Weird Wednesday - Cyborg Insect Swarms, Illegal Illness, Toilet Seats Versus Toilet Paper, Left Out Bananas, And TDIH 0 The Battle Of New Orleans Cool Stuff Ride Home podcast

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Today’s episode brings us the converting of aircraft wind (from jet engines) into energy, the fossilized bee that is puzzling scientists, and on This Day in History; the invention of Nylon. US airport installs world’s first pods that turn jet blast into power | Interesting Engineering Incredible 14.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bee Discovered In New Zealand | IFLScience Scientists Just Unearthed a 14.6-Million-Year-Old "Bee Fossil"—Its Origins Don’t Make Sense | Daily Galaxy A bee from the middle Miocene Hindon Maar of southern New Zealand (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) - Scientific Publications of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris Nylon and the Double Helix Wallace Hume Carrothers Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How To Get a Good Night's Sleep, Famous Ocean Liner to Become a Reef, and TDIH - The Start of Mardi Gras 23:21

4天之前23:21

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How to get a good night’s sleep - anxiety and when you go to sleep can affect your slumber. Plus, a famous ocean liner will soon be a reef and tourist attraction off the coast of Florida. On This Day in History, we go back to the start of Mardi Gras. Always tired? A fixed bedtime matters more than sleep duration, study finds | Science Focus Anxiety stopping you sleeping? Here’s how to overcome bedtime worries, according to a psychologist | Science Focus SS United States begins journey to become world's largest artificial reef | AP News SS United States Florida destiny: World's largest artificial reef | Pensacola News Journal Mardi Gras ‑ Meaning, Origin & Traditions | HISTORY Mardi Gras Kicks Off in New Orleans on This Day in 1827 - Programming Insider On this day in history, Feb. 27, 1827, New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras for first time | National | foxbangor.com Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Reanimating Brain Tissue from Cryogenic Preservation, 46,000-Year-Old Worm Revived, Mummy Smells, and TDIH - Galileo Banned from Teaching 23:21

5天之前23:21

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Another Weird Wednesday episode. Today we are reanimating life as scientists successfully revive brain tissue, and a 46,000-year-old worm comes back to the world of the living. Plus, we learn what mummies smelled like. On This Day in History, the Catholic Church bans Galileo from teaching his theory that the Earth rotates around the sun. Scientists Successfully Revived Brain Tissue from Suspended Animation | Popular Mechanics Mouse Brain Slices Were Frozen For A Week, Brought Back To Life | BroBible Frozen worm comes back to life after 46,000 years - Earth.com A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost | CNN A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival with C. elegans dauer larva | PLOS Genetics Ancient Egyptian mummies smell 'sweet' and 'spicy', researchers say | Offbeat News | Sky News What Does a Mummy Smell Like? Scientists Uncover Surprising Truth | SciTechDaily The truth about Galileo and his conflict with the Catholic Church | UCLA Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Removing CO2 From the Atmosphere, Hydrogen Reservoirs in Our Mountains, and TDIH - The First Paper Currency in the U.S. 21:35

6天之前21:35

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Stanford chemist develops a method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and vast hydrogen reservoirs likely reside in our mountains -- a renewable energy source that is difficult to produce synthetically. Plus, on This Day in History, Congress authorizes the first paper currency in the US. Scientists discover low-cost way to trap carbon using common rocks | Stanford Report Massive new energy source could be hiding in Earth’s mountains | BBC Science Focus Magazine Legal Tender Act passed to help finance the Civil War | February 25, 1862 | HISTORY Legal Tender Act passed, Feb. 25, 1862 - POLITICO Greenbacks "First Legal Tender Act" February 25, 1862 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Hydrogen Powered Motorcycle Prototype, Amateur Photographer Captures a Spacewalk, and TDIH - Ruling Allows Federal Courts to Overturn Congress If the Constitution is Violated 22:08

