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New reports on the benefits of owning a dog…or pets in general and are dogs actually good at judging people? New study reveals surprising benefit of having a dog | The Independent⁠ ⁠Owning a Cat or Dog Could Boost Brain Health as You Age, Study Finds | Very Well Health⁠ ⁠Do Dogs Know Who's Good or Bad? The Surprising Truth | SciTechDaily⁠ ⁠Your Dog Is Not A Good Judge Of Character. They Might Not Be Judging You At All | IFLScience⁠ ⁠Do dogs form reputations of humans? No effect of age after indirect and direct experience in a food-giving situation | Animal Cognition Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists Discover Mars Isn't Round Reconstructing the Lighthouse of Alexandria Lemurs age without inflammation—and it could change human health forever Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting ⁠⁠ExpressVPN.com/cool⁠⁠ and you can get an extra four months FREE. An extinct bird may be coming back thanks to the help of a movie director. Peter Jackson joins Colossal Biosciences to resurrect New Zealand's moa bird from extinction | AP News The moa, a giant, flightless bird, is next target for de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences | CNN Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting ⁠ExpressVPN.com/cool⁠ and you can get an extra four months FREE. How silencing your phone can help with work and your personal life, plus, the third interstellar object ever discovered is flying through our solar system. "Silent mode" phone users share similar psychological traits - Earth.com silent phone benefits: If your phone's always on silent, you might have these hidden psychological traits - The Economic Times Frontiers | Effectiveness of mobile mindfulness training on stress, burnout, and work engagement of office workers: protocol for a randomized controlled trial It's Official: NASA Confirms New Interstellar Object Is Zooming Through Solar System : ScienceAlert NASA spots mysterious interstellar object in our solar system Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting ExpressVPN.com/cool and you can get an extra four months FREE. Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics Multisensory VR forest reboots your brain and lifts mood—study confirms Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cough medicine turned brain protector? Ambroxol may slow Parkinson's dementia ⁠The great multivitamin myth: Why the pills could be harming your immune system⁠  Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do killer whales keep handing us fish? Scientists unpack the mystery The first commercial space station is nearly here. And it could change space forever Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buried for 23,000 years: These footprints are rewriting American history Is cheese secretly fueling your nightmares? Science weighs in Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why protecting your vagus nerve is key to optimal mental health China's massive coastal restoration project could backfire Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The James Webb telescope just found a planet by actually ‘seeing' it A giant pulse beneath Africa could split the continent — and form an ocean Swarms of tiny robots could go up your nose, melt the mucus and clean your sinuses Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers create a system to 3-D print houses using fungi and bacteria on Mars without the help of astronauts, a breakthrough that increases the production of hydrogen fuel from solar electricity, and a Chinese satellite that is competing with Starlink. Martian dust to dream homes: How microbes can build on the red planet | ScienceDailySunlight-Powered Catalyst Supercharges Green Hydrogen Production by 800% | Good News NetworkHow 'Groundbreaking' Chinese Satellite Compares With Starlink | NewsweekChina Strikes Hard: Chinese Satellite Pulverizes Starlink With a 2-Watt Laser 36,000 KM From Earth | Daily GalaxyNASA's Voyager Was Not The First Mission Fast Enough To Leave The Solar System | IFLScience Go to my sponsor ⁠https://venice.ai/coolstuff⁠ and use code coolstuff to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan. Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. Recycled plastic is a toxic cocktail: Over 80 chemicals found in a single pellet AI Could Help You Build a Virus. OpenAI Knows It — and It's Worried Scientists make concerning discovery after studying farmland soil: 'Highlights the urgent need for coordinated scientific and regulatory efforts' Microplastics are 'silently spreading from soil to salad to humans' Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China's New Mosquito Drone Could Probably Slip Through Windows and Spy Undetected Killer whales filmed using tools for the first time – and scientists are stunned 'Your rectum isn't designed for coffee': A very serious doctor probes TikTok's new enema trend | BBC Science Focus Magazine Coffee Enema: Benefits, Risks, and More Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first man-made craft that will reach one-light day away from Earth and the rare blood type that was discovered, which only one person in the world is recorded to have. In November 2026, NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Will Become First Human-Made Object Ever To Reach A Light-Day From Earth | IFLScience NASA's Voyager 1 Is Set to Shatter Space Records – Becoming the First Object to Travel a Light-Day From Earth! French scientists discover new blood type in Guadeloupe woman - CBS News French Scientists Discover New Blood Group - Newsweek Discovery Of Blood Types: When Were Blood Types Discovered? Connect with us at coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DARPA breaks the record for sending energy wireless...and makes popcorn doing it and the Parker Space Probe made its third and final close approach to the Sun and what