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Cool Stuff Daily

Mon. 08/15 - Exy McExoplanet

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This one weird baking trick could make your cookies healthier and decrease waste in your home. Plus, the not-quite-net-positive potential in Greenland’s melting Arctic ice cover. Your chance to officially name an exoplanet. And a new law requiring New York museums to disclose if artworks on display were stolen by Nazis. Sponsors: Kolide, Got Slack? Got Macs? Get Kolide: Device security that fixes challenging problems by messaging your users on Slack. Try Kolide Today! https://l.kolide.co/3aVdR90 Links: Banana peels make sugar cookies better for you (ScienceDaily)  Something Awesome Happens When You Use Banana Peel as an Ingredient (Science Alert) Banana Peel Cuisine Is The Latest Plant Based Trend (Forbes) Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and other billionaires are backing an exploration for rare minerals buried beneath Greenland's ice (Business Insider) Billionaires are funding a massive treasure hunt in Greenland as ice vanishes (CNN) Did You Know You Could Name a Planet? (LifeHacker) NameExoWorlds (IAU) A New Law Requires New York Museums to Indicate If Artworks on View Passed Through Nazi Hands (Artnet News) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Want to give a special someone a gift they'll truly love this Valentine's Day?

0:04.8

Treat them to something that never goes out of style.

0:07.7

A beautiful bouquet of 12 red roses.

0:11.1

They're classic for a reason.

0:12.9

And all for just £15 at Waitrose.

0:16.3

Selected lines and stores.

0:17.6

Subject to availability ends 14th of February.

0:33.3

It's Monday, August 15th, 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. This one weird baking trick could make your cookies healthier and decrease waste in your home. Plus, the not quite net

0:40.2

positive potential in Greenland's melting Arctic ice cover. Your chance to officially name an

0:47.7

exoplanets and a new law requiring New York museums to disclose if artworks on display were stolen by Nazis.

0:57.6

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

1:02.9

If you've ever tried baking gluten-free or dairy-free foods, you've likely learned about

1:08.8

all kinds of interesting substitutes for typical

1:11.9

baking ingredients like flour, eggs, and butter. There's more basic hacks like using applesauce

1:18.2

or particular ratios of baking soda and vinegar, and then there's specialty ingredients, things

1:24.1

like Xantham gum, arrowroot, and rice flour. Well, there's also a new trendy substitute emerging that's not only tasty and potentially good for the environment,

1:35.3

but a recent study indicates it can even make treats like sugar cookies healthier for you.

1:40.3

The substitute, banana peels.

1:43.3

Specifically, banana peels ground into a flour. A plantain

1:47.7

flour is already common in some African and Caribbean cuisines, as are creative uses of plantain

1:53.9

and banana peels. But using banana peels specifically as flour has started hitting the American

1:59.9

food blogger circuit in recent years.

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