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Why we can’t remember our lives as babies and a groundbreaking gene therapy cures a 21-year-old of his sickle cell anemia. On This Day in History, the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan. Why Can’t We Remember Our Lives as Babies? Our Earliest Memories May Still be There | ZME Science Groundbreaking Gene Therapy Cures 21-year-old of His Sickle Cell Anemia: ‘I’m not in pain anymore' | Good News Network Titan: Exploration - NASA Science On This Day In History: Christiaan Huygens Discovers Saturn's Largest Moon Titan - On Mar 25, 1655 - Ancient Pages Huygens's Contributions to Astronomy | EBSCO Research Starters Sponsored by Factor -use code coolstuff50off to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping.  Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

Scientists are working on soft wiggly robots using artificial muscles and can we harvest energy from Earth’s rotation? Some physicists think they found a way to do it. On This Day in History, Elvis Presley joins the Army. Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots | ScienceDaily Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots | TechXplore Physicists Think They’ve Found a Way to Harvest Energy from Earth’s Rotation — And It Might Be Just Crazy Enough to Work | ZME Science Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army | March 24, 1958 | HISTORY Sponsored by Factor -use code coolstuff50off to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping.  Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2025

The James Webb Telescope captures the first direct images of carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmospheres and bacteria that makes biodegradable plastic. Plus, on This Day in History, Alcatraz Prison closes its doors. Webb telescope captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system | ScienceDaily James Webb Space Telescope Snaps The First Images of an Exoplanet with Possible Life-Giving CO₂ - The Debrief JWST-TST High Contrast: Living on the Wedge, or, NIRCam Bar Coronagraphy Reveals CO2 in the HR 8799 and 51 Eri Exoplanets' Atmospheres - IOPscience Scientists Just Engineered Bacteria That Make Biodegradable Plastic TDIH: History.com: Alcatraz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2025

Saturn has taken a definitive lead in the moon race as over 100 new moons have been discovered and you have heard of black holes, but the theoretical white hole could revolutionize our understanding of the universe. Plus, on This Day in History, the alarm clock that caused a near-riot. 128 New Moons Found Orbiting Saturn in Mindblowing Discovery : ScienceAlert Over 100 new moons discovered in Saturn's orbit: What to know | USA Today Space Scientists Discover 128 New Moons Orbiting Saturn | Physics and Astronomy - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | The University of Iowa Black holes: not endings, but beginnings? New research could revolutionize our understanding of the universe “The Clock that Caused a Near-Riot" | Westclox Museum The Alarm Clock Doc The Westclox Fiber Case Waralarm – ClockInfo.com Westclox Waralarm Alarm Clock Style Series Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2025

The first brown bear to undergo brain surgery wakes from hibernation, 380-million-year-old fossils tossed into the dump over an unpaid bill, and the Mary Molone statue in Dublin may be moved to stop people from “violating” it. Plus, on This Day in History, the standard time act of 1918. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

A breakthrough neuroprosthetic-robot system restores movement in spinal cord injury patients and one-third of US bird species populations are declining. On This Day in History, the largest art heist in US is committed at artwork valued at $500 million is stolen. Robotics and spinal stimulation restore movement in paralysis | ScienceDaily US bird populations continue alarming decline | ScienceDaily History’s Biggest Art Heist | HISTORY Five Things to Know About the Gardner Museum Heist—the Biggest Art Theft in Modern History | Smithsonian March 18, 1990: The Largest Art Heist In History - This Day of History Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

Lego is updating how they manufacture their tires to make them more eco-friendly and global sea levels rose more than expected in 2024. On This Day in History, we look back at the Pulitzer Prize winning photograph “Burst of Joy” and the truth behind the happy photo. Lego, the World’s Largest (and Smallest) Tire Manufacturer, Makes a Major Eco-Friendly Upgrade | ZME Science Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, according to NASA analysis - ABC News NASA Analysis Shows Unexpected Amount of Sea Level Rise in 2024 - NASA NASA dropped a new report. It's a wake-up call. | Mashable Thwaites Glacier | Size, Potential Collapse, & Facts | Britannica Burst of Joy: The sad story behind the iconic picture, 1973 - Rare Historical Photos Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2025

A paralyzed man is able to move a robotic arm using only his thoughts with the help of AI and how the brain cannabinoid receptor is linked to stress. Plus, on This Day in History, we take a look at the Gold Standard Act. Paralyzed Man Moved a Robotic Arm Using Only His Thoughts Thanks to AI. It Kept Working for Months | ZME Science Brain Receptors For Cannabis Could Be Why Some People Are More Resilient : ScienceAlert Brain Cannabinoid Receptor Linked With Stress Resilience in Mice Astocyte endocannabinoid receptor and BBB linked with stress resilience | GEN Astrocytic cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes resilience by dampening stress-induced blood–brain barrier alterations | Nature Neuroscience What Is the Gold Standard? History and Collapse | Investopedia Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2025

