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  • Lasers Casting a Shadow, First Picture of a Star Outside Our Galaxy, and TDIH - The Campaign to Make Sean Connery the First James Bond

    Lasers Casting a Shadow, First Picture of a Star Outside Our Galaxy, and TDIH - The Campaign to Make Sean Connery the First James Bond
    2024/11/22
    Scientists reconsider their understanding of shadow after they discover lasers – highly concentrated beams of light – can cast one. And scientists finally have a close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy – and it’s surrounded by something interesting. Plus, on This Day in History, the campaign to make Sean Connery James Bond starts. 'It invites us to reconsider our notion of shadow': Laser beams can actually cast their own shadows, scientists discover | Live Science Lasers That Cast Shadows? Physics Takes a Surprising Turn Shadow of a laser beam Scientists take first ever close-up picture of star outside our galaxy – and see strange structure around it | The Independent Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy | ScienceDaily The true story of how Sean Connery became James Bond | The Gentleman's Journal Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 分
  • Rare Cosmic Event 40 Years Ago Changes What We Know About Uranus, Scientists Create a Mouse Using Ancient, Single-Cell Genes & TDIH: Smoking is Banned on US Domestic Flights

    Rare Cosmic Event 40 Years Ago Changes What We Know About Uranus, Scientists Create a Mouse Using Ancient, Single-Cell Genes & TDIH: Smoking is Banned on US Domestic Flights
    2024/11/22
    New research points to a rare cosmic event just 40 years ago that changes what we know about Uranus’ magnetosphere. Also, scientists create a living, breathing mouse using ancient single-cell genes. Plus, on 'This Day in History'; smoking is banned on domestic flights in the US. Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmic event | CNN We’ve Only Been To Uranus Once And The Freak Timing May Have Misled Us For Years The anomalous state of Uranus’s magnetosphere during the Voyager 2 flyby | Nature Astronomy Scientists recreate mouse from gene older than animal life Twenty-five Years Ago, U.S. Airlines Banned Smoking On Domestic Flights TDIH: Celebrating 25 Years of No Smoking in Airplanes – SEATCA Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 分
  • Weird Wednesday - Rats Driving Cars, King Richard III's Voice, and the 'Four Year Skip-Forward' Cruise. Plus, TDIH - The TV Movie That Helped the Cold War

    Weird Wednesday - Rats Driving Cars, King Richard III's Voice, and the 'Four Year Skip-Forward' Cruise. Plus, TDIH - The TV Movie That Helped the Cold War
    2024/11/20
    It’s Weird Wednesday, so we are covering scientists that gave rats cars to drive and what was learned from their behavior behind the wheel, King Richard III’s voice is recreated, and the “Four Year Skip-Forward” cruise. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the TV movie that helped change the course of the Cold War. Neuroscientists taught rats to drive tiny cars. They took them out on 'joy rides.' | Live Science Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels King Richard III given Yorkshire accent using state-of-the-art technology | UK News | Sky News US cruise company offering four-year escape during Trump presidency | US News | Sky News ‘The Day After’: This 1980s TV movie helped change the course of the Cold War | CNN Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 分
  • Sitting Can Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Amber Found in Antarctica for the First Time, and TDIH - The Nintendo Wii

    Sitting Can Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Amber Found in Antarctica for the First Time, and TDIH - The Nintendo Wii
    2024/11/19
    How sitting, reclining, or lying down during the day may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Amber is found in Antarctica for the first time and what information can be gained from it. Plus, on This Day in History, we take a look at the Nintendo Wii. Sitting too long can harm heart health, even for active people | ScienceDaily For the first time in history, scientists have found amber fragments in Antarctica, at a depth of 946 meters First discovery of Antarctic amber | Antarctic Science | Cambridge Core 90-million-year-old amber reveals Antarctica's secret past - Earth.com Scientists Find Evidence of an Ancient Rainforest in Antarctica Nintendo Wii (2006-2013) – History of Console Gaming Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 分
  • Saber-Tooth Kitten Found, Largest Living Sea Creature Discovered, another "Doomsday Fish" Washed Ashore, and TDIH - U.S. Time Zones and the Teddy Bear

    Saber-Tooth Kitten Found, Largest Living Sea Creature Discovered, another "Doomsday Fish" Washed Ashore, and TDIH - U.S. Time Zones and the Teddy Bear
    2024/11/18
    The remains of a well-preserved saber-toothed kitten was found in Russia, the discovery of the largest known sea creature, and another “Doomsday Fish” washed ashore in California. Plus, on This Day in History, how the railroads help set the time zones in the United States and the history of Teddy Bears. Well-preserved remains of saber-toothed kitten found frozen in Russian tundra, researchers say - ABC News Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia | Scientific Reports The world’s largest coral was discovered in the South Pacific Photos: Scientists discover the world’s largest coral | Vox Another rare 'doomsday fish' discovered off Southern California coast | WFRV When did the United States start using time zones? History of Teddy Bears Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 分
  • The Fake Job Scam, Circular Homes Verus Hurricanes, and TDIH - The Art Advisor to the Queen Exposed as a Soviet Spy

    The Fake Job Scam, Circular Homes Verus Hurricanes, and TDIH - The Art Advisor to the Queen Exposed as a Soviet Spy
    2024/11/15
    The latest scam - this one is based around finding a job and how circular homes are standing firm against hurricanes. Plus, on This Day in History, the art advisor to the Queen is exposed in Parliament as a Soviet spy and is stripped of his knighthood. How to protect yourself from scammers offering fake jobs | AP News Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How to stay safe from scams during | AP News ReportFraud.ftc.gov Why you shouldn't store your money in payment apps | AP News Thousands of Circular Homes Are Surviving Hurricanes Across the US Thanks to North Carolina Company True Story of Anthony Blunt, Queen Elizabeth's Art Curator & Russian Spy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 分
  • Ceres' Potential Icy Surface, Ancient Bird Skull Discovery Provides Incredible Insights & TDIH; The First Airplane to Take Off from a Ship

    Ceres' Potential Icy Surface, Ancient Bird Skull Discovery Provides Incredible Insights & TDIH; The First Airplane to Take Off from a Ship
    2024/11/14
    The largest object in the asteroid belt may be 90% ice and water and an ancient fossil of a bird skull can help fill the gaps of avian evolution. Plus, on 'This Day in History', we look at the first airplane flight to take off from the deck of a ship. Near-Earth dwarf planet's surface is 90% covered by water - The Brighter Side of News An ancient and impure frozen ocean on Ceres implied by its ice-rich crust | Nature Astronomy Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence | ScienceDaily The Short, Eventful Life of Eugene B. Ely | Proceedings - January 1981 Vol. 107/1/935 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 分
  • Lung Cancer Breath Test, Weird Wed - Old Cake Sold, Gross Mystery Beach Balls, Monkey Escape, 'Wicked' Mistake, and TDIH - Big Ben Chimes for the First Time

    Lung Cancer Breath Test, Weird Wed - Old Cake Sold, Gross Mystery Beach Balls, Monkey Escape, 'Wicked' Mistake, and TDIH - Big Ben Chimes for the First Time
    2024/11/13
    A breakthrough breath test could detect lung cancer in the early stages, plus Weird Wednesday has a 77-year-old cake piece sold at auction, gross mystery balls on Sydney's beaches that should be avoided, monkeys captured after escaping a research lab, and a 'Wicked' mistake. Also, on This Day in History, the original Big Ben chimes for the first time. Breakthrough breath test could detect lung cancer early Ultrasensitive In2O3-Based Nanoflakes for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and the Sensing Mechanism Investigated by Operando Spectroscopy | ACS Sensors 77-year-old slice of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding cake sells for $2,800 - UPI.com Watch: Suspected tar balls on Sydney beaches actually poop-filled 'fatbergs' - UPI.com Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney beach were foul-smelling mini ‘fatbergs’ | CNN South Carolina lab recaptures 5 escaped monkeys. 13 still loose | AP News 43 monkeys remain on the run from South Carolina lab. CEO thinks they're having an adventure | AP News 2 more escaped monkeys recaptured and enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in South Carolina | AP News Mattel apologizes for misprint on 'Wicked' doll packaging that links to porngraphic website - UPI.com When Did Big Ben First Bong? | Londonist The recasting of Big Ben - The History Press The History Of Big Ben And Elizabeth Tower In One Chronology | Londonist Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 分