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Cool Stuff Daily

Cool Stuff Ride Home

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Frequency: 1 episode/2d. Total Eps: 1241

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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🇺🇸 USA - techNews
28/08/2026
#53
🇨🇦 Canada - techNews
27/08/2026
#82
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27/08/2026
#49
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26/08/2026
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26/08/2026
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25/08/2026
#63
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#62
🇺🇸 USA - techNews
23/08/2026
#49
🇨🇦 Canada - techNews
22/08/2026
#97
🇺🇸 USA - techNews
22/08/2026
#43

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Gecko Inspired Anti-slip Shoes. Europa Clipper Mission Update, and TDIH - Leather Shoes Rations Issued During WWII

Friday, February 7, 2025 • Duration 21:08

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

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Apes Understand When You Are Clueless, The First Moon Data Center, and TDIH - Jack Kirby and the First Integrated Circuit

Thursday, February 6, 2025 • Duration 18:23

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

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

Friday, January 24, 2025 • Duration 17:10

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

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Protein That Can Extend Longevity, Most Detailed Video of a Star, and TDIH - The Messier Catalog is Started

Thursday, September 12, 2024 • Duration 19:46

The protein that may determine how long we live, and the most detailed video of a star ever shows bubbling gas on the surface. Plus, on This Day in History, The Messier Catalog is started - to let astronomers know what objects in the night sky aren't a comet. Newly discovered gene may influence longevity | ScienceDaily Astronomers track bubbles on star's surface | ScienceDaily Who was Charles Messier? | BBC Sky at Night Magazine Charles Messier - NASA Science Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Using Bacteria to Anticipate Seasonal Changes, Weird Wednesday - Rare Dime, Odd Hotels Requests and Finds, and Message-in-a-Bottle, & TDIH - The History of Dialysis

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 • Duration 28:10

Can an organism as simple as bacteria really anticipate seasonal changes? Weird Wednesday has an expensive dime, odd room service requests, interesting items found in hotels, and a message-in-a-bottle birthday wish come true. And on This Day in History – the history of dialysis. 'Ice bucket challenge' reveals that bacteria can anticipate the seasons | ScienceDaily Ohio family expects huge payout for rare coin hidden for decades | AP News Hotels reveal most unusual lost and found items, room service requests - UPI.com Hotel Room Innsights Report: Hotels.com Pulls Back the Covers on the Surprising World of Hotels - Expedia Newsrooms Visitor to Georgia island finds third-grader's message in a bottle - UPI.com Message in a bottle makes its way from Charleston to Georgia | News | postandcourier.com The History of Dialysis - DaVita Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Making Skin Transparent, How Rare Are Colorful Lobsters? Plus, TDIH - The TV Dinner

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 • Duration 20:00

Scientists may have discovered the key to making skin transparent and like Reggie, some scientists are questioning how rare some of those colorful lobsters are. Plus, on This Day in History, the tv dinner comes to the table…or maybe the living room. Scientists make tissue of living animals see-through | ScienceDaily Rainbow colored lobsters spark curiosity, but how rare are they? | AP News A Brief History of the TV Dinner | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Volcanic Activity On the Moon & TDIH: The Erie Steamship Suffers a Tragic Fate en Route to Chicago.

Monday, September 9, 2024 • Duration 19:10

The moon may have had volcanic activity more recently than previously believed, and on 'This Day in History', the Erie steamship suffers a tragic fate en route to Chicago. New research suggests the moon had active volcanoes when dinosaurs roamed Earth | AP News The moon had surprisingly recent volcanic activity, samples from Chinese space mission confirm Disaster on Lake ErieThe Horrifying Erie Steamship Tragedy Eerie Steamship Disaster Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Making Money Collecting Pine Cones, New Species of Dinosaur Unearthed in Spain, and TDIH - Piggly Wiggly, The First Supermarket Opens

Friday, September 6, 2024 • Duration 17:48

The Wisconsin DNR is looking for pine cones…we’ll explain why, and, yet another species of dinosaur has been unearthed in Spain. Plus, on This Day in History, the first supermarket opens and it has a name you can’t forget. Wisconsin DNR will pay money for bushels of pine cones, part of reforestation program | WFRV (wearegreenbay.com) DNR Looking To Buy Bushels Of Red Pine Cones | Wisconsin DNR Fossil site found by happenstance likely to produce several new dinosaur species (msn.com) The Bizarre Story of Piggly Wiggly, the First Self-Service Grocery Store | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com) About Us - Piggly Wiggly (lovingthepig.com) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bacterial Cells Transmit Memories to Offspring, Six New Rogue Worlds Discovered & TDIH: The First Gas Pump

Thursday, September 5, 2024 • Duration 23:20

On today’s episode, do bacteria cells have memories? A new study out of Northwestern has the answer. Plus, six new rogue worlds have been discovered in space. And, on 'This Day in History', we look back on the first gasoline pump. Bacterial cells transmit memories to offspring Six new rogue worlds: Star birth clues First Gas Pump and Service Station - American Oil & Gas Historical Society (aoghs.org) The First Gasoline Pump | Days to Remember (wordpress.com) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nuclear Powered Batteries, Weird Wednesday - Unwanted Shirts, Long Lost Postcard, Another Orange Lobster and TDIH - The First Newspaper Boy

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 • Duration 29:05

Why your next batteries could be nuclear powered, Weird Wednesday has unwanted shirts, a long lost postcard that helps reunite a family and another orange lobster. Plus, on This Day in History – the first newspaper boy is hired in NYC. Why your next batteries might be nuclear-powered | BBC Science Focus Magazine Nuclear power in your pocket? 50-year battery innovation | CAS Chinese-developed nuclear battery has a 50-year lifespan — Betavolt BV100 built with Nickel-63 isotope and diamond semiconductor material | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com) Man Keeps Getting Unwanted Trump ‘Chillin Like a Felon’ Jerseys in the Mail (gizmodo.com) Swansea: Woman meets relatives after 121-year-old postcard finally delivered | UK News | Sky News Orange lobster returned to the wild after arrival at Long Island store - UPI.com Ten-year-old Barney Flaherty was New York's first paperboy | IrishCentral.com Barney Flaherty Archives - TIMOTHY J. BOYCE (timboyce.com) This Day in History (4-Sep-1833) – Ten-year-old Barney Flaherty was the first newspaper boy in New York – This Day in History (mukundsathe.com) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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