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.
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Screaming Frogs, Cicada STDs (not a typo), Chec...
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Dogs Language Comprehension, Man Runs Across Af...
Can dogs truly understand what we are saying? A new study provides intriguing results. A British man runs the continent of Africa, and a new star will briefly be seen in the night skies. Plus, on this day in History, we look at the first modern...
22 min
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Europe's Clean Energy, Weird Wednesday (Animal ...
Europe’s focus on clean energy appears to be paying off and Weird Wednesday focuses on animals. Plus, on This Day in History - the banana comes to England. Europe's Clean Energy () Spilled Salmon () Stuck Mountain Goat () Cicada Urine () ()...
19 min
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Space Refueling Station, Oldest Man-made Wooden...
You’ll soon have a place to refuel on that good ol’ trip from Earth to Mars – more details on the way, early man may have built structures of wood early than previously thought … and on This Day in History, the first publicly funded library is...
16 min
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New Thyroid Cancer Treatment, Kid Finds Roman S...
New research could yield a new treatment option for those afflicted with thyroid cancer, a Roman soldier’s gold bracelet is discovered … and likely not in the manner you would expect , plus on This Day In History - milk is sold in glass bottles...
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Medieval Castle Remains Found, Goats Overtake I...
An excavation in France produces a mansion of yester-year … yester-century is more like it. Goats have overrun a small Italian island and the locals aren’t thrilled. And, on This Week in History, the tire that changed the automobile. Medieval...
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What Chest-Beating in Gorillas Really Indicates...
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Human Brains Getting Larger, Weird Wednesday & ...
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Kombucha Benefits Validated, LEGO's Polite Requ...
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‘Exhausted’ immune cells could be target for br...
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The Devil Comet and Oregon's Dark Sky Sanctuary
The "Devil Comet" rides the dark skies – we’ll explain, Oregon’s outback gains a new certification … and it’s "out of this world" and on This Week in History, a well dig yields the archaeological discovery of a lifetime. The Devil Comet ()...
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Cemetary Solar Energy and Meteorite Ownership C...
One French town solves a flooding issue while producing solar energy at the same time, a Swedish court issues an interesting ruling on meteorites and on This Day in History, the first US ambulance takes to the streets in Cincinnati. Cemetary Solar...
14 min
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Pay-As-You-Can Dining and Weird Wednesday
One UK restaurant’s quest to eliminate food waste while feeding the hungry, Weird Wednesday includes a waiter and waitress race, beware the waking bears, helping a stuck skunk, and another Guinness World Record – Plus, on This Day in History, we...
21 min
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A Potential Cure for HIV, The Largest Gold Nugg...
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Pig to Human Kidney Transplant and One UAE Comp...
Genetically modified pig kidneys … in humans? We’ll explain. One oil-rich, Middle Eastern Country embraces sustainable fuel alternatives. Plus, on This Day In History, one famous writer is sentenced to five years in prison. Genetically...
18 min
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Oldest Stone Tools in Europe, Toy Car Road Trip...
New evidence that early humans were in Europe earlier than previously thought, one record-setting road-trip takes place at speeds under 10 mph, and hundreds in Mexico publicly protest the need for more sleep. Plus, on This Week in History, the closing...
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Moss Used to Restore Bog, Search for a "Treasur...
Moss to the rescue – cuttings to improve water quality at one UK reservoir, the modern day quest for buried treasure has begun … we’ll have details, and one zoo see a rare birth – the first in ten years. Plus, on This Day in History, a famous...
17 min
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Artifact Over 1000-Years-Old Found in River and...
A centuries-old artifact is pulled from a UK river and Weird Wednesday including Sandboarding, bees on the loose, banned car horns, and a couple snakes. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at punishments for the Boston Tea Party. River Artifact ()...
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Woolly Mammoth Closer to Returning, Cloning to ...
We’re now one step closer to bringing back the woolly mammoth, one person’s uses cloning for a nefarious purpose, and staff at a veterinary hospital take an extremely novel approach to caring for a young fox. Plus, on This Day in History, a...
18 min
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Now Hiring: Postal Workers in Antarctica, NASA'...
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Coral Reef Restoration, NASA's "Message in a Bo...
Coral reef restoration shows amazing promise, NASA sends another “message in a bottle”, and the well-known space organization now has its own tabletop RPG game. Plus, This Day in History, the first dot com domain is taken. Coral Reef Restoration...
21 min
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Total Solar Eclipse Details and Studying How An...
What you need to know about the upcoming total solar eclipse, including how will animals respond and on This Day in History, we look at one of the most brilliant minds of all time. Solar Eclipse () () Animals Reaction to Solar Eclipse () Einstein ()...
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AI Helps Predict Cardiac Arrest and Weird Wedne...
Artificial Intelligence is being used to predict sudden cardiac arrest … doctors are making progress and we’ll tell you about it, it’s Weird Wednesday which means free gas in Omaha … that’s a felony … a bizarre new sport in Colorado blends...
21 min
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Family Discovers Dino Footprints, Gray Whales i...
One family’s discovery is a find of a lifetime, a mammal’s return to a region where they were previously extinct, an amphibian that produces milk has been found, and This Week Is History - Coke is finally bottled up. Dinosaur Footprints ()...
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Voyager 1 Troubles and The Latest from the Gove...
We leave earth’s atmosphere for today's episode asking, after nearly 50 years, have we heard the last from Voyager 1? We follow up on the latest from the US Government on the existence of UFOs, is the truth really out there? Plus, This Day in...
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