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Welcome to Cool Stuff Ride Home, Marcus Paff, joined by Reggie Rizu. On today's episode,

a new helium reservoir discovered in Minnesota could solve a major world problem. Plus,

our concept of time may not be measured in the manner you'd think.

And on this day in history, Alexander McKenzie becomes the first European to cross North America,

north of Mexico. That's coming up on cool stuff. Well, for some of us, our only concept of the

element helium centers around

party store balloons or perhaps high school science and the periodic table. That being the case,

it's quite possible many folks, myself included here, did not realize helium is actually

in short supply. And that's a problem for a variety of industries because it's an excellent, coolant,

and often used to regulate the temperature of rockets, nuclear power reactors,

and medical imaging technology like MRI machines.

Well, here's a bit of good news on that front, as per Andy

Corby and GNN, an American company known as Pulsar Helium is now in possession of world-class

deposits of subterranean helium gas located in rural Babette, Minnesota, approximately 235 miles north of Minneapolis.

A new survey suggests the deposit is likely, quote, expansive both laterally and at depth, end quote.

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