7天之前22:08

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One Japanese motor company unveiled a hydrogen powered motorcycle and an amateur photographer captures a spacewalk. This Day in History; the Supreme Court decision that allows a federal court to overturn an act of Congress, if they violate the U.S. Constitution. Kawasaki H2 HySE hydrogen powered concept unveiled | Motorcycle News Goodbye to gasoline and electricity: Japan revolutionizes the world with its new futuristic motorcycle - AS USA Not gasoline, not electricity — Japan launches a 22-century motorcycle | EcoNews An Amateur Photographer Captured a Rare Shot of a NASA Astronaut Spacewalking from Earth |ZME Science Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 'That's impact probability zero folks! | Space.com/MSN Marbury v. Madison ‑ Definition, Summary & Significance | HISTORY Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Foreign Rocks Infiltrate Our Solar System, Turning Cancer Cells into Healthy Cells, and TDIH - The First Electric Burglar Alarm 19:52

10天之前19:52

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On today's episode, our solar system is being invaded by particles from another star system and combating cancer by switching tumor cells back into healthy cells. Plus, on This Day in History, the first electric burglar alarm is installed. Scientists Think Visitors From Another Star System May Have Infiltrated Our Galactic Neighborhood | Popular Mechanics 'Cosmic Highway' Discovered: How Alpha Centauri’s Debris May Link Our Solar System to Faraway Stars | Daily Galaxy [2502.03224] A Case Study of Interstellar Material Delivery: α Centauri Fighting Cancer Without Fighting: Scientists Switch Tumor Cells Back to Healthy Ones at 'Critical' Moment | Good News Network Almanac: The burglar alarm - CBS News Our Father's Beginning | Wayback Machine Who Was Augustus Russell Pope | Wayback Machine Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How Bacteria Could Help Solve Crimes, Boosting Beneficial Gut Bacteria with Coffee, and TDIH - The Underground Chicago Fright Tunnels 18:54

11天之前18:54

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Today, bacteria are in the limelight as we discover how bacteria could help solve crimes and how coffee can help boost beneficial gut bacteria. On This Day in History, we go underground for the construction of the Chicago freight tunnels. Can Bacteria Solve Crimes? The "Sexome" Could Help Catch Sexual Predators | ZME Science Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium | Scientific American Chicago's Freight Tunnels - Under Your Feet - The University of Chicago Library Chicago's Forgotten Underground Freight Tunnels - Chicago Detours Chicago Freight Tunnels - Atlas Obscura Frederic Delaitre's Lost Subways / Chicago Freight Subway Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Feather-Shaped Clouds on Mars, Swallowed by a Whale, Sewer Animals, and TDIH - The Bombing of Darwin 24:50

12天之前24:50

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This Weird Wednesday episode covers the colorful feather shaped clouds are spotted on Mars, a kayaker that was swallowed by a whale, and alligators (along with other animals) that are being found in the sewers. Plus, on This Day in History, the WWII bombing of Darwin Australia. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars - NASA 'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video) | Space NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Feather-Shaped Clouds on Mars - Science Magazine Humpback whale swallows kayaker before releasing him: Video | AP News Kayaker survives being swallowed by humpback whale in Chile | World News | Sky News Watch: Kayaker ends up in the mouth of humpback whale - UPI.com Scientists ‘surprised’ to find abundance of alligators in city’s sewer system | The Independent The Bombing of Darwin Remembered | Naval History Magazine - April 2022 Volume 36, Number 2 Bombing of Darwin | Australian War Memorial Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Brain Activity When Trying to Think of a Word, Brain Cells That Tell You to Stop Eating, and TDIH - The First Vacuum Cleaner 19:33

13天之前19:33

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Today, we focus on the brain. A new study looks at what is happening in your brain when there is a word “on the tip of your tongue” and researchers discover the brain cells that tell you when to stop eating. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the first vacuum cleaner. What happens in your brain when there’s a word ‘on the tip of the tongue’? | ZME Science Researchers discover the brain cells that tell you to stop eating | ScienceDaily Hubert Cecil Booth: British engineer revolutionised cleaning by sucking up dust with his mouth | The Independent | The Independent Hubert Cecil Booth: biography and inventions - science - 2025 Made up in Britain: Vacuum cleaner : Hubert Cecil Booth 1901 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Preparing Your Digital Assests After Death, Bison Released in the Great Plains, and TDIH - The First Submarine to Sink an Enemy Warship 22:42

