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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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new material that is as strong as steel but light as Styrofoam along with the PlayStation Network issue that occurred over the weekend and their plan for compensation. Plus, on This Day in History, the chess match of Man vs. Computer. Scientists Create a Material as Strong as Steel but Light as Styrofoam Using AI | ZME Science Sony Reveals Compensation For All PS Plus Players After PSN Outage | Forbes Sony explains massive PSN outage and details compensation – but many PlayStation gamers are still unhappy | TechRadar Ask PlayStation on X Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess match | May 11, 1997 | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] 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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marques returns to CES and learns how Oshkosh truck is preparing your ‘neighborhood of the future. Plus, NASA is looking to cut costs on its mission to bring rocks samples back to Earth from Mars, and how coffee and reduce the chances of head and neck cancer. Also, on This Day in History, the start of the Texas Oil Boom. The maker of the electric USPS truck is also building garbage robots and EV firefighters - The Verge NASA proposes cheaper and quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth | AP News NASA announces way forward on Mars rock plan : NPR Coffee Drinkers Less at Risk of Head and Neck Cancers, New Research Suggests | Good News Network Spindletop Oilfield | Texas State Historically Association Spindletop ‑ Geyser, Timeline & Discovery | History.com 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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marques reports from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where Alaska Airlines has a jet like you’ve never seen before, and on This Day in History, Christopher Columbus sights mermaids in the Caribbean…and he’s not impressed. Why Alaska Airlines is investing in a jet that's like nothing you've seen before - Fast Company Has The Time Finally Come For This Sci-Fi Looking Aircraft? Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids | January 9, 1493 | HISTORY Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids | Sky HISTORY TV Channel Uncovering the Ancient Origins of Mermaids - Ocean Info 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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is a Weird Wednesday episode, and we cover scientists that have developed technology to control cyborg insect swarms, a town that made getting sick illegal, toilet seats that can’t handle toilet paper, and another town that is just going bananas over pealed bananas- we’ll explain. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back to the Battle of New Orleans. Scientists develop technology to control cyborg insect swarms | ScienceDaily Scientists develop technology to control cyborg insect swarms | TechXplore Swarm navigation of cyborg-insects in unknown obstructed soft terrain | Nature Communications Italian mayor's proclamation makes it illegal to get sick - UPI.com Toilet maker warns customers not to wipe the seats with toilet paper - UPI.com Peeled bananas left on English street corner each month vex locals - UPI.com TDIH: Chalmette National Historical Park (Battle of New Orleans) TDIH: The American Battlefield Trust's map of the War of 1812 Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815 TDIH: Battle of New Orleans YouTube: Johnny Horton Sings The Battle of New Orleans (1959) TDIH: The Battle of New Orleans 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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bioengineers develop a groundbreaking 'Smart Cell' construction kit for disease-fighting therapies" and how some video games can improve your mental health and add balance to your life. Plus, on This Day in History, the video phone that was released over 30 years ago. Breakthrough for 'smart cell' design | ScienceDaily Journal of Medical Internet Research - Open-World Games’ Affordance of Cognitive Escapism, Relaxation, and Mental Well-Being Among Postgraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study Open-World Video Games Boost Relaxation and Mental Well-Being - Neuroscience News Open-World Games Like Zelda Can Boost Your Mental Health, Study Says : ScienceAlert AT&T calls new video phone wave of the future - UPI Archives AT&T launched the VideoPhone 2500 in 1992. It sold for $1,499 | CNN Business 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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, we’ve all heard it before during winter - “If you don’t dress warm, you're going to catch a cold”. We take a look at why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds. Also, what 2025 has in store for your stargazing plans. Plus, on This Day in History, we spin the wheel for the first time, as Wheel of Fortune