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.
Episodes
Ant Queen Breaks the Rules of Biology by Producing Male Offspring That Are a Different Species
Black Mamba Venom Has a Deadly Hidden Second Strike
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September 26, 2025 • 16 mins
We are heading to space - the moon to be exact…and I mean that quite literally. Also, the quasi-moon that has been with us since the 50s and the spacecraft that returned to Earth full of mice and flies.
NASA Confirms First Crewed Mission to Orbit The Moon in 50+ Years Set For 2026 : ScienceAlert
Artemis II moon mission could fly earlier in 2026, NASA says | USA Today
Artemis II - NASA
Astronomers Say Earth Has a Newly Discovere...
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September 18, 2025 • 20 mins
Elderly cats with dementia may hold clues for Alzheimer’s
People with ADHD may have an underappreciated advantage: Hypercuriosity
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September 15, 2025 • 14 mins
Recycled glass could help fend off coastal erosion
A cold today helps keep the COVID away
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
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September 12, 2025 • 15 mins
A Single LSD Treatment Could Keep Anxiety At Bay for Months
The Real Reason Ice is Slippery, Revealed After 200 years
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September 11, 2025 • 20 mins
How Climate Change can cause mankind to consume more sugar and what that sugar does to our bodies.
Scientists find a surprising reason why people are eating more sugar | CNN
Study finds that in a warming world, Americans eat more sugar | AP News
The Truth About Sugar and Its Effect on Your Body | Science News Today
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The First Pig Lung Transplant In a Human Has Taken Place + A 'Dinosaur Fish' Rediscovered in Ireland
September 6, 2025 • 16 mins
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Gene-edited pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead patient for first time
Fisherman stunned after catching massive 'dinosaur fish' thought to be extinct: 'I nearly fell over'
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How the just right amount of caffeine unlocks lifelong benefits for your body and mind
Earth's Seasons Are Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space : ScienceAlert
Global phenology maps reveal the drivers and effects of seasonal asynchrony | Nature
Earth’s seasonal cycles increasingly out of sync « Euro Weekly N...
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September 3, 2025 • 16 mins
Saturn’s lakes may be creating primitive cells and how Florida is using robotic bunnies to catch one invasive species.
NASA finds Titan’s alien lakes may be creating primitive cells | ScienceDaily
Robotic bunnies deployed to combat invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades | AP News
Researchers deploy 120 robots in Everglades National Park. Their mission is to help catch 20ft snakes | Discover Wildlife
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September 2, 2025 • 18 mins
A record breaking flight offers a glimpse of the future of clean aviation and how satellites are affecting Earth's oldest science - Astronomy.
A Swiss Pilot Flew a Solar-Electric Aircraft to the Edge of the Stratosphere | ZME Science
Astronomers Warn That Satellite Mega-Constellations Could Steal the Night Sky Forever | ZME Science
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September 1, 2025 • 9 mins
The new innovation of "Jelly Ice" that never melts and doesn't hurt the environment.
Reusable 'jelly ice' keeps things cold—without meltwater | Phys.org
'Jelly Ice' Inspired by Tofu Never Melts | Gizmodo
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'Mental flexibility' is science's best predictor of lasting willpower. Here's how to improve yours
NASA's Webb telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus - ABC News
Uranus may have a 29th moon | Popular Science
New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope - NASA Science
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August 23, 2025 • 15 mins
Does a short nap actually boost your brain? Here’s what the science says
3D-Printable Alloy Can Take the Heat | NASA Spinoff
NASA-developed printable metal can withstand extreme temperatures
NASA-Developed Printable Metal Can Take the Heat - NASA
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Some People Are Immune to All Viruses. Scientists Now Want To Replicate This Ability for a Universal Antiviral
Scientists want you to use toothpaste made from hair. Here’s why
Could this new earthquake system give Alaska 50 seconds to prepare?
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Scientists say they cruised the ocean in a deep-sea submersible and came across an undiscovered ecosystem
The US Navy Just Tested a Laser Weapon That Could Change Warfare Forever
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Scientists detect most massive black hole merger ever — and it birthed a monster 225 times as massive as the sun
This tiny spacecraft could race to a black hole and rewrite physics
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This Bionic Knee Plugs Into Your Bones and Nerves, and Feels Just Like A Real Body Part
Can Zebrafish Help Human Regrow Hearing Cells?
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August 7, 2025 • 15 mins
New information on how the moon may have possibly formed and our future plans for our only natural satellite.
Nasa to build nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media | BBC
NASA wants US to be the first nation to put nuclear reactor on the moon | CNN Politics
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon - POLITICO
China found something in Moon samples that shouldn't be there - Earth.com
Discovery of natural few-layer gr...
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July 31, 2025 • 14 mins
New reports on the benefits of owning a dog…or pets in general and are dogs actually good at judging people?
New study reveals surprising benefit of having a dog | The Independent
Owning a Cat or Dog Could Boost Brain Health as You Age, Study Finds | Very Well Health
Do Dogs Know Who’s Good or Bad? The Surprising Truth | SciTechDaily
Your Dog Is Not A Good Judge Of Character. They Might Not Be Judging You At All | IFLScie...
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Scientists Discover Mars Isn’t Round
Reconstructing the Lighthouse of Alexandria
Lemurs age without inflammation—and it could change human health forever
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