Dehorning Rhinos To Save Them From Poachers, A Wild New Discovery in Egypt & A New Type of LED

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. Dehorning Rhinos Looks Brutal But It’s Slashing Poaching Rates by 78 Percent Why Perovskite LEDs Might Soon Replace Every Light in Your Home Luxor: Ancient tombs more than 3,000 years old unearthed in Egypt | CNN Egyptian archaeologists discover three tombs in Luxor | AP News Luxor Temple - History and Facts | History Hit Connect with the Show: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.0	Hey there, welcome to a Thursday edition of Cool Stuff Ride. Home, you know the drill.
1:09.5	We bring you some of the cooler stories from around the world.
1:16.3	My name's Marcus Paff. Reggie Rizzou is here today as well. And on today's episode, dehorning rhinos to save them from poachers. But what are the effects? A fascinating new discovery in Egypt. Is there any other
1:23.0	kind? We'll tell you what was unearthed this time around. Plus, there's a new type of LED in town.
1:29.3	All that and a quick look at this day in history coming up on cool stuff.
1:33.3	Kicking things off with an article from ZME science and author Tudor Tarita.
1:38.3	One by one, the rhinos were sedated, blindfolded, and surrounded by a team wielding a power saw.
1:45.7	In a few minutes, their iconic horns, long-priced in illicit markets, were removed.
1:50.9	Now, to many, it looked like mutilation.
1:53.2	But in the eyes of conservation scientists, it's a bold, data-driven move to save a species.
1:59.1	And it seems to be working.
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