debuts on NBC. Why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds – a public health nurse explains the science behind the season | The Conversation January stargazing: Ring in 2025 with a meteor shower, 'planet parade,' and best chance to spot Mars | Popular Science The Sky Promises Many Big Events in 2025 The first meteor shower of 2025, the Quadrantids, is here. Here's how to catch a glimpse | AP News ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Turns 40, But Do You Remember the Other Versions? | TV Insider 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 - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Human activity could be changing the Earth’s tilt and rotation, and researchers discover squirrels that don’t just eat nuts - they hunt and eat voles. Plus, on This Day in History, construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge, the first steel-wire suspended bridge in the world. Human activity is changing Earth’s tilt and rotation. What does that mean for the planet? | BBC Science Focus Magazine Carnivorous squirrels documented in California | ScienceDaily ASCE Metropolitan Section - Brooklyn Bridge A Mini History Lesson on the Brooklyn Bridge, Downtown’s Stunning Suspension - Downtown Alliance Brooklyn Bridge - New World Encyclopedia Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We look back at some of the more interesting species discovered in 2024. Plus, an update on the Weird Wednesday story of a man targeting the record for consecutive days living underwater. On This Day in History, the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity and enter geocentric orbit – and here’s a hint – it did NOT come from the United States. Scientists have identified an estimated 10% of all species on Earth. Here’s what they found in 2024 | CNN Vampire hedgehogs, pirate spiders and fishy fungi - the strangest new species of 2024 | BBC Scientist refuses to resurface after breaking world record for longest time underwater Researcher Experiments Living Underwater for 100 Days to Study How High Pressure Impacts Longevity. The Results Are Baffling NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details Luna | Moon, Soviet, & Exploration | Britannica On this date: USSR launches Luna 1 probe to moon Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists notice that great apes love teasing and fooling around, which leads them to believe humor is older than humans. Plus, researchers discover some artificial heart patients are able to regrow heart muscle, offering new hope for future treatments. On This Day in History, the tradition of celebrating New Year’s Eve at Times Square began over 100 years ago and a few later, the ball drop begins. Great Apes Joke Around, Suggesting Humor Is Older Than Humans | Scientific American Spontaneous playful teasing in four great ape species | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Can the heart heal itself? New study says it can | ScienceDaily NYE History & Times Square Ball | Times Square NYC The History of New Year's Eve in Times Square | CityPASS® Blog A Brief History of Times Square’s New Year’s Eve Celebration Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI-designed "nanocages" that mimic viral structures are offering groundbreaking advancements in gene therapy and biomedical innovation. Also, 250 shipwrecks containing 22 tons of gold and silver have been identified off the coast of Portugal. Plus, on This Day in History, the first major labor dispute in the US auto industry. Virus that threatened humanity opens the future | ScienceDaily 250 ships with treasures off Portugal coast - The Portugal News Shipwreck with 22 Tons of Gold Treasure Identified off Portugal Coast - GreekReporter.com Shipwreck Holding 22 Tons of Gold Treasure Found off Portugal’s Coast The 1936 Sit‑Down Strike That Shook the Auto Industry | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode; the oldest mammalian ancestor is discovered, an update on the flight of the Parker Solar Probe, plus, on 'This Day in History', the show that would influence children's television for generations to come -- Howdy Doody. World's oldest mammalian ancestor discovered in Mallorca This dog-like predator is the oldest known mammal ancestor | Popular Science Early–middle Permian Mediterranean gorgonopsian suggests an equatorial origin of therapsids | Nature Communications TDIH: Norb’s Corner: “It’s Howdy Doody time!” TDIH: 1947: NBC Introduces Howdy Doody on 'Puppet Playhouse Presents' From Doodyville to Detroit: The History of Howdy Doody, a Legendary Show of the Golden Age of TV Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Christmas Eve NASA aims to touch our Sun in hopes to learn more about how it works and the source of its high-energy solar particles. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back one of the most famous holiday poems of all time - “Twas the Night Before Christmas". Watch: NASA Experts Discuss Mission to 'Touch the Sun' with Parker Solar Probe - Newsweek NASA is set to touch sun on Christmas Eve | firstcoastnews.com Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science It's been a hell of a year, and we're going to end it by pinging a spacecraft travelling at 430,000 mph off the Sun in a presumed affront to the laws of the universe | PC Gamer The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All | Columbia Magazine Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One New York homeowner’s yardwork unearths a rare mastodon jaw. Plus, there is new evidence that humans, giant sloths, and mastodons coexisted for over 10,000 years. On This Day in History, we look at the failed coup attempt by Adolf Hitler before he was elected Chancellor of Germany. New York Homeowner’s Yardwork Reveals Complete Mastodon Jaw Bones and Teeth | Good News Netowrk Giant sloths and mastodons lived with ancient humans in the Americas | AP News Murder Hornets Have Been Eradicated From The U.S. | Mic.com Beer Hall Putsch | Facts, Summary, & Outcome | Britannica The Munich Putsch – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools The Beer Hall Putsch - 100th Anniversary Special (Video) Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, we've got details on the plan to refreeze the Arctic. Plus, could geo-thermal prove to be the renewable energy source we've all been waiting for? And on 'This Day in History', NASA's 1988 plan for a moon base and manned trips to Mars Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risks | CNN The plan to refreeze Arctic ice | The Week Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first tests | New Scientist The deepest hole on Earth: Inside the race to harness unlimited power from our planet's core TDIH: NASA Offers Plans For Manned Missions - The New York Times TDIH: U.S., 11 Nations Sign Pact for Space Station - Los Angeles Times That’ll do it for another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home. Connect with us by email using the address [email protected]. Also, like us and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. I’m Reggie Risseeuw, he’s Marques Pfaff – we’ll be back with more cool stuff tomorrow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A vast reserve of geologic hydrogen was found. Plus, Weird Wednesday has fish getting busy after an earthquake, sculptures with googly eyes, the "Trekkie" license plate that was causing trouble, and a festive car. Also, on This Day in History, we look back at the Piltdown skull hoax. Massive new energy source discovered hiding under Earth’s surface | BBC Science Focus Magazine Northern California earthquake prompts an endangered Death Valley fish species to get busy | Phys.org Stop sticking googly eyes on sculptures says US city - BBC Newsround Woman ticketed thousands of dollars because license matched numbers on ‘Star Trek’ ship | WBAY - ABC 2 Look: Driver stopped in Wyoming for covering car in Christmas lights - UPI.com How the Piltdown Man skull became the greatest hoax in anthropology - History Skills Study reveals culprit behind Piltdown Man, one of science's most famous hoaxes | Science | AAAS How to Solve Human Evolution’s Greatest Hoax | Smithsonian Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting your vaccine from a needle could be a thing of the past, as a cream-based vaccine is being developed. Also, how your mental health may have been altered by leaded gas, if you were born before 1996. Plus, on This Day in History, the prize offered for communicating with aliens, however it doesn’t include Martians - as that was thought to be too easy! Stanford scientists transform ubiquitous skin bacterium into a topical vaccine | Stanford Medicine Discovery and engineering of the antibody response to a prominent skin commensal | Nature Born Before 1996? According to Scientists, Leaded Gas May Have Permanently Altered Your Personality | SciTechDaily Lead in gasoline tied to millions of excess mental health disorders: study | NBC News Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US population over the past 75 years - McFarland - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - Wiley Online Library 17 December 1900: The Guzman Prize is announced | MoneyWeek December 17, 1900 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google claims its new quantum chip could prove the existence of parallel universes, new technological advances could aid the decade-long hunt for aviation’s biggest mystery, and on 'This Day in History', the last eruption of Mount Fuji. Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist | TechCrunch Google Says Its New Quantum Chip May Prove Parallel Universes Exist - Newsweek Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip The bold new science that could soon solve the greatest mystery in aviation TDIH: It’s Been More Than 300 Years Since Japan’s Breathtaking Mount Fuji Last Erupted | Smithsonian TDIH: Most Recent Eruption of Mount Fuji Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One extinct Great Lakes fish has been discovered alive again … but in the wrong lake. Staying in the animal kingdom, new research suggests animals’ ability to see color evolved BEFORE bright colors emerged in nature, but why? Plus, on This Day in History, the fashion world gets easier as the clip-on tie is invented. 