we learned from this mission. DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming | DARPA DARPA Just Beamed Power Over 5 Miles Using Lasers and Used It To Make Popcorn | ZME Science DARPA's wireless laser power relay sets new distance record | New Atlas NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun' For Final Time In Defining Moment For Humankind | Forbes NASA's Parker Probe Just Made Its Final Epic Journey to the Sun | Daily Galaxy Magnetic Reconnection–driven Energization of Protons up to ∼400 keV at the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet - IOPscience Connect with us - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new discovery with Bronze Age treasure - Meteorite Iron used to create items before the iron age, Japanese scientists invent plastic that dissolves in water and a new discovery that could have a profound impact on brain health. Strange Metal From Beyond Our World Spotted in Ancient Treasure Stash : ScienceAlertBronze Age 'treasure' was crafted with extraterrestrial metal | Live Science This Plastic Dissolves in Seawater and Leaves Behind Zero MicroplasticsSugar shield restored: The breakthrough reversing brain aging and memory loss  Contact the show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. Dehorning Rhinos Looks Brutal But It's Slashing Poaching Rates by 78 Percent Why Perovskite LEDs Might Soon Replace Every Light in Your Home Luxor: Ancient tombs more than 3,000 years old unearthed in Egypt | CNN Egyptian archaeologists discover three tombs in Luxor | AP News Luxor Temple - History and Facts | History Hit Connect with the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. Terraforming Mars Might Actually Work and Scientists Now Have a Plan to Try It Thousands of Centuries-Old Trees, Some Extinct in the Wild, Are Preserved by Ancient Temples in ChinaThousands of endangered trees preserved for centuries inside Chinese templesReligious temples are long-term refuges for old trees in human-dominated landscapes in China: Current Biology Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. At Secret Math Meeting, Researchers Struggle to Outsmart AI Frog Saunas Offer a Steamy Lifeline Against a Deadly Amphibian Pandemic Connect with Cool Stuff: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. First direct observation of the trapped waves that shook the world in 2023 Are We Ready for Death in Space? Scientists find immune molecule that supercharges plant growth Connect with the show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Reggie every Thursday for his new podcast, "It's All Fluff". It is a podcast that aims to have ZERO hard news, just fun, entertaining, and interesting stories to make your week a little better. "It's All Fluff" - Every Thursday Apple Podcasts Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. New ketamine study promises extended relief for depression The mystery of lightning may finally be solved Infrared contact lenses let people see in the dark – or with their eyes closed Apple's iPhone Update—Why You Need To Change Your Messaging App Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. Experimental painkiller could outsmart opioids -- without the high The first US solar storm emergency drill did not go well | Popular Science Our Planet Is Woefully Unprepared For A Bad Solar Storm, Says Report By NASA And NOAA | IFLScience Mysteriously Perfect Sphere Spotted in Space by Astronomers : ScienceAlert Astronomers Discover Sphere Teleios: A Perfect Sphere Found In Deep Space | The Lifesciences Magazine Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Superbug Learned How to Feed on Plastic from Hospitals Ginger Cats are Genetic Freaks, Confirms Science Apple's Surprise ‘Game-Changer' Free Offer To All iPhone 13 Users Now Live iPhone 13 Finally Gets Satellite Support With iOS 18.5 Update | PCMag A Massive Brain Study Reveals the Hidden Work Your Mind Does While You Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment We may finally know what happened to the missing water on Mars Revisiting a famous marshmallow experiment: Children more likely to delay gratification if peer promises to wait as well New Twist on Famous Marshmallow Test: What Happens When You Add a Second Kid? Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nanoparticle Gel Could Help Save Degraded Coral Reefs Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 likely crashed back to Earth Saturday morning Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 crashes back to Earth, disappearing into Indian Ocean after 53 years in orbit | Live Science NASA's Europa Clipper Captures Mars in Infrared - NASA Researchers unveil unprecedented satellite that will have to be turned off when it floats over the US: 'This was a pity' New Biomass satellite will provide an unprecedented look at the planet's forests - ABC News Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to our sponsor  venice.ai/coolstuff  and use code coolstuff to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan. A man let snakes bite him 202 times. His blood helped create a new antivenom Here's how your name could shape your face over time Chimpanzees have been filmed drumming in the wild. And scientists are stunned Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Scientists at CERN have successfully turned lead into gold -- a process that requires a shocking amount of speed! Another company touts its T-Rex leather handbags. How do scientists feel about said claim? Plus, researchers link the immune system to mammalian lifespan, and on This Day in History; the first paper currency in the US. These companies want to make hand bags out of T-rex leather. But scientists aren't buying it Mammal's lifespans linked to brain size and immune system function, says new study CERN Creates Gold from Lead and There's No Magic, Just Physics The History of US Currency Continentals: What it Means, History, Worth The Paper Revolution United States Continental Paper Currency VIDEO: US National Archives: The Continental Dollar: How the American Revolution Was Financed with Paper Money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

T. rex's direct ancestor crossed from Asia to North America Mummy preserved with bizarre rectal embalming method discovered by archaeologists Capable of guiding nuclear weapons, the Russian satellite Cosmos 2553 has gone out of control, experts are sounding the alarm. Russian satellite linked to nuclear weapon program appears out of control, U.S. analysts say | Reuters Mount Pelée begins to erupt, burying Caribbean city Volcanoes, From Field to Lab Dynamics and Impacts of the May 8th, 1902 Pyroclastic Current at Mount Pelée (Martinique): New Insights From Numerical Modeling (VIDEO) They Thought They Were Safe Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weird Wednesday brings us a strange evolutionary discovery, the world's largest dog meets the world's smallest (and it's hard not to smile), plus 'Seagull Boy' returns to defend his championship. On This Day in History, we look back at the world's first integrated circuit. The surprising evolution of the platypus and echidna, the weirdest animals on Earth | CNN -  In rare evolutionary event, weird platypus cousin evolved from living in water to living on land | Live Science Bone microstructure supports a Mesozoic origin for a semiaquatic burrowing lifestyle in monotremes (Mammalia) | PNAS A 3-foot difference didn't stop a horse-size Great Dane and tiny chihuahua from becoming friends | AP News Watch: World's tallest and shortest dogs have puppy playdate in Idaho - UPI.com Watch: British 'Seagull Boy' wins second consecutive gull screeching championship - UPI.com https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cy0y47zved2o Contact the show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A massive star-forming gas cloud has been discovered strangely close to Earth. Plus, ancient tools discovered in Kenya are more than 3 million years old. On This Day in History, we examine the Penny Black stamp, the world's first adhesive postage stamp, and its impact on communication. Massive star-forming cloud found strangely close to Earth Ancient stone tools found in Kenya made by early humans Researchers find 3-million-year-old tools in Kenya, showing development of human ancestors Penny Black stamp guide Stanley Gibbons: Penny Black Royal Mint Museum: Penny Black Postal Museum: The Penny Black Stamp First Known Piece of Mail Sent Using a Stamp Goes to Auction Contact the show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ronan the Sea Lion – perhaps the best beat-keeper on the planet? We've got the fascinating details. A new drone mimics the flying squirrel, which could be a game-changer for robots ability to navigate highly congested spaces. And on This Day in History, the story of Mary Kies – the first woman to receive a patent in the US. This adorable bopping sea lion can probably hold a beat better than you This Flying Squirrel Drone Can Brake in Midair and Outsmart Obstacles 1st woman US patent holder - Mary Dixon Kies in 1809 May 5: Mary Kies Becomes First Woman to Receive a U.S. Patent Patented Straw Weaving Technique Contact the show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, a new study links phthalates to heart disease death, a portion of a long-forgotten soviet spacecraft originally designed to land on Venus is headed back towards Earth – in an uncontrolled manner. Plus, on This Day in History, the first commercial jetliner service carry's passengers from London to Johannesburg A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics De Havilland Comet: the rocky history of the first commercial jetliner 7/27/1949: First Flight of the Comet 1 Prototype De Havilland DH106  Comet 1 & 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A plastic film that mimics shark skin may help airplanes fly a little greener and is there a benefit to fluoride in public water systems? On This Day in History, the Empire State Building is dedicated by President Herbert Hoover. This Film Shaped Like Shark Skin Makes Planes More Aerodynamic and Saves Billions in Fuel | ZME Science Florida set to become second state to ban fluoride in public water | NBC News Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened | Science News Empire State Building dedicated | May 1, 1931 | HISTORY President Hoover dedicates Empire State Building, May 1, 1931 - POLITICO 10 Surprising Facts About the Empire State Building | HISTORY Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Weird Wednesday episode brings us the man who required rescue twice in four days on Mount Fuji, dirty rain hits part of the US, and a mini dachshund returns home after 529 days in the wild. Plus, on 'This Day in History,' Mr Potato Head becomes the first toy advertised on television … and specifically targeted to children. Man airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji is rescued again days later | AP NewsStudent rescued from mountain twice in four days - after going back to find his phone | World News | Sky NewsStorm system picks up dust in New Mexico, drops it as dirty rain in New England | AP NewsStorm sweeps desert dust into Maine, leaving dirty cars in its wake | WGMEWatch: Miniature dachshund found after 529 days in the wild on Kangaroo Island - UPI.comValerie the dachshund found 'fit and well' after 529 days on Kangaroo Island - ABC NewsWatch: Pawesome pooches shred the waves at Florida dog surfing festival - UPI.com The History of Mr. Potato Head History Facts: The first toy advertised on TV was Mr. Potato Head ToyDip: First TV Toy Advertisement The Strong National Museum of Play: Mr. Potato Head American Experience: Mr. Potato Head Pentacrest Museums: Me and My Spuds EBSCO: Mr. Potato Head Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers find a 113-year-old ