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5 Good Things: He Died Laughing & Came Back to Life

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Chemistry that works like Hermione Granger’s magical handbag won a Nobel Prize this week. How an Indigenous inventor is working to preserve her tribe’s language. A wildlife photographer is making sure hermit crabs in Japan have proper homes. A man was dead for five minutes at a comedy show – what happened next was really special. Plus, a surprising call leads to a heartwarming reunion.    Sign up for the CNN 5 Good Things newsletter here.  Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco  Producer: Eryn Mathewson  Showrunner: Faiz Jamil  Senior Producer: Felicia Patinkin  Editorial Support: Nick Blatt, Samantha Lindell, Clare Duffy, Dan Bloom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, welcome, welcome. It's a good day to look at the bright side, isn't it?

0:04.5

This discovery won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, and it's like a Harry Potter spell come to life.

0:10.1

And the UN estimates that half of the world's languages will disappear by the end of the century.

0:15.7

Meet the Gen Z inventor who's trying to keep her culture alive. Plus, a comedy set no one expected ended with a really

0:22.7

sweet encore day later. I was so moved by it. I was truly just a spectator of the human spirit.

0:31.9

You don't see anything like that anymore. I'm so excited for you to hear that story. It's so

0:37.2

heartwarming, and so is the unexpected reunion will tell you about 10 years in the making.

0:42.7

From CNN, I'm Christabel Polanco, and this is Five Good Things.

0:47.0

Stick with us, all these stories, and more after this.

0:49.4

Thank you. A trio of scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a new form of molecular architecture that can help tackle problems like climate change, lead to more customized cancer treatments, and so much more.

1:13.4

If you're having a hard time comprehending what that means, same.

1:16.9

But Nobel officials compared their work to Hermione Granger's enchanted handbag you see

1:21.4

in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1.

1:24.7

Oh, we're ready.

1:26.1

On a detectable extension, Sean.

1:28.0

In the Warner Brothers film, Hermione reaches into what looks like a small handbag on the outside.

1:36.0

But it can hold a large amount on the inside.

1:40.5

So Sumu Kittagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yagi developed molecular frameworks that can store huge

1:46.0

amounts of gas in a tiny volume, which can be used for things like harvesting water from desert

1:51.2

air or capturing carbon dioxide.

1:55.2

Hello.

1:56.3

Hello, Professor Yagi.

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