ZME Science AI Pain Paper | ArXiv She Hasn't Purchased Groceries in 4 Years–All Her Food Comes From Dumpsters Behind Supermarkets–LOOK - Good News Network National Geographic Society is incorporated | January 27, 1888 | HISTORY Jan. 27, 1888: National Geographic Society Gets Going | WIRED Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Using photosynthesis to create rocket fuel in space and turning old cement bags into solar-powered backpacks that are helping children with reading. Plus, on This Day in History, the first chocolate covered ice cream bar. Chinese Space Station Achieves First-Ever Oxygen and Rocket Fuel Production Using Artificial Photosynthesis | ZME Science In A World-First, Oxygen And Rocket Fuel Made Using Artificial Photosynthesis in Space | Wonderful Engineering In a first, oxygen and rocket fuel made using artificial photosynthesis in space | Interesting Engineering NASA's Experiment: Future of Photosynthesis - Christian Kromme Assessment of the technological viability of photoelectrochemical devices for oxygen and fuel production on Moon and Mars | Nature Communications Entrepreneur Transforms Old Cement Bags into Solar-Charging Backpacks to Help Children Read at Night | Good News Network Solar-charging backpacks are helping children to read after dark | CNN The Weird, Brief History of the Eskimo Pie Corporation | Smithsonian Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Uncovering the mysteries deep within the Earth’s mantle, a nearly complete ancient shark fossil found in Peru, and on This Day in History, a double feature - the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States and the birth of the frisbee. A Lost World Beneath the Pacific Ocean? Mysterious Structures Discovered Deep Within Earth’s Mantle | SciTechDaily Scientists discover 'sunken worlds' hidden deep within Earth's mantle that shouldn't be there | Live Science Full-waveform inversion reveals diverse origins of lower mantle positive wave speed anomalies | Scientific Reports Great white shark's 9-million-year-old ancestor found in Peru | Reuters Nearly complete fossil of Great White Shark ancestor discovered | Interesting Engineering Biography: Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell MD - Women in Medicine and Science at Upstate - Subject Guides at SUNY Upstate Medical University Elizabeth Blackwell | Biography & Facts | Britannica Elizabeth Blackwell - Life, Education & Accomplishments Frisbee inventor dies at 90 | US news | The Guardian Walter Fredrick Morrison dies at 90; father of the Frisbee - Los Angeles Times Walter Morrison: The Inventor of the Frisbee - BiographyHub Meet Walter Frederick Morrison: The Inventor of the Frisbee - HubPages Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Groundbreaking surgery that removed a brain tumor through the eye socket, the inheritance left to a town that the deceased never visited, the Lazio team mascot won’t be allowed at the games anymore due to inappropriate pictures, and drug addicted rats cause havoc at police stations. Plus, on This Day in History, the creation of the CIA. Surgeons Make History by Removing Woman’s Brain Tumor Through Her Eye | Gizmodo Surgeons remove tumour through patient's eye socket in UK first | UK News | Sky News Man Leaves €10m Fortune to a Tiny French Town He Never Visited | Good News Network Small town shocked to inherit $10 million fortune from stranger | New York Post Italian soccer club Lazio fires falconer for posting photos of his penis implant | AP News 'Drug-addicted rats' infesting Houston police evidence room | NBC News Watch: 'Drug-addicted rats' destroying evidence in Houston police lockers - UPI.com History of CIA - CIA Establishment of the CIA | Harry S. Truman The Creation of the Central Intelligence Group - CSI Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | History, Organization, Responsibilities, Activities, & Criticism | Britannica History of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | Harris Federal Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How carrots may be the key to defending against diabetes, what the world’s oldest ice, extracted from two miles beneath the Antarctic surface, can tell us about our planet – and crowns, scepters and other jewels discovered behind a wall in Lithuania … we’ve got details on who they belonged to. Plus, on This Day in History, the start of the DeLorean Motor Company. Carrots May Be Key to Unlocking Microbiome's Diabetes Defense System Effect of carrot intake on glucose tolerance, microbiota, and gene expression in a type 2 diabetes mouse model - Kobaek‐Larsen - 2024 - Clinical and Translational Science - Wiley Online Library Scientists Drill Ice Core–2 Miles Down–Extracting 1.2 Million Years of Climate Record On Earth Beyond EPICA: Press releases Burial crowns of Polish-Lithuanian rulers found in Vilnius Crowns and Scepters Discovered Hidden Inside the Walls Beneath a Lithuanian Cathedral The DeLorean Factory, Belfast: where it is & how to visit DeLorean Motor Company and the DMC-12: the full story | Auto Express Delorean DMC-12 - Modern Racer - Modern Classics DeLorean DMC-12: A Detailed Look at an Iconic Sports Car | Amazing Cars and Drives The Sad Death Of John DeLorean Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The revised definition of obesity and a new species of snake and spider there were announced decades after being found. Plus, on This Day in History, the "Father of American Rollercoasters". BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation | Scientific American New species of house snake discovered in Ethiopia: photo | Miami Herald New snake species found 20 years after initial sighting in Ethiopia - Science - News - Daily Express US Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders | The Independent 'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest and deadliest arachnid