'Extinct' Great Lakes Shortnose Cisco fish discovered in Lake Superior | USA Today Animals Evolved Color Vision before Bright Colors Emerged | Scientific American The Birth of The Clip-On Tie | Pop Culture Madness Iowa History Daily: December 13 - Classy Clinton's Clip-On Tie A Brief History of the Necktie – Center for Careers, Life, and Service | Grinnell College Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new study says that caffeine can boost physical and mental performance, but it added it should be timed wisely to optimize benefits and avoid side effects. Also, new research says that exercise can boost your memory for a full day. Plus, on This Day in History, the first motel is opened. Here's the best (and worst) time to drink your morning caffeine | BBC Science Focus Magazine Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours | ScienceDaily The World’s First Motel Was a Luxury Establishment, Not a Dive | Smithsonian Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo, the world's first 'mo-tel' | San Luis Obispo Tribune Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo - SoCal Landmarks Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New drones inspired by birds that jump for take-off. It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has orcas that are wearing salmon for hats, the Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, and the winner of the Spanish Scrabble Championship who doesn’t speak Spanish. Plus, on This Day in History, Dr. Horace Wells and the first use of anesthetic in dentistry. Bird-inspired drone can jump for take-off | ScienceDaily For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion | Scientific American No, Orcas Probably Aren't Reviving the 'Dead Salmon Hat' Trend, Despite a Viral Photo, Experts Say. Here's Why | Smithsonian There’s something fishy about a recent sighting of an orca in a salmon ‘hat’ | CNN ‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year | AP News He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish | CNN Horace Wells | Biography, Anesthesia, & Facts | Britannica Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How training your body to have good habits can change your life for the better and the revolutionary spray-on electronic tattoo that replaces traditional EEG setups, offering a more comfortable and reliable way to monitor brain activity while paving the way for advanced brain-computer interfaces. Plus, on This Day in History; Edmund Halley’s and Isaac Newton’s collaboration on the theory of gravity. Good habits are life-changing: A psychologist's guide to hacking your brain's autopilot Temporary scalp e-tattoos that scan brain could replace traditional EEGs forever Sir Isaac Newton's Principia | American Physical Society Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Edmond Halley and Newton’s Principia | Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers have developed a cost-effective solar-powered desalination method using clay minerals to enhance seawater evaporation, potentially providing clean water for billions worldwide and endangered wolves in Ethiopia may also be pollinators for one specific plant. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Kecksburg UFO incident. Billions of People Could Benefit from This Breakthrough in Desalination That Ensures Freshwater for the World A wolf walks into a flower — and appears to pollinate it : NPR These Endangered Wolves Have a Sweet Tooth—and It Might Make Them Rare Carnivorous Pollinators | Smithsonian Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests | CNN Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa - Lai - 2024 - Ecology - Wiley Online Library The Kecksburg UFO incident | History Is case finally closed on 1965 UFO mystery? | NBC News Kecksburg UFO Mystery: 8 Mind-Blowing Documentaries on Pennsylvania's Roswell Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1965 | Enigma Labs Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The restoration of an icon - Notre Dame shows off the new interior after the devastating fire five years ago, and the human-dog bond may be older than we thought. Plus, on This Day in History, the court case and book that helped change obscenity laws. Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire | AP News How did humans and dogs become friends? Connections in the Americas began 12,000 years ago | University of Arizona News Scientists discover exactly when man and dog became friends | Science Focus Late Pleistocene onset of mutualistic human/canid (Canis spp.) relationships in subarctic Alaska | Science Advances Ulysses | The First Amendment Encyclopedia Obscenity Case Files: United States v. One Book Called “Ulysses” – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices