Lung Cancer Breath Test, Weird Wed - Old Cake Sold, Gross Mystery Beach Balls, Monkey Escape, 'Wicked' Mistake, and TDIH - Big Ben Chimes for the First Time

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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A breakthrough breath test could detect lung cancer in the early stages, plus Weird Wednesday has a 77-year-old cake piece sold at auction, gross mystery balls on Sydney's beaches that should be avoided, monkeys captured after escaping a research lab, and a 'Wicked' mistake. Also, on This Day in History, the original Big Ben chimes for the first time. Breakthrough breath test could detect lung cancer early Ultrasensitive In2O3-Based Nanoflakes for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and the Sensing Mechanism Investigated by Operando Spectroscopy | ACS Sensors 77-year-old slice of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding cake sells for $2,800 - UPI.com Watch: Suspected tar balls on Sydney beaches actually poop-filled 'fatbergs' - UPI.com Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney beach were foul-smelling mini ‘fatbergs’ | CNN South Carolina lab recaptures 5 escaped monkeys. 13 still loose | AP News 43 monkeys remain on the run from South Carolina lab. CEO thinks they're having an adventure | AP News 2 more escaped monkeys recaptured and enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in South Carolina | AP News Mattel apologizes for misprint on 'Wicked' doll packaging that links to porngraphic website - UPI.com When Did Big Ben First Bong? | Londonist The recasting of Big Ben - The History Press The History Of Big Ben And Elizabeth Tower In One Chronology | Londonist Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.8	edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home. I'm Marcus Papp, joined by Reggie Rizzou, and on today's episode,
0:38.2	a breakthrough breath test could detect lung cancer in the early stages. We've got details.
0:45.5	Plus, Weird Wednesday has a 77-year-old cake piece sold at auction, gross mystery balls on the beach
0:53.2	that should be avoided, monkeys on the loose, and a wicked mistake.
0:58.2	And on this day in history, the original Big Ben chimes for the first time.
1:03.3	All coming up on cool stuff.
1:05.4	Turning to BBC Science Focus to get us kicked off today, where researchers claim they've
1:09.9	developed a device that can
1:11.3	diagnose lung cancer through patients' breaths. A new study has unveiled the highly sensitive
1:17.0	sensor, which researchers hope will one day be able to detect the disease in a non-invasive
1:21.9	way. That, according to author Gracie Abaddy. Created by scientists from China and Spain, the sensor uses metal thousands
1:29.9	of times thinner than a strand of human hair known as nano flakes. These nanoflakes,
1:35.4	made from a combination of platinum, indium, and nickel, are designed to measure the level
1:40.1	of isoprene in a person's breath. Strangely enough, scientists aren't certain where isoprene
1:45.5	comes from in the body or why. In rare circumstances, some people don't exhale it at all. However,
1:51.3	in this study, scientists noticed that lung cancer patients tended to have a decreased level of
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