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Cool Stuff Ride Home

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.

  1. 12 HR AGO

    Robot Pets Prove Beneficial, Asteroid Samples Lend Insight to Extraterrestrial Life, and TDIH - The Space Mirror Mission

    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

    19 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    Treating Brain Cancer in Kids, Dream Chaser Spaceplane, and TDIH - The Death of Buddy Holly

    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

    21 min

  3. 4 DAYS AGO

    Long Lost Rocky Mountain Forest, Largest Volcanic Eruption in Our Solar System, Man and Dog Reunited After Eight Years, and TDIH - First Automobile to Reach 100 MPH

    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

    20 min

  4. 5 DAYS AGO

    Mice with Two Dads, the Asteroid That Wasn't an Asteroid, and TDIH - The First Computer Virus is Created

    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

    21 min

  5. 6 DAYS AGO

    Two Rare Corpse Flowers Bloom, Mistakenly Declared Dead, Seawater Pool Plan, Research Monkeys Finally Captured, and TDIH - "The Raven" is First Published

    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

    20 min

  6. 28 JAN

    The Fastest Winds Ever Recorded, Bizarre Chirping in Space, and TDIH - The Lego Brick Design

    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

    18 min

  7. 27 JAN

    Making AI Feel Pain, Supermarket Dumpster Diving, and TDIH - National Geographic Forms

    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

    19 min

  8. 24 JAN

    Creating Rocket Fuel in Space, Backpacks to Help Kids Read, and TDIH - The First Chocolate Covered Ice Cream Bar

    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

    17 min
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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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