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The Supposed 'Shocking' Health Benefits of Neuromodulation, An Event Sky-Gazers Won't Want to Miss & TDIH: The First Greyhound Bus Ride Takes Place (w/out a Bus)

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A shocking way to keep your brain young (potentially), and two celestial bodies are set to appear side-by-side in the night sky. Plus on 'This Day in History', The first Greyhound bus ride takes place (but without a bus 🤔). Anti-ageing neuro-tech: The bold new devices built to keep your brain young Sky watch: Mars and Jupiter won't get this close again until 2033 | AP News Carl Wickman Drove Greyhound All The Way To The Top | Investor's Business Daily (investors.com) 100 Years on a Dirty Dog: The History of Greyhound | Mental Floss Greyhound acquired by fast-growing FlixMobility, which aims to expand bus travel in the US | Smart Cities Dive Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?

0:07.4

Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.

0:13.8

Silly bookers?

0:14.8

Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.

0:17.1

Stop booking around and visit Onthebeach.com.

0:21.4

Conditions apply.

0:22.6

Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people

0:25.6

at all protected.

0:28.7

On the beach.

0:32.9

Once again, welcome to Cool Stuff Ride Home.

0:36.1

I'm Marcus Paffy's Reggie Rizzou on today's episode,

0:39.0

a possible shocking way to keep your brain young. And two celestial bodies will soon appear

0:46.0

close to each other in the nighttime sky. Plus on this day in history, the first Greyhound

0:51.6

Bus ride happens, but in a car.

0:54.8

That's coming up on cool stuff.

0:56.8

Well, to get things started today, we're once again turning to one of my favorite publications, BBC Science Focus, and a piece from author Alex Hughes.

1:05.6

For many of us, there are any number of small improvements we could make to our daily routines that likely benefit our

1:12.5

overall health, a better diet, daily physical activity, or even something as simple as a crossword

1:18.4

puzzle or Sudoku to keep our brain sharp. But I'm guessing most of us have never seriously

1:24.5

considered electrical shocks to the brain as a means of keeping it fit.

1:29.3

If you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about, which seems likely here, it's a practice known as neuromodulation,

1:36.3

and it involves placing stimulators on your head and sending electrical shocks straight to your nervous system.

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