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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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Enceladus Shows Even Stronger Signs of Life

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 Enceladus’s ocean | Nature Astronomy For a limited time, visit ⁠AuraFra...

Nov 26, 202512 min

The Fascinating Reason Bees Replace Their Queens and How It Affects Humans

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...

Nov 24, 202510 min

Brain Implant that Could Help with Depression

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 the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choic...

Nov 21, 202510 min

Speaking More Than One Language Could Slow Aging

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 A multilingual guide to slowing aging | Nature Aging Contact the show -...

Nov 20, 202512 min

First AI Model of the The Milky Way

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...

Nov 19, 202512 min

How a Worm Brain Could Transform AI

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

Nov 17, 202513 min

Gel That Could Replace Enamel

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 restores structure and properties of human dental enamel | Nature Commun...

Nov 14, 202511 min

Rare Toads That Give Birth to Live Young

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 Museum Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more ...

Nov 13, 202513 min

The Lunar "Gold-Rush"

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 Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your...

Nov 12, 202515 min

More Evidence mRNA Vaccines Are Effective In Helping to Fight Cancer

Cancer treatments may get a boost from mRNA COVID vaccines Brought to you by Express VPN - find out how you can get up to four extra months at ⁠⁠⁠ www.ExpressVPN.com/COOL Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 07, 202511 min

A Marvel Of Nature & New Discovery All in One

Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 06, 202510 min

Proof That We DON'T Live in a Simulation

Physicists mathematically prove that we don't live in a Matrix world, debunking the idea that the universe is a simulation. Physicists Just Ruled Out The Universe Being a Simulation : ScienceAlert Physicists Have Mathematically Proven the Universe Is Not a Simulation | SciTechDaily Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation | Phys.org Consequences of Undecidability in Physics on the Theory of Everything | Journal of Holography Applications in Physics Brought t...

Nov 05, 202514 min

Should We "Blow Up" The Asteroid Heading Towards the Moon?

Scientists debate if we should blow up the "city-killer" sized asteroid that has a small chance of crashing into the moon. NASA Scientists Consider Blowing Up "City-Killer" Asteroid Headed for the Moon Brought to you by Express VPN - find out how you can get up to four extra months at ⁠ www.ExpressVPN.com/COOL ⁠ Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 04, 202512 min

"Teenage T-Rex" Actually New Dino Species

A smaller “teenage” T. rex scientists have been arguing about for nearly 80 years, isn't a teenager at all, it is a completely different species . Newly discovered skeleton rewrites ‘decades of research’ over T. rex and its distant relatives | The Independent Scientists Make Major T. Rex Discovery, Rewriting History of the Most Intriguing Dinosaur - Men's Journal ‘Dueling dinosaurs’ fossil forces a radical rethink of T. rex remains | CNN Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of t...

Nov 03, 202512 min

Cool Stuff Daily

Cool Stuff Ride Home returns in November with a new name and a sharper focus. Cool Stuff Daily will run every Monday through Friday and focus on one feature story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 29, 202550 sec

Heading Back to the Moon, Our Quasi-Moon, & Mice and Flies Come Back to Earth

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 Discovered 'Quasi-Moon,' a Companion That Shares Its Orbit Around the Sun | Sm...

Sep 26, 202516 min

A New Approach To Generalized Anxiety Disorder + We Were Wrong About Why Ice Is Slippery

A Single LSD Treatment Could Keep Anxiety At Bay for Months The Real Reason Ice is Slippery, Revealed After 200 years Secure your online data by visiting ⁠ ExpressVPN.com/COOL ⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 12, 202516 min

How Climate Change Increases Our Sugar Consumption

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 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 11, 202521 min

The First Pig Lung Transplant In a Human Has Taken Place + A 'Dinosaur Fish' Rediscovered in Ireland

Secure your online data by visiting ⁠⁠ ExpressVPN.com/COOL ⁠⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. 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' Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 06, 202517 min

Caffeine: The Pros, Cons and Ideal Amount + Earth's Seasons Are Out of Sync (Why and What Are the Implications?)

Secure your online data by visiting ⁠ ExpressVPN.com/COOL ⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. 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 News Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about y...

Sep 05, 202520 min

What Could Be Brewing in Saturn's Lakes and Catching Snakes with Robot Rabbits

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 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Secure your online data by visiting ExpressVPN....

Sep 03, 202517 min

Record Breaking Solar Flight and Satellites Affecting Astronomy

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 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Secure your online data by visiting ⁠ ExpressVPN.com/COOL ⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. Le...

Sep 02, 202519 min

The New "Ice" That Never Melts

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 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Secure your online data by visiting ⁠ ExpressVPN.com/COOL ⁠ to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 01, 202510 min
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