At least one mystery of the famous screaming woman mummy is solved, and we’ve heard this a million times before, but scientists believe they may have discovered a NATURAL and effective treatment for male pattern baldness. Plus, on This Day in History, the world’s oldest known living tree was cut down. 'Screaming Woman': Egyptian mummy's pained expression may have been caused by rare event | Offbeat News | Sky News Scientists may have finally found a cheap, natural cure for baldness | BBC Science...
Aug 06, 2024•20 min
Are night owls cognitively superior to early risers? A new study suggests that may be the case. The periodic table could be expanding soon, with scientists on the verge of creating a new element. And, on This Day in History, the Statue of Liberty’s cornerstone is laid on Bedloe’s Island Night owls are 'cognitively superior’ to early risers. Here’s why STUDY: Sleep duration, chronotype, health and lifestyle factors affect cognition: a UK Biobank cross-sectional study A new element on the periodic...
Aug 05, 2024•22 min
On today’s episode, Scientists in the UK discover tree bark actively removes methane from the atmosphere, making trees more important than ever in the battle against climate change. Plus, ChatGPT won’t be replacing your human doctor anytime soon. And on This Day in History; an escalator patent is granted to George A. Wheeler. We'll bring the early history of the device so many now rely on regularly. Trees reveal climate surprise – bark removes methane from the atmosphere Global atmospheric metha...
Aug 02, 2024•22 min
Scientists want to build an ark on the moon – think Noah’s ark here … we’ll tell you why and a follow-up on Yellowstone’s recent explosion, which may have caused some geological changes in the area. Plus, on This Day in History; the Michelin Star – how it came to be the most sought after restaurant ranking in the world. Scientists Want to Build an Ark on the Moon—Here's Why (msn.com) Safeguarding Earth's biodiversity by creating a lunar biorepository | BioScience | Oxford Academic (oup.com) Scie...
Aug 01, 2024•23 min
An exciting new way to produce hydrogen, and consequently, clean energy – discovered at MIT and Weird Wednesday has boneless wings that can contain bones in Ohio, a dog returns home after 9 years, and a bedpan collection that no one wants. Plus, on This Day in History – bottomless Rum for all! Black Tot Day is celebrated in the Royal Navy. A Recipe for Zero-Emissions Fuel: Soda Cans, Seawater, and Caffeine (goodnewsnetwork.org) Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme ...
Jul 31, 2024•26 min
Spray-on shoes making their way to the Olympics, Bear attacks in Connecticut, and This Day in History - one of the forgotten "Fathers of Radio" gets his patent of wireless telegraphy. Lightest-Ever Running Shoes Are Made by a Spray–to Win Marathons and Shake up Olympics (goodnewsnetwork.org) Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped inside | AP News Mahlon Loomis - Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ethw.org) Dr. Mahlon Loomis: Pioneer of Radio — Lynchburg Museum ...
Jul 30, 2024•17 min
New evidence reshapes our thinking on oxygen and early life on earth, and warming waters and invasive species are causing issues with life in the Galapagos islands. Plus, on This Day in History, a woman survives a 75 story fall in an elevator at the empire state building. 'Dark Oxygen' hidden on ocean floor could rewrite the rules of evolution | BBC Science Focus Magazine Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor | Nature Geoscience The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique...
Jul 29, 2024•22 min
Scientists believe they'd identified the root cause of Lupus though questions remain, a Yellowstone eruption sends dozens of people running, sharks test positive for cocaine due to drug smuggler ocean dumps, and on This Day in History; the first permanent movie theater emerges in New Orleans. Scientists say they have identified lupus' root cause — and it could pave the way for new treatment Surprise eruption sends dozens running for safety in Yellowstone | AP News Sharks off Brazil coast test po...
Jul 26, 2024•21 min
Alcohol’s impact on your biological age; scientists discover new indicators in your DNA, and on This Day in History, the Chappaquiddick incident leaves a promising young woman dead, and a famous senator’s career hanging in the balance. Alcohol has a dramatic impact on your biological age. Here’s how (BBC Science Focus) TDIH: Ted Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick Incident: What Really Happened On this day in history, former Kennedy aide killed in 'Chappaquiddick incident' (Video) Chappaquiddick | Based on...
Jul 25, 2024•23 min
Scientists are left stunned by the contents of a rock on Mars, after being split open by the Curiosity rover. Weird Wednesday has a new royal goat, a special Denver lobster, a large hairball, and a depressed bear. Plus, on This Day in History, the window tax is repealed in the UK. NASA Stunned by Discovery After Mars Rover Breaks Open a Rock (goodnewsnetwork.org) NASA’s Curiosity rover makes its ‘most unexpected’ find on Mars | CNN No kidding! King Charles III bestows royal title on rare golden ...