How Psilocybin might help repair brain damage from mild head trauma and an ancient fortress is discover is Spain during the construction of a solar plant. Plus, on This Day in History, the crazy story of how the Grapefruit League got its name. Psilocybin Shows Promise in Repairing Brain Damage from Mild Head Trauma | ZME Science Construction Workers Were Building a Solar Plant—and Uncovered a 5,000-Year-Old Fortress | Popular Mechanics Construction crew discovers ancient fortress while building solar plant | USA Solar Cell Wilbert Robinson caught grapefruit from a plane | MLB.com This Day In Sports: Wilbert Robinson Tries To Catch A Low-Flying Grapefruit - ESPN - SportsCenter.com- ESPN On This Date in Sports March 13, 1915: Catch the Grapefruit | Barstool Sports Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2025

The importance of sleep for all ages and the health benefits a good night's sleep provides, the interesting rivalry game that takes place in England, and a long flight diverted due to bathroom misconduct. Plus, on This Day in History, FDR’s first “fireside chat” during the Great Depression. Quality sleep speeds up kids' concussion recovery - UPI.com Poor sleep drives high blood pressure In teens, study indicates - UPI.com Sleepy nurses vulnerable to common cold, other infections - UPI.com Royal Shrovetide is a wild ancient version of soccer still played today | AP News Down'Ards win Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football game | BBC Air India confirms Chicago plane returned due to clogged toilets | BBC Air India asks passengers to stop flushing clothes down plane toilets - UPI.com Clogged toilets are the latest among Air India’s bizarre troubles – NBC Chicago FDR broadcasts first 'fireside chat' during the Great Depression | March 12, 1933 | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025

At 3.7 billion miles away, a “3-body problem” is discovered in the Kuiper Belt which could rewrite history. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the quiz show scandals of the 1950s. Hubble Telescope discovers a new '3-body problem' puzzle among Kuiper Belt asteroids (video) | Space 3.7 Billion Miles Away: Hubble Uncovers a Hidden Trio That Could Rewrite Kuiper Belt History | SciTechDaily Beyond Point Masses. IV. Trans-Neptunian Object Altjira Is Likely a Hierarchical Triple Discovered through Non-Keplerian Motion - IOPscience Quiz Show Scandals | Television Academy Interviews Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2025

DARPA looks to advance maritime warfare by launching a zero-crew warship and in the process of bringing back the woolly mammoth, scientists first create a woolly mouse - and it is adorable. On This Day in History, the Senate votes to amend the constitution to change the voting age to 18. US launches first-ever 240-ton ship that needs zero crew to operate | Interesting Engineering No sailors in sight: DARPA launches warship designed 'from the ground up' to be truly unmanned - Breaking Defense Serco, DARPA Launch NOMARS USX-1 Defiant - Naval News In the quest for resurrecting the woolly mammoth, scientists first make "woolly mice" | ZME Science Scientists trying to bring back the woolly mammoth create a woolly mouse | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News The 26th Amendment | History.com Senate votes to lower voting age to 18, March 10, 1971 - POLITICO 1971 Detail, Voting Age Changed with 26th Amendment, U.S. Timeline, 1970-1979 - America's Best History Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2025

The Virtual Reality device that could allow us to taste food and drinks remotely. Plus, on This Day in History, the residents of Bikini Atoll are relocated to make way for US atomic bomb testing. New device lets you taste food in virtual reality | Popular Science A New VR Device Lets You Taste Coffee and Cake Remotely Without Taking a Bite | ZME Science Scientists create ‘e-Taste’ device that could add flavour to virtual reality experiences | Science | The Guardian A sensor-actuator–coupled gustatory interface chemically connecting virtual and real environments for remote tasting | Science Advances 7 Surprising Facts about the Nuclear Bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2025

“Blue Ghost” lands on the moon and is already sending data back, earth’s biggest iceberg runs aground – what are the implications? And on This Day in History, the first major public malware scare in history. See the Striking New Images From the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, Now the Second Private Spacecraft to Touch Down on the Moon | Smithsonian Sunrise on the moon! Private Blue Ghost lander captures amazing shot after historic lunar touchdown (photo) | Space Blue Ghost Begins Surface Operations, Captures Descent Video, Sunrise - NASA A23a: World's biggest iceberg runs aground off remote island | BBC World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground - Videos from The Weather Channel The Michelangelo Virus, 25 Years Later | Trend Micro (US) What Is the Michelangelo Virus? A Piece of Cybersecurity History IT History: 1992, Michelangelo Virus: Big Threat, Little Damage | CIO Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 March 2025

