Cool Stuff Daily

Cool Stuff Daily

Cool Stuff Daily covers the most interesting and coolest stories in the world of 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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December 9, 2025 12 mins
Rats are snatching bats out of the air and eating them Scientists keep a human alive with a genetically engineered pig liver Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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‘Butt breathing’ could help people who can’t get oxygen the regular way Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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December 5, 2025 12 mins
Fossils Reveal the Green Anaconda Has Been a Giant For 12 Million Years | ZME Science Bones of giant anacondas found in Venezuela. Here's what scientists discovered when they pieced them together | Discover Wildlife Gigantism In Anacondas Has Existed For 12 Million Years, As Seen In These Huge Backbone Fossils | IFLScience Fossils reveal anaconda snakes have been giants for millions of years - BBC Newsround Full article: An ear...
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December 4, 2025 10 mins
Rage bait takes the title as "2025 Word of the Year" for Oxford Dictionary. ‘Rage bait’ is Oxford’s Word of the Year | CNN Rage bait named word of the year 2025 by Oxford University Press Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Le...
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This magnet-powered micro-robot could soon swim through your bloodstream Scientists discover first gene proven to directly cause mental illness Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
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Scientists discover hidden wolf DNA in most dogs Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmamil.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Scientists have almost cracked the secret language of animals. Here's what they've learned. Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists | BBC Kissing started 20 million years ago, long before humans existed - UPI.com A comparative approach to the evolution of kissing - ScienceDirect Grey hairs grow when your body shuts down cancer-prone cells, study suggests | BBC Science Focus Magazine For a limited time, visit ⁠⁠AuraFrames.com⁠⁠ and get $45 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames using promo code  COO...
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We’ve found an unexpected structure in the solar system’s Kuiper belt | New Scientist 2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought | Space "Very Old, Undisturbed Structure" May Have Been Discovered Beyond Neptune, Over 6 Billion Kilometers From The Sun | IFLScience For a limited time, visit ⁠⁠AuraFrames.com⁠⁠ and get $45 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames using promo code  COOLSTUFF at checkout. ...
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November 26, 2025 11 mins
Newly released data from both a Cassini probe mission and supercomputer data increases the chance of that life exists on Enceladus. NASA Cassini Study Finds Organics ‘Fresh’ From Ocean of Enceladus - NASA Supercomputers decode the strange behavior of Enceladus’s plumes | ScienceDaily Fresh ocean spray from Enceladus reveals its strongest life signs - Earth.com Detection of organic compounds in freshly ejected ice grains from E...
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This is the Optimal Morning Routine, According to Science For a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames using promo code  COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Surprising Reason Bees Replace their Queens For a limited time, visit ⁠AuraFrames.com⁠ and get $45 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames using promo code  COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A new implant that offers deep brain stimulation could help with depression for some patients. Deep Brain Stimulation Promising for Severe, Resistant Depression - Neuroscience News Brain implants show promise for depression treatment in new study - UPI.com Prefrontal–bed nucleus of the stria terminalis physiological and neuropsychological biomarkers predict therapeutic outcomes in depression | Nature Communications Contact t...
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New research shows that when you learn and speak more than one language, your aging could be slowed down compared to those who only know one language. Learning Another Language May Slow Brain Aging, Huge New Study Finds | Scientific American Speaking Two Languages Seems to Slows Aging, Speaking Three or More Augments the Effect | Good News Network Speaking Multiple Languages May Slow Down Biological Aging - Neuroscience News ...
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November 19, 2025 11 mins
The first AI model of the Milky Way that tracks over 100 billion starts individually. AI creates the first 100-billion-star Milky Way simulation | ScienceDaily Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Chimps shock scientists by changing their minds with new evidence Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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November 17, 2025 12 mins
This tiny worm’s brain could transform artificial intelligence. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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November 14, 2025 11 mins
Replacing your enamel has always been impossible...that is until now. A new gel could repair damaged or missing enamel. New gel regrows tooth enamel and could transform dentistry | ScienceDaily Goodbye, Cavities? Scientists Just Found a Way to Regrow Tooth Enamel | SciTechDaily New Gel Regrows Dental Enamel–Which Humans Cannot Do–and Could Revolutionize Tooth Care | Good News Network Biomimetic supramolecular protein matrix re...
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November 13, 2025 12 mins
Scientists discover three new rare toads that "Give birth just like us". Three new Species Of Rare Toads That Give Birth To Live Young Like Humans Discovered | IFLScience Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae) New species of toads that give birth to live young discovered in Tanzania | Natural History M...
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November 12, 2025 14 mins
We head to the moon to look at what some are considering the next "gold-rush"; however this has nothing to do with gold but Helium-3 instead. This Startup Is Racing To Be The First To Mine Helium On The Moon | Forbes Helium-3 Could Be the Most Valuable Resource in Space and Nations Are Now Racing to Mine It on the Moon ZME Science Mining Company Says It's Identified Hugely Valuable Material on Surface of the Moon | Futurism ...
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