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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 Zach Morris.
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Cool Stuff DailyGeminids Return - How and When You Can Get the Best View
How to catch the Geminid meteor shower in December | AP News How to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower, Which Peaks This Weekend | Smithsonian Magazine Save on…
Cool Stuff DailyYour Poop Type Could Impact Your Health
How Long Poop Stays in Your Body Could Impact Your Health, Study Finds : ScienceAlert Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time |…
Cool Stuff DailyMassive Sunspot Pointed Towards Earth
Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at Earth | Live Science Massive Sunspot…
Cool Stuff DailyRats Catching Bats in the Air & Could Genetically Engineered Pig Livers Be the Future of Human Organ Transplantation
Rats are snatching bats out of the air and eating them Scientists keep a human alive with a genetically engineered pig liver Save on the perfect Holiday gift…
Cool Stuff DailyWhen the Lungs Don't Work, Could People Intake Air Through Their ... Butts?
‘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…
Cool Stuff DailyAnaconda - The Snake that Never Changed
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…
Cool Stuff Daily2025 Word of the Year
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…
Cool Stuff DailyA Robot That Swims Through Your Bloodstream To Deliver Medication & A Gene Responsible for Mental Illness
This magnet-powered micro-robot could soon swim through your bloodstream Scientists discover first gene proven to directly cause mental illness Save on the…
Cool Stuff DailyDogs STILL Share DNA with Wolves and It Has Quite the Influence
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…
Cool Stuff DailyHow Far Are We From Communicating with Animals?
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…
Cool Stuff DailyThe First Kiss is Older Than Modern Man & Connection Between Gray Hairs and Cancer
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…
Cool Stuff DailyNew Structures Beyond Neptune Including a Second Kuiper Belt Found
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…
Cool Stuff DailyEnceladus 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…
Cool Stuff DailyStill Searching for the Elusive Morning Routine for Maximum Productivity? Here's What Science Suggests
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…
Cool Stuff DailyThe 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…
Cool Stuff DailyBrain 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…
Cool Stuff DailySpeaking 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…
Cool Stuff DailyFirst 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…
Cool Stuff DailyChimps Share More In Common w/ Human Thinkers; Can Rationally Revise Beliefs
Chimps shock scientists by changing their minds with new evidence Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Cool Stuff DailyHow 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…
Cool Stuff DailyGel 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…
Cool Stuff DailyRare 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 |…
Cool Stuff DailyThe 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…
Cool Stuff DailyArtificial Intelligence And The Future of Wikipedia
How AI could soon be used by Wikipedia, according to its founder Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Cool Stuff DailyA Common Antibiotic and Acne Drug May Help Ward Off Schizophrenia
Common acne drug may protect against schizophrenia Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cool Stuff DailyMore Evidence mRNA Vaccines Are Effective In Helping to Fight Cancer
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Cool Stuff DailyA 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…
Cool Stuff DailyProof 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…
Cool Stuff DailyShould 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…
Cool Stuff Daily"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…
Cool Stuff DailyCool 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…
Cool Stuff DailySay What? Ant Queen Produces Offspring of Two Different Species + The Deadly Second Strike of Black Mamba Venom
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 Contact the…
Cool Stuff DailyHeading 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…
Cool Stuff DailyOur Feline Friends May Hold Clues to Fighting Dementia + The Benefits of ADHD (yes, we said benefits)
Elderly cats with dementia may hold clues for Alzheimer’s People with ADHD may have an underappreciated advantage: Hypercuriosity Contact the Show…
Cool Stuff DailyRecycled Glass To Assist in Tempering Hurricane Destruction, A Cold to Combat Covid & One Freaky Wasp
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…
Cool Stuff DailyA 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…
Cool Stuff DailyHow 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…
Cool Stuff DailyThe First Pig Lung Transplant In a Human Has Taken Place + A 'Dinosaur Fish' Rediscovered in Ireland
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Cool Stuff DailyCaffeine: 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…
Cool Stuff DailyWhat 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…
Cool Stuff DailyRecord 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…
Cool Stuff DailyThe 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…
Cool Stuff DailyWhat's Better Than Mental Toughness? Science Weighs In + A New Celestial Body Discovered in Our Solar System
'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 -…
Cool Stuff DailyThe Power of Naps + A Revolutionary New Material from NASA
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…
Cool Stuff DailyA Universal Antiviral? + Toothpaste Made w/ One Key Ingredient & A New Earthquake Alarm System in AK?
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…
Cool Stuff DailyLaser Weapons No Longer the Stuff of Science Fiction? + A Fascinating Discovery 30,000 Feet Below the Ocean's Surface
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…
Cool Stuff DailyBlack Holes! The Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected & The Tiny Spacecraft that may One Day Travel to a Black Hole
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…
Cool Stuff DailyVisions of the Six Million Dollar Man: Bionic Knees Becoming a Reality + Regeneration in Humans? What Can We Learn from Zebrafish?
This Bionic Knee Plugs Into Your Bones and Nerves, and Feels Just Like A Real Body Part Can Zebrafish Help Human Regrow Hearing Cells? Learn more about your ad…
Cool Stuff DailyThe Past and Future of the Moon
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…
Cool Stuff DailyNew Health Benefits of Owning a Pet and Do Dogs Actually Judge People?
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…
Cool Stuff DailyReconstructing the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mars Isn't Round & How Lemurs Can Help Humans with Inflammation
Scientists Discover Mars Isn’t Round Reconstructing the Lighthouse of Alexandria Lemurs age without inflammation—and it could change human health forever…
Cool Stuff DailyThe Extinct Moa Could Return with Help from Peter Jackson
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Cool Stuff DailyThe Benefits of Silencing Your Phone and Third Interstellar Object Discovered
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Cool Stuff DailyVirtual Forest Bathing Benefits & Very Plastic Problem Causing Premature Death (Not So Cool)
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Cool Stuff DailyCough Medicine To Ward Off Dementia? & The Multivitamin Myth
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Cool Stuff DailyKiller Whales Gifting Fish to Humans & The First Commercial Space Station Has Nearly Arrived
Why do killer whales keep handing us fish? Scientists unpack the mystery The first commercial space station is nearly here. And it could change space forever…
Cool Stuff DailyThe Footprints Rewriting American History & Is Dairy REALLY Causing Your Bad Dreams?
Buried for 23,000 years: These footprints are rewriting American history Is cheese secretly fueling your nightmares? Science weighs in Contact the Show…
Cool Stuff DailyCan Vagus Nerve Stimulation Legitimately Treat Depression? & A Coastline Restoration Project Gone Wrong
Why protecting your vagus nerve is key to optimal mental health China’s massive coastal restoration project could backfire Contact the Show…
Cool Stuff DailyWe've Finally IMAGED a Planet Outside Our Solar System, Is Africa Splitting Apart? & Robots That Fly Into and Clear Your Sinuses
The James Webb telescope just found a planet by actually ‘seeing’ it A giant pulse beneath Africa could split the continent — and form an ocean Swarms of tiny…
Cool Stuff DailyPrinting Houses on Mars, Hydrogen Fuel Production Increase, and Chinese Satellite Competes with Starlink
Researchers create a system to 3-D print houses using fungi and bacteria on Mars without the help of astronauts, a breakthrough that increases the production…