after surprise discovery | Live Science The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus) | BMC Ecology and Evolution | Full Text History of LaMarcus Thompson's Scenic Railway Roller Coasters at Coney Island La Marcus Edna Thompson | Coney Island History Project OH native was inventor of the roller coaster Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The huge aquifer discovered in the Oregon Cascades and the toilet paper made from used diapers - you heard that correct. Plus, on This Day in History, Popeye makes his first appearance. Atop the Oregon Cascades, UO team finds a huge buried aquifer | OregonNews Japan Coalition Selling World's 1st Toilet Paper Made from Used Diapers First Versions: Popeye (comics) Popeye | Newspaper Comic Strips Popeye’s Comic Debut | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center First Versions Popeye First Appearance : Elzie Crisler Segar : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (First Comic Strip Link) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What you should do to prepare for the upcoming TikTok ban and the why the moon may be the best place for a human settlement, at least for now. Plus, on This Day in History, the hoax article advertising the fictitious theatrical performer "The Bottle Conjuror" that caused a riot when he didn’t appear. U.S. TikTok ban: How it would work and how to prepare : NPR TikTok Ban — Why You Should Delete Your iPhone, Android App Next Week Food grows better on the moon than on Mars, scientists find | Space 2024 Mars Terraforming Workshop Proceedings TDIH: The Great Bottle Conjurer Hoax TDIH: The Bottle Conjurer Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this Weird Wednesday episode, the future of satellites could be wood, the mysterious ring that fell in Kenya, the new flavors of potato chips that are here to stay, and the long-lost Christmas present. Plus, on This Day in History, we go back to the Great Molasses Flood in Boston. Astronauts Release Wooden Satellite From Space Station | The Byte LignoSat: World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space | CNN Remember That Metal Ring That Fell From the Sky? We Still Don't Know Where It Came From | Gizmodo A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is - Ars Technica Doritos Has a First-of-Its-Kind Flavor Hitting Shelves Now Lay’s Is Bringing Its Most-Requested Flavor to the U.S. For the First Time Ever Watch: Christmas gift from 1978 found behind wall of Illinois home - UPI.com Why the Great Molasses Flood Was So Deadly | HISTORY What Was the Great Molasses Flood? | Food & Wine Boston Molasses Flood: The Strangest Disaster in American History | YouTube (VIDEO) 100 years ago today: Molasses crashes through Boston's North End | Boston.gov Boston | History, Population, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plans of emerged on how we can travel to the nearest star system in just 20 to 40 years, and we look at what a good night’s sleep can do for your mind. Plus, on This Day in History, the wind instrument family gets a bit larger with the addition of the clarinet. Scientists Have a Radical Plan to Travel to the Nearest Star System Within a Human Lifetime | Popular Mechanics Revolutionary Plan to Reach Nearest Star System in Our Lifetime! - Jurnal Time Physicists Unveil Radical Plan to Send a Probe Into Interstellar Space : ScienceAlert A Deep Sleep Clears the Mind at Night Like a Dishwasher Cleaning–But Beware of Sleeping Pills | Good News Network Johann Denner | Inventor of The Clarinet | All Things Denner A Brief History of the Clarinet Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How pupil size during sleep helps sort new and old memories and enhances memory retention, and the latest on last week's Mercury fly-by. Plus, on This Day in History, Henry Ford’s plastic automobile. Pupil size in sleep reveals how memories are sorted, preserved | ScienceDaily Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos | AP News Stunning Close-Up Images Reveal Mercury’s Icy Craters and Volcanic Plains | SciTechDaily Soybean Car - The Henry Ford Henry Ford's Plastic Hemp Car | January 13th, 1942 This Day in Patent History – On January 13, 1942, Henry Ford patented a Soybean car (a plastic car), which is 30% lighter than a regular car – Patent Yogi LLC The Rearview Mirror: Henry Ford’s Plastic Fantastic Car - The Detroit Bureau Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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
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Bob Knudsen

I'm digging this new iteration!

Nov 27th
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Bob Knudsen

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

Nov 23rd
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Bob Knudsen

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

Nov 23rd
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James Mark

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Jan 11th
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Micah Roberts

Ambient Chaos sounds like a very useful tool for my DM! Anyone who plays DnD would immediately recognize how super helpful this site could be- gonna pass it along to her, thanks!

Sep 23rd
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Micah Roberts

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
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Micah Roberts

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

Sep 8th
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Old man

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

Jun 17th
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Thor Engebretson

Informative and insightful.

Mar 31st
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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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