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Cool Stuff Daily

Wed. 03/23 - Lettuce Medicine, Ranch Diamonds, & eWaste Coins

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

How genetically-modified lettuce grown in space could protect astronauts’ bones on long voyages. Plus, meet Doug, the false potato stripped of Guinness World Record glory in the eleventh hour. And, a two-carat diamond made out of ranch dressing, the Royal Mint in the UK is going to start recovering gold from the nation’s electronic waste, and an important announcement at the end of the show. Sponsors: Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/goodnews Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at shopify.com/kottke Links: Lettuce Could Protect Astronauts' Bones on Mars Trip (UC Davis) What Happens to the Human Body in Space? (NASA) Is This the World's Largest Potato? (NY Times) Sadly, that huge potato named Doug isn't actually a potato after all (Gizmodo) DNA Test Finds 'World's Largest Potato' Isn't A Potato At All (Food & Wine) Nice try but no potato for New Zealand couple's giant find (AP) Hidden Valley Creates First-Ever Man-Made Diamond Made of Ranch, Giving Super Fans a Stunning 2 Carat Symbol of True Ranch Love (AP) You may now bid on a diamond ring made of ranch dressing (A/V Club) Tue. 03/08 - Diamonds Are the Air's Best Friend (Kottke Ride Home) The Royal Mint to build ‘world first’ plant to turn UK’s electronic waste into gold (Royal Mint) Britain's Royal Mint to build plant that will extract gold from electronic waste (CNBC) Kottke.Org 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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welcome to the cotkey ride home for Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022.

0:40.8

I'm Jackson Bird today.

0:42.5

How genetically modified lettuce grown in space could protect astronauts' bones on long voyages.

0:51.2

Plus, meet Doug, the false potatoes stripped of Guinness World Record glory in the 11th hour.

0:58.8

And a two-carat diamond made out of ranch dressing, the royal mint in the United Kingdom is going

1:05.2

to start recovering gold from the nation's electronic waste and an important announcement at the end of the show. Here are some of the cool things from the nation's electronic waste, and an important announcement at the end of the show.

1:12.4

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:17.7

So I've talked before about the many effects of space on human bodies,

1:23.3

especially the longer you spend there.

1:25.8

According to NASA's human research program, the main health

1:29.0

risks result from space radiation, isolation and confinement, distance from Earth, gravity fields, and

1:36.2

hostile-closed environments. The radiation can increase risk of cancer, cataracts, heart disease,

1:43.1

and other degenerative diseases.

1:45.5

And the gravity fields and changes in weightlessness can cause issues with blood pressure,

1:50.4

vision problems, an increased risk of developing kidney stones, and a loss of mineral density

1:56.3

in bones. And unlike most of the aforementioned risks, that bone density loss is basically a

2:02.4

guarantee. Quoting NASA, NASA has learned that without Earth's gravity affecting the human body,

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