Jul 24, 2024•23 min
We may be closer than ever to discovering life outside of Earth, and there’s more promise in developing an affordable snake antivenom than ever, plus on This Day in History, the first American typewriter – err, typographer – is patented. Signs of Life Could Be Found Close to the Surface of Two Nearby Moons (gizmodo.com) Life signs could survive near the surfaces of Saturn and Jupiter's moons Encleadus and Europa | Space CRISPR Identifies Commonly Available Drug That Works as Cobra Venom Antidote...
Jul 23, 2024•26 min
A new helium reservoir discovered in Minnesota could solve a major world problem and our concept of time may not be measured in the manner you think. Plus, on This Day in History, Alexander Mackenzie becomes the first European to cross North America north of Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 22, 2024•27 min
How feces could help detect autism, caves discovered on the moon. and on This Day in History, movies take to the skies as the first regularly scheduled films are shown on planes. Autism could soon be detected in your poop. Here’s why | BBC Science Focus Magazine Scientists confirm a cave on the moon that could one day shelter explorers | AP News Radar evidence of an accessible cave conduit on the Moon below the Mare Tranquillitatis pit | Nature Astronomy Scientists Find an Underground Cave on th...
Jul 19, 2024•21 min
A new drug that could potentially reverse the effects of diabetes, the world’s first commercial hydrogen-powered ferry is set to run in San Francisco, and on This Day in History, while heading to California, a pilot “accidentally” lands in Ireland 28 hours later. Diabetes-reversing drug boosts insulin-producing cells by 700% (newatlas.com) World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride | AP News Wrong-Way Corrigan (nationalgeographic.org) When ...
Jul 18, 2024•20 min
On today’s episode, behavior never-before-seen in Eagles is observed in the UK. Weird Wednesday has a unique find in a sewer, a trick to live longer, and birds attacking on the beach. And on This Day in History, a poor decision leads to devastating and deadly accident. Eagle Parents Spend Year Nursing Chick Who Fell Out of a Tree, Forsaking the New Nesting Season Archaeologists Find Remarkable Marble Statue of Greek God Hermes in Ancient Sewer Watch: Alabama woman, 108, stays young by 'flirting ...
Jul 17, 2024•25 min
Those beautiful auroras we love to observe in the sky COULD pose a serious threat to our electrical infrastructure, super moss capable of surviving on Mars, and on TDIH; a classic novel is released – we’ll tell you about that and the famous author who brought it to us. Auroras could soon pose serious threat to our electrical infrastructure, study reveals | BBC Science Focus Magazine Chinese scientists identify super moss able to 'survive' in Mars | Reuters We could terraform Mars with desert mos...
Jul 16, 2024•21 min
A never-before-seen-alive whale has washed ashore in New Zealand, a British woman owes her life to baking soda, and on This Day in History, the Rosetta Stone is discovered by French forces. World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach, possibly shedding clues on species | AP News 'Flesh-eating bug ate away at my nose - baking soda saved my life' (yahoo.com) The Rosetta Stone: Unlocking the Ancient Egyptian Language - ARCE Everything you ever wanted to know about the Rosetta Stone...
Jul 15, 2024•24 min
New process that makes it possible to recycle used clothes and on This Day in History, the first television broadcast of a sporting event takes place. A polyester-dissolving process could make modern clothing recyclable First televised tennis match. - Today's Flashback (todaysflashback.com) The First TV: A Complete History of Television (historycooperative.org) Throwback Thursday: The first Wimbledon on television - The Championships, Wimbledon - Official Site by IBM Contact the show - coolstuff...
Jul 12, 2024•15 min
Teddy Roosevelt's pocket watch was stolen from a museum in the 1980s, but has finally made its way home. Plus, on This Day in History, tragedy strikes the Andrée Expedition en route to the North Pole ... by balloon Theodore Roosevelt's pocket watch was stolen in 1987. It's finally back at his New York home | AP News TDIH: Andrée’s Arctic Balloon Expedition TDIH: Andrée Balloon Crash: A Photographic Journey through the Most Surreal Arctic Disaster TDIH: Andrée's North Pole expedition Contact the ...
Jul 11, 2024•24 min
How NASA intends to DESTROY the International Space Station – you heard that correctly … DESTROY, Weird Wednesday has more bizarre world records, cows stampeding through town, and a disgusting site at Yosemite National Park. Plus, on This Day in History, Lady Godiva bears it all and rides … or did she? Here’s how NASA plans to finally destroy the International Space Station | BBC Science Focus Magazine NASA will retire the ISS soon. Here's what comes next. : NPR Watch: Idaho man throws chopstick...
Jul 10, 2024•27 min
Carpenter ants selectively performing surgery on their colony-mates, and on This Day in History, the iconic Donkey Kong is released in Japan. An ant that selectively amputates the infected limbs of wounded sisters Carpenter ants are the only other animals known to amputate besides humans, researchers say | CNN Donkey Kong: A Record of Struggle (By Hirohisa Komanome) The History of Donkey Kong (Video) The Complete History of Donkey Kong (1981 to 2023) Contact the show - [email protected]...
Jul 09, 2024•21 min
In vitro brains are being used to control robots -- how scientists did it and where this bio-technology goes from here. The world’s oldest cave painting is discovered in Indonesia, dating back more than 51,000 years, and on This Day in History ... Step aside Futurama, scientist build robot that's controlled by a brain in a jar Recreating the Neanderthal Brain World’s oldest cave painting is at least 51,200 years old, scientists say Narrative cave art in Indonesia by 51,200 years ago Erector Set ...
Jul 08, 2024•25 min
Scientists reveal a new giant salamander-like creature that lived before the dinosaurs, and on TDIH, the first travel agency is formed in the mid-1800s. This giant salamanderlike creature lived 40 million years before dinosaurs | AP News Giant stem tetrapod was apex predator in Gondwanan late Palaeozoic ice age | Nature Giant salamander-like predator with fangs existed 40 million years before dinosaurs, research reveals - CBS News A history of Thomas Cook, one of the world’s oldest travel firms ...
Jul 05, 2024•16 min
Using radiation to curb rhino Poaching, Weird Wednesday has fossilized feces, a tent naming contest, and a unique animal far from home. Plus, on This Day in History, the first large scale cultivated strawberry is introduced. South African researchers test use of nuclear technology to curb rhino poaching As Mentioned in the Rhino Story Above: The Private Rhino Owners Association An Arizona museum tells the stories of ancient animals through their fossilized poop | AP News Watch: Pennsylvania mark...
Jul 03, 2024•24 min
Extremely Large Extinct Snake Discovered and TDIH - Alligator Falling From the Sky As Long as a Whale, New Extinct Snake Found in India May Be Largest to Have Ever Slithered the Earth (worldatlarge.news) Largest known madtsoiid snake from warm Eocene period of India suggests intercontinental Gondwana dispersal | Scientific Reports (nature.com) alligator The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) July 11, 1843 - Newspapers.com™ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 02, 2024•16 min
Some Gut Bacteria Linked to Compulsive Eating and TDIH - The Sony Walkman Arrives. Specific Gut Bacteria That Triggers Compulsive Eating Identified by Scientists Who Also Found Bacteria to Prevent it (goodnewsnetwork.org) Gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans | Gut (bmj.com) The first Sony Walkman goes on sale | July 1, 1979 | HISTORY Flashback 1979: Sony’s Iconic Walkman Is Born | Sound & Vision (soundandvision.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Jul 01, 2024•25 min
Medical advancements including a brain implant designed to curb seizures in severely epileptic patients, as well as a new treatment option for those suffering from tinnitus. Plus, on This Day in History, the tomato … and that time it was finally proven to be non-poisonous. UK boy has brain implant fitted to control epilepsy seizures in world first | Epilepsy | The Guardian Tongue-Zapping Device Can Rewire Your Brain to Ignore Tinnitus (goodnewsnetwork.org) Col. Johnson's Dramatic Demonstration -...
Jun 28, 2024•18 min
250-year-old cherries found perfectly preserved at Mount Vernon, famed broadcaster Al Michaels’ is set to make an Olympic comeback … but he won’t be required to attend, or even watch the games. Plus, on This Day in History, the first seat belt legislation is enacted. No lie: Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington's Mount Vernon | AP News Mansion Revitalization Project · George Washington's Mount Vernon Paris Olympics: NBC to use AI version of Al Michaels’ voice...
Jun 27, 2024•25 min
An ancient Mayan vase discovered in Maryland is returned to its homeland. Weird Wednesday brings us the story of online gaming gone horribly wrong, a new addition to one endangered species at the San Diego Zoo, and if 4-leaf clovers are lucky, what about the 63-leaf variety? This Day in History explores the introduction of the toothbrush. Woman Discovers Thrift Store Vase She Bought for $4 is Made by Ancient Mayans and Volunteers to Give it Back New Jersey man flies to Florida to attack another ...
Jun 26, 2024•17 min
Are Animals Conscious? The Cumulative Thought of the Scientific Community may be Changing & TDIH: The Fork Arrives in the United States, but is Initially Considered Sacrilegious. Are animals conscious? How new research is changing minds Bees Recognize Human Faces Bees Order from Left to Right Honeybees Can Count TDIH: History of Forks - Invention of the Fork (eatingutensils.net) TDIH: Massachusetts governor demonstrates the fork (famousdaily.com) TDIH: Why Americans only use a fork to eat: The s...
Jun 25, 2024•22 min