14天之前22:42

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Wills are used to list what happens to our physical goods after we die, but how should you plan ahead for your digital assets after death? We have a list of ways to prepare your digital life after passing. Plus, some bison are reintroduced to the Great Plains to help restore the ecosystem. On This Day in History, we go back to the American Civil War for the first submarine to sink an enemy warship. How to add a Legacy Contact for your Apple Account – Apple Support (UK) About Inactive Account Manager - Google Account Help Request to Memorialize or Remove an Account | Facebook Help Center Contacting X about a deceased family member's account One Tech Tip: What to do when you have too many passwords to remember | AP News Bison Ranchers Return Thousands of Animals to Native Lands and Witness Total Rejuvenation of Ecosystem H. L. Hunley Wreck (1864) The Search and Recovery – The Friends of The Hunley Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How a Beaver Dam Saved Money and a River, How Omega 3 Might Slow Aging, and TDIH - YouTube is Founded 18:18

17天之前18:18

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Beavers build a much-needed dam that would have cost $1.2 million to make otherwise and how Omega 3 can slow your aging. Plus, on This Day in History, YouTube celebrates its 20th anniversary. We take a look back at the start of the company and where it is at today. Beavers Built a $1.2M Dam for Free — And Saved a Czech River | ZME Science This one supplement could slow your biological age | BBC Science Focus Magazine YouTube turns 20! The numbers behind the platform - BBC Bitesize February 14 marks the 20th anniversary of YouTube's founding - Tubefilter YouTube Statistics: Revenue & Growth (2025) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Chances of Asteroid Collision Have Increased, How Turmeric Can Help Support Your Health, and TDIH - The First Magazine in the US is Published 20:23

18天之前20:23

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The chances have slightly increased for an asteroid collision with Earth or the Moon in 2032 and what that means for us. Plus, how turmeric may help restore antibiotic effectiveness and assist with fighting superbugs. On This Day in History, the first magazine in the United States is published. Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer" - CBS News Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says - ABC News An asteroid has a very small chance to hit Earth. What happens if it does? - oregonlive.com Asteroid 2024 YR4 headed towards Earth could hit Moon, scientists say | The Independent Researchers Defang Deadly Hospital Superbugs Using a Pinch of Turmeric | Good News Network "American Magazine" & "The General Magazine," the First Magazines Published in North America: Both Very Short-Lived : History of Information The History of American Magazines History of Magazine Publishing – Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy, Second Edition History Of Magazines | When Were The First Magazines Invented? Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Jumping Robots in Space, a Salmon Escape, an Egg Heist, Dumpster Diving for Bitcoin, and TDIH - "The Scream" is Stolen 23:14

19天之前23:14

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This Weird Wednesday episode has the jumping robot that could help us discover our solar system, a salmon escape with a high bounty, the egg heist of the century, and dumpster diving for bitcoin. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back to 1994 – the day the famous painting The Scream was stolen from an art museum in Oslo. A Jumping Robot Could Leap Over Enceladus' Geysers - Universe Today NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Company offers $45-per-fish bounty on 27,000 escaped salmon - UPI.com The heist of 100,000 eggs in Pennsylvania becomes a whodunit that police have yet to crack | AP News Man who lost £600m Bitcoin fortune considers buying landfill site to search for it | UK News | Sky News How two men stole Edvard Munch's The Scream in just 50 seconds — and how authorities managed to get the painting back - ABC News Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Heavy Cannabis Use and Brain Function, Mammoth Bone Structure Reveals Clues About Ice Age Hunters, and TDIH - The First Bicycling Club in the US 19:38

20天之前19:38

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A new study finds heavy cannabis use can impair brain function during memory tasks and an ancient mammoth bone structure reveals clues about ice age hunters' lives. Plus, on This Day in History, America’s first bicycling club is founded. Largest study ever done on cannabis and brain function finds impact on working memory | ScienceDaily This massive circular structure is made entirely of mammoth bones and skulls. DNA now offers clues about how Ice Age hunters built it | ZME Science America’s First Bicycle Club | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center A First-of-a-Kind Bicycle Club Makes Its Debut in Boston – Transportation History First US cycling club formed | February 11, 1878 | HISTORY Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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New "Strong as Steel, Light as Styrofoam" Material, the PlayStation Network Issue/Compensation, and TDIH - Man vs Computer Chess Match 20:56

21天之前20:56