On today’s Weird Wednesday episode, an ancient Greek gold crown is found under a man’s bed, a giant goldfish is recovered in Pennsylvania, and the world has a new official “smallest park”. Plus, on This Day in History, the holiday that was declared to prevent bank collapses during the Great Depression. Rare Ancient Greek gold crown was kept for decades in box of newspapers under bed | Daily Mail Online Ancient Greek Crown of Pure Gold Found in Box Under Man's Bed - GreekReporter.com Look: 'Megalodon' goldfish found in Pennsylvania waterway - UPI.com ‘Call me Megalodon’: Wildlife officials have goldfish warning – NBC10 Philadelphia Goldfish, facts and photos | National Geographic Japan: The world’s smallest park is the size of four pieces of paper | CNN World’s smallest park: Japanese town dethrones Oregon for title – NBC Chicago Japanese park covering just 2 1/2 square feet is officially world's smallest - UPI.com Bank Holiday of 1933 | Federal Reserve History Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

How extreme heat can actually make you age faster and a fossil discovery is reshaping Australia’s dinosaur hierarchy. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the evolution of the fax machine. Ancient Australia Had a Dinosaur Predator Ecosystem Unlike Anything Else on Earth | ZME Science Evolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of new carcharodontosaurian, megaraptorid, and unenlagiine theropod remains from the upper Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, southeast Australia Extreme Heat Can Accelerate Aging, New Research Finds : ScienceAlert Heatwaves could age humans faster: New study shows long-term health risks | Business Today/MSN Ambient outdoor heat and accelerated epigenetic aging among older adults in the US | Science Advances Alexander Bain and the First Fax | ThoughtCo Fax Machine: History of the Fax Machine Today in Engineering History: First Radio Fax Sent Across Continent - Electrical Engineering News and Products Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

The walking and jumping robot inspired by the springtail insect. We also look at the two key times in your life where you will age the most. On This Day in History, John Dillinger breaks out of prison using only a wooden gun. A springtail-like jumping robot | ScienceDaily A springtail-like jumping robot | YouTube Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Study Finds Humans Age Faster at 2 Sharp Peaks – Here's When : ScienceAlert A springtail-inspired multimodal walking-jumping microrobot | Science Robotics Science Says Your Body Starts 'Breaking Down' Quicker at These 2 Ages | Health.com Nonlinear dynamics of multi-omics profiles during human aging | Nature Aging John Dillinger’s wooden gun and death mask preserve notorious moments in his life - The Mob Museum Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2025

Today’s episode brings us the converting of aircraft wind (from jet engines) into energy, the fossilized bee that is puzzling scientists, and on This Day in History; the invention of Nylon. US airport installs world’s first pods that turn jet blast into power | Interesting Engineering Incredible 14.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bee Discovered In New Zealand | IFLScience Scientists Just Unearthed a 14.6-Million-Year-Old "Bee Fossil"—Its Origins Don’t Make Sense | Daily Galaxy A bee from the middle Miocene Hindon Maar of southern New Zealand (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) - Scientific Publications of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris Nylon and the Double Helix Wallace Hume Carrothers Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 February 2025

How to get a good night’s sleep - anxiety and when you go to sleep can affect your slumber. Plus, a famous ocean liner will soon be a reef and tourist attraction off the coast of Florida. On This Day in History, we go back to the start of Mardi Gras. Always tired? A fixed bedtime matters more than sleep duration, study finds | Science Focus Anxiety stopping you sleeping? Here’s how to overcome bedtime worries, according to a psychologist | Science Focus SS United States begins journey to become world's largest artificial reef | AP News SS United States Florida destiny: World's largest artificial reef | Pensacola News Journal Mardi Gras ‑ Meaning, Origin & Traditions | HISTORY Mardi Gras Kicks Off in New Orleans on This Day in 1827 - Programming Insider On this day in history, Feb. 27, 1827, New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras for first time | National | foxbangor.com Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2025

Another Weird Wednesday episode. Today we are reanimating life as scientists successfully revive brain tissue, and a 46,000-year-old worm comes back to the world of the living. Plus, we learn what mummies smelled like. On This Day in History, the Catholic Church bans Galileo from teaching his theory that the Earth rotates around the sun. Scientists Successfully Revived Brain Tissue from Suspended Animation | Popular Mechanics Mouse Brain Slices Were Frozen For A Week, Brought Back To Life | BroBible Frozen worm comes back to life after 46,000 years - Earth.com A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost | CNN A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival with C. elegans dauer larva | PLOS Genetics Ancient Egyptian mummies smell 'sweet' and 'spicy', researchers say | Offbeat News | Sky News What Does a Mummy Smell Like? Scientists Uncover Surprising Truth | SciTechDaily The truth about Galileo and his conflict with the Catholic Church | UCLA Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

Stanford chemist develops a method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and vast hydrogen reservoirs likely reside in our mountains -- a renewable energy source that is difficult to produce synthetically. Plus, on This Day in History, Congress authorizes the first paper currency in the US. Scientists discover low-cost way to trap carbon using common rocks | Stanford Report Massive new energy source could be hiding in Earth’s mountains | BBC Science Focus Magazine Legal Tender Act passed to help finance the Civil War | February 25, 1862 | HISTORY Legal Tender Act passed, Feb. 25, 1862 - POLITICO Greenbacks "First Legal Tender Act" February 25, 1862 Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025

One Japanese motor company unveiled a hydrogen powered motorcycle and an amateur photographer captures a spacewalk. This Day in History; the Supreme Court decision that allows a federal court to overturn an act of Congress, if they violate the U.S. Constitution. Kawasaki H2 HySE hydrogen powered concept unveiled | Motorcycle News Goodbye to gasoline and electricity: Japan revolutionizes the world with its new futuristic motorcycle - AS USA Not gasoline, not electricity — Japan launches a 22-century motorcycle | EcoNews An Amateur Photographer Captured a Rare Shot of a NASA Astronaut Spacewalking from Earth |ZME Science Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 'That's impact probability zero folks! | Space.com/MSN Marbury v. Madison ‑ Definition, Summary & Significance | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2025

On today's episode, our solar system is being invaded by particles from another star system and combating cancer by switching tumor cells back into healthy cells. Plus, on This Day in History, the first electric burglar alarm is installed. Scientists Think Visitors From Another Star System May Have Infiltrated Our Galactic Neighborhood | Popular Mechanics 'Cosmic Highway' Discovered: How Alpha Centauri’s Debris May Link Our Solar System to Faraway Stars | Daily Galaxy [2502.03224] A Case Study of Interstellar Material Delivery: α Centauri Fighting Cancer Without Fighting: Scientists Switch Tumor Cells Back to Healthy Ones at 'Critical' Moment | Good News Network ​Almanac: The burglar alarm - CBS News Our Father's Beginning | Wayback Machine Who Was Augustus Russell Pope | Wayback Machine Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2025

Today, bacteria are in the limelight as we discover how bacteria could help solve crimes and how coffee can help boost beneficial gut bacteria. On This Day in History, we go underground for the construction of the Chicago freight tunnels. Can Bacteria Solve Crimes? The "Sexome" Could Help Catch Sexual Predators | ZME Science Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium | Scientific American Chicago's Freight Tunnels - Under Your Feet - The University of Chicago Library Chicago's Forgotten Underground Freight Tunnels - Chicago Detours Chicago Freight Tunnels - Atlas Obscura Frederic Delaitre's Lost Subways / Chicago Freight Subway Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 February 2025

This Weird Wednesday episode covers the colorful feather shaped clouds are spotted on Mars, a kayaker that was swallowed by a whale, and alligators (along with other animals) that are being found in the sewers. Plus, on This Day in History, the WWII bombing of Darwin Australia. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars - NASA 'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video) | Space NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Feather-Shaped Clouds on Mars - Science Magazine Humpback whale swallows kayaker before releasing him: Video | AP News Kayaker survives being swallowed by humpback whale in Chile | World News | Sky News Watch: Kayaker ends up in the mouth of humpback whale - UPI.com Scientists ‘surprised’ to find abundance of alligators in city’s sewer system | The Independent The Bombing of Darwin Remembered | Naval History Magazine - April 2022 Volume 36, Number 2 Bombing of Darwin | Australian War Memorial Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 19 February 2025

Today, we focus on the brain. A new study looks at what is happening in your brain when there is a word “on the tip of your tongue” and researchers discover the brain cells that tell you when to stop eating. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the first vacuum cleaner. What happens in your brain when there’s a word ‘on the tip of the tongue’? | ZME Science Researchers discover the brain cells that tell you to stop eating | ScienceDaily Hubert Cecil Booth: British engineer revolutionised cleaning by sucking up dust with his mouth | The Independent | The Independent Hubert Cecil Booth: biography and inventions - science - 2025 Made up in Britain: Vacuum cleaner : Hubert Cecil Booth 1901 Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

Wills are used to list what happens to our physical goods after we die, but how should you plan ahead for your digital assets after death? We have a list of ways to prepare your digital life after passing. Plus, some bison are reintroduced to the Great Plains to help restore the ecosystem. On This Day in History, we go back to the American Civil War for the first submarine to sink an enemy warship. How to add a Legacy Contact for your Apple Account – Apple Support (UK) About Inactive Account Manager - Google Account Help Request to Memorialize or Remove an Account | Facebook Help Center Contacting X about a deceased family member's account One Tech Tip: What to do when you have too many passwords to remember | AP News Bison Ranchers Return Thousands of Animals to Native Lands and Witness Total Rejuvenation of Ecosystem H. L. Hunley Wreck (1864) The Search and Recovery – The Friends of The Hunley Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2025

Beavers build a much-needed dam that would have cost $1.2 million to make otherwise and how Omega 3 can slow your aging. Plus, on This Day in History, YouTube celebrates its 20th anniversary. We take a look back at the start of the company and where it is at today. Beavers Built a $1.2M Dam for Free — And Saved a Czech River | ZME Science This one supplement could slow your biological age | BBC Science Focus Magazine YouTube turns 20! The numbers behind the platform - BBC Bitesize February 14 marks the 20th anniversary of YouTube's founding - Tubefilter YouTube Statistics: Revenue & Growth (2025) Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 February 2025

The chances have slightly increased for an asteroid collision with Earth or the Moon in 2032 and what that means for us. Plus, how turmeric may help restore antibiotic effectiveness and assist with fighting superbugs. On This Day in History, the first magazine in the United States is published. Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer" - CBS News Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says - ABC News An asteroid has a very small chance to hit Earth. What happens if it does? - oregonlive.com Asteroid 2024 YR4 headed towards Earth could hit Moon, scientists say | The Independent Researchers Defang Deadly Hospital Superbugs Using a Pinch of Turmeric | Good News Network "American Magazine" & "The General Magazine," the First Magazines Published in North America: Both Very Short-Lived : History of Information The History of American Magazines History of Magazine Publishing – Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy, Second Edition History Of Magazines | When Were The First Magazines Invented? Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2025

This Weird Wednesday episode has the jumping robot that could help us discover our solar system, a salmon escape with a high bounty, the egg heist of the century, and dumpster diving for bitcoin. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back to 1994 – the day the famous painting The Scream was stolen from an art museum in Oslo. A Jumping Robot Could Leap Over Enceladus' Geysers - Universe Today NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Company offers $45-per-fish bounty on 27,000 escaped salmon - UPI.com The heist of 100,000 eggs in Pennsylvania becomes a whodunit that police have yet to crack | AP News Man who lost £600m Bitcoin fortune considers buying landfill site to search for it | UK News | Sky News How two men stole Edvard Munch's The Scream in just 50 seconds — and how authorities managed to get the painting back - ABC News Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

A new study finds heavy cannabis use can impair brain function during memory tasks and an ancient mammoth bone structure reveals clues about ice age hunters' lives. Plus, on This Day in History, America’s first bicycling club is founded.  Largest study ever done on cannabis and brain function finds impact on working memory | ScienceDaily This massive circular structure is made entirely of mammoth bones and skulls. DNA now offers clues about how Ice Age hunters built it | ZME Science America’s First Bicycle Club | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center A First-of-a-Kind Bicycle Club Makes Its Debut in Boston – Transportation History First US cycling club formed | February 11, 1878 | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

The new material that is as strong as steel but light as Styrofoam along with the PlayStation Network issue that occurred over the weekend and their plan for compensation. Plus, on This Day in History, the chess match of Man vs. Computer. Scientists Create a Material as Strong as Steel but Light as Styrofoam Using AI | ZME Science Sony Reveals Compensation For All PS Plus Players After PSN Outage | Forbes Sony explains massive PSN outage and details compensation – but many PlayStation gamers are still unhappy | TechRadar Ask PlayStation on X Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess match | May 11, 1997 | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2025

Anti-slip shoes that were inspired by geckos and an update on the Europa Clipper mission as new images have been received from its flight to Jupiter. Plus, on This Day in History, restrictions on leather shoes were issued during WWII. Gecko-Inspired Material Could Be The Future of Anti-Slip Shoes That Stick to Ice En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars - NASA NASA's Europa Clipper on its way to Jupiter's icy moon shares first images of stars from space These Photos Captured What Happened When the United States Started to Ration Shoes During WWII | Smithsonian During World War II, Many Items Were Rationed in the United States, Including Shoes! ~ Vintage Everyday Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2025

A new study suggests that apes can recognize when a human doesn’t know something and will try to fill in the gaps, plus, we look at the first possible lunar data center. On This Day in History, we focus on Jack Kilby and his groundbreaking work at Texas Instruments. Bonobos Know When You’re Clueless — Their Theory of Mind Explains Why | ZME Science The World’s First Moon Data Center Is Launching — Here’s What It Means | ZME Science Texas Instruments Integrated Circuit | Bullock Texas State History Museum How a Texas Instruments engineer created the integrated circuit | San Antonio Report February 6: Kilby Files Patent for Integrated Circuit | This Day in History | Computer History Museum Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 February 2025

It's a Weird Wednesday episode; the new fabric that will warm you up without the use of electronics, a resurfaced image has people questioning life on Mars, an old satellite that is for sale, and cats are safe in Scotland…for now. Plus, on This Day in History, the lost atomic bomb off the coast of Georgia. New fabric can heat up more than 50 degrees to keep people warm in ultracold weather | Live Science Smart fabric can heat up by 30°C after 10 minutes of sun exposure Color tunable photo-thermochromic elastic fiber for flexible wearable heater | Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials Why Is Everyone Talking About The "Square Structure" Captured On Mars? | IFLScience NASA Image Reveals Wild ‘Square Structure’ on Mars—Elon Musk Backs Urgent Mission to Investigate This 60-Year Old Telstar Comms Satellite Chassis Never Made It to Space, Now It's for Sale - autoevolution TELSTAR SATELLITE FRAME / Historical Space Technology / Press Photos / Bell Labs | eBay Cats won't be banned in Scotland, the government confirms | AP News Fact Sheet: The Missing Tybee Bomb - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

How robot pets could be beneficial, the sample from Bennu adds insight to extraterrestrial life, and on This Day in History, the space mirror that designed to light up the long winter for the arctic. Cat-Like Robot Mimics Bunting to Help You Relax — And It Actually Works | ZME Science Our chances of finding alien life just skyrocketed. Here’s why | BBC Science Focus Magazine 'It could illuminate an area the size of a football stadium': How Russia launched a giant space mirror in 1993 | BBC Space mirror test a qualified success | Tampa Bay Times Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2025

Groundbreaking immunotherapy for treating brain cancer in kids, the retro yet futuristic spaceplane that could be used to resupply the ISS and, on This Day in History, the day the music died - the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly. Groundbreaking immunotherapy could finally treat devastating childhood brain tumors | ZME Science CAR T cell therapy: Overview Curvy spaceplane is one step closer to its ISS rendezvous | Popular Science Retro Spaceplane aces test for space station cargo missions Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser® Spaceplane Successfully Passes NASA Testing Milestone in Preparation for Launch Flashback: How Waylon Jennings Survived the Day the Music Died Former Buddy Holly drummer Carl Bunch died "positive and at peace" - NorthIowaToday.com Roger Arthur Peterson (1937-1959) - Find a Grave Memorial The day the music died: How Don McLean’s “American Pie” immortalized a tragedy The Daily The Daily Winter Dance Party Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2025

A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains revealed a pristine frozen ancient forest, we head out of this world where the Juno spacecraft detected the largest volcanic eruption in our solar system, and a feel-good story for Friday, a man is reunited with his dog after 8 years. Plus, on This Day in History, the first automobile to reach 100 mph. Pristine Ancient Forest ‘Frozen in Time’ Discovered in Rocky Mountains | Scientific American NASA Juno Mission Spots Most Powerful Volcanic Activity on Io to Date | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) NASA spacecraft flew by distant world. It saw unprecedented volcanism. | Mashable Juno Sees a Massive Hotspot of Volcanic Activity on Io - Universe Today Volcanic eruption on Io covers area larger than Lake Superior - Earth.com Io: Facts - NASA Science Arizona Man Who Never Stopped Trying is Reunited with Dog Lost 8 Years Ago in Another State America's First Car to Exceed 100 MPH Is Headed to Auction. It'll Fetch Over $1M World’s first fastest car broke records in 1905 when it sped to 104mph – The US Sun | The US Sun History: The first car to break 100mph - PosterConnection 1904 Napier L48 “Samson” - Sports Car Market Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2025

For the first time a mouse with two male parents reaches adulthood – yes, you heard that correctly and we’ve got details. Plus, an amateur astronomer thought he’d discovered a dangerous asteroid, only to realize it wasn’t an asteroid at all – what was it? Stick around to find out. And on This Day in History, the first computer virus is created … as a joke. First mouse with two male parents to reach adulthood | ScienceDaily Mouse with two fathers survives to adulthood, marking scientific milestone | Phys.org Adult bi-paternal offspring generated through direct modification of imprinted genes in mammals: Cell Stem Cell Astronomers Thought They Had Found A Dangerous Asteroid Near Earth — What Was It | ZME Science 1st Computer Virus is Written, January 30, 1982 - EDN What Is Elk Cloner and How Did It Work? Elk Cloner: The first computer virus Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2025

For today's Weird Wednesday episode, two smelly flowers bloom on opposite sides of the planet, the mother who was mistakenly declared dead, Greece’s pool plan to help with droughts, and escaped research monkeys are found after two months on the run. Plus, on This Day in History, Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven" is published for the first time. Corpse flower: Plant with 'deadly' stench pulls huge crowds for rare bloom in Sydney | Offbeat News | Sky News Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse | AP News Rare and Stinky 'Corpse Flower' Blooms Draw Thousands of Visitors to Gardens in New York and Sydney | Smithsonian Woman 'surprised' after being declared dead | US News | Sky News How a typo led to a Maryland woman being declared dead – NBC4 Washington Hotels on Greek islands could soon fill swimming pools with seawater in drought fight | World News | Sky News Greece panic as hotels may be forced to fill pools with seawater amid worsening droughts | World | News | Express.co.uk Last 4 escaped monkeys are captured in South Carolina after months on the loose | AP News Monkeys who escaped from South Carolina facility captured, police say | USA Today TDIH: The Raven Summary On Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Summary, Analysis & Symbolism LitCharts: The Raven Summary Screenwriting Lessons from Edgar Allan Poe How to Write a Poem Like Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’ Spark Notes: The Raven Plot Summary The Philosophy of Composition Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” Summary & Meaning Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2025

A gas-giant 500 light-years from earth has the fastest winds ever recorded – and they make a category 5 hurricane look like a nice spring breeze. Plus, a bizarre chirping in space has scientists puzzled. And, on This Day in History, the Lego brick we know today is patented. A Gas Giant 500 Light-Years Away Has the Fastest Winds Ever Recorded: A Staggering 33,000 km/h | ZME Science A bizarre ‘chirping’ in space is puzzling scientists | BBC Science Focus Magazine The day the LEGO brick was born - January 28, 1958 [Feature] - The Brothers Brick | The Brothers Brick The History of Interlocking Bricks - From Kiddicraft to the LEGO Group – Brick Me Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building | TIME Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

Researchers try to make AI feel pain and what we can learn from that. Plus, one solution to food waste that might make you say, eww. Also, on This Day in History, the formation of National Geographic. Researchers made an AI feel pain, because what could go wrong? | ZME Science AI Pain Paper | ArXiv She Hasn't Purchased Groceries in 4 Years–All Her Food Comes From Dumpsters Behind Supermarkets–LOOK - Good News Network National Geographic Society is incorporated | January 27, 1888 | HISTORY Jan. 27, 1888: National Geographic Society Gets Going | WIRED Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2025

Using photosynthesis to create rocket fuel in space and turning old cement bags into solar-powered backpacks that are helping children with reading. Plus, on This Day in History, the first chocolate covered ice cream bar. Chinese Space Station Achieves First-Ever Oxygen and Rocket Fuel Production Using Artificial Photosynthesis | ZME Science In A World-First, Oxygen And Rocket Fuel Made Using Artificial Photosynthesis in Space | Wonderful Engineering In a first, oxygen and rocket fuel made using artificial photosynthesis in space | Interesting Engineering NASA's Experiment: Future of Photosynthesis - Christian Kromme Assessment of the technological viability of photoelectrochemical devices for oxygen and fuel production on Moon and Mars | Nature Communications Entrepreneur Transforms Old Cement Bags into Solar-Charging Backpacks to Help Children Read at Night | Good News Network Solar-charging backpacks are helping children to read after dark | CNN The Weird, Brief History of the Eskimo Pie Corporation | Smithsonian Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 January 2025

Uncovering the mysteries deep within the Earth’s mantle, a nearly complete ancient shark fossil found in Peru, and on This Day in History, a double feature - the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States and the birth of the frisbee. A Lost World Beneath the Pacific Ocean? Mysterious Structures Discovered Deep Within Earth’s Mantle | SciTechDaily Scientists discover 'sunken worlds' hidden deep within Earth's mantle that shouldn't be there | Live Science Full-waveform inversion reveals diverse origins of lower mantle positive wave speed anomalies | Scientific Reports Great white shark's 9-million-year-old ancestor found in Peru | Reuters Nearly complete fossil of Great White Shark ancestor discovered | Interesting Engineering Biography: Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell MD - Women in Medicine and Science at Upstate - Subject Guides at SUNY Upstate Medical University Elizabeth Blackwell | Biography & Facts | Britannica Elizabeth Blackwell - Life, Education & Accomplishments Frisbee inventor dies at 90 | US news | The Guardian Walter Fredrick Morrison dies at 90; father of the Frisbee - Los Angeles Times Walter Morrison: The Inventor of the Frisbee - BiographyHub Meet Walter Frederick Morrison: The Inventor of the Frisbee - HubPages Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 January 2025

Groundbreaking surgery that removed a brain tumor through the eye socket, the inheritance left to a town that the deceased never visited, the Lazio team mascot won’t be allowed at the games anymore due to inappropriate pictures, and drug addicted rats cause havoc at police stations. Plus, on This Day in History, the creation of the CIA. Surgeons Make History by Removing Woman’s Brain Tumor Through Her Eye | Gizmodo Surgeons remove tumour through patient's eye socket in UK first | UK News | Sky News Man Leaves €10m Fortune to a Tiny French Town He Never Visited | Good News Network Small town shocked to inherit $10 million fortune from stranger | New York Post Italian soccer club Lazio fires falconer for posting photos of his penis implant | AP News 'Drug-addicted rats' infesting Houston police evidence room | NBC News Watch: 'Drug-addicted rats' destroying evidence in Houston police lockers - UPI.com History of CIA - CIA Establishment of the CIA | Harry S. Truman The Creation of the Central Intelligence Group - CSI Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | History, Organization, Responsibilities, Activities, & Criticism | Britannica History of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | Harris Federal Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2025

How carrots may be the key to defending against diabetes, what the world’s oldest ice, extracted from two miles beneath the Antarctic surface, can tell us about our planet – and crowns, scepters and other jewels discovered behind a wall in Lithuania … we’ve got details on who they belonged to. Plus, on This Day in History, the start of the DeLorean Motor Company. Carrots May Be Key to Unlocking Microbiome's Diabetes Defense System Effect of carrot intake on glucose tolerance, microbiota, and gene expression in a type 2 diabetes mouse model - Kobaek‐Larsen - 2024 - Clinical and Translational Science - Wiley Online Library Scientists Drill Ice Core–2 Miles Down–Extracting 1.2 Million Years of Climate Record On Earth Beyond EPICA: Press releases Burial crowns of Polish-Lithuanian rulers found in Vilnius Crowns and Scepters Discovered Hidden Inside the Walls Beneath a Lithuanian Cathedral The DeLorean Factory, Belfast: where it is & how to visit DeLorean Motor Company and the DMC-12: the full story | Auto Express Delorean DMC-12 - Modern Racer - Modern Classics DeLorean DMC-12: A Detailed Look at an Iconic Sports Car | Amazing Cars and Drives The Sad Death Of John DeLorean Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025

The revised definition of obesity and a new species of snake and spider there were announced decades after being found. Plus, on This Day in History, the "Father of American Rollercoasters". BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation | Scientific American New species of house snake discovered in Ethiopia: photo | Miami Herald New snake species found 20 years after initial sighting in Ethiopia - Science - News - Daily Express US Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders | The Independent 'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest and deadliest arachnid after surprise discovery | Live Science The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus) | BMC Ecology and Evolution | Full Text History of LaMarcus Thompson's Scenic Railway Roller Coasters at Coney Island La Marcus Edna Thompson | Coney Island History Project OH native was inventor of the roller coaster Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2025

The huge aquifer discovered in the Oregon Cascades and the toilet paper made from used diapers - you heard that correct. Plus, on This Day in History, Popeye makes his first appearance. Atop the Oregon Cascades, UO team finds a huge buried aquifer | OregonNews Japan Coalition Selling World's 1st Toilet Paper Made from Used Diapers First Versions: Popeye (comics) Popeye | Newspaper Comic Strips Popeye’s Comic Debut | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center First Versions Popeye First Appearance : Elzie Crisler Segar : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (First Comic Strip Link) Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2025

What you should do to prepare for the upcoming TikTok ban and the why the moon may be the best place for a human settlement, at least for now. Plus, on This Day in History, the hoax article advertising the fictitious theatrical performer "The Bottle Conjuror" that caused a riot when he didn’t appear. U.S. TikTok ban: How it would work and how to prepare : NPR TikTok Ban — Why You Should Delete Your iPhone, Android App Next Week Food grows better on the moon than on Mars, scientists find | Space 2024 Mars Terraforming Workshop Proceedings TDIH: The Great Bottle Conjurer Hoax TDIH: The Bottle Conjurer Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2025

On this Weird Wednesday episode, the future of satellites could be wood, the mysterious ring that fell in Kenya, the new flavors of potato chips that are here to stay, and the long-lost Christmas present. Plus, on This Day in History, we go back to the Great Molasses Flood in Boston. Astronauts Release Wooden Satellite From Space Station | The Byte LignoSat: World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space | CNN Remember That Metal Ring That Fell From the Sky? We Still Don't Know Where It Came From | Gizmodo A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is - Ars Technica Doritos Has a First-of-Its-Kind Flavor Hitting Shelves Now Lay’s Is Bringing Its Most-Requested Flavor to the U.S. For the First Time Ever Watch: Christmas gift from 1978 found behind wall of Illinois home - UPI.com Why the Great Molasses Flood Was So Deadly | HISTORY What Was the Great Molasses Flood? | Food & Wine Boston Molasses Flood: The Strangest Disaster in American History | YouTube (VIDEO) 100 years ago today: Molasses crashes through Boston's North End | Boston.gov Boston | History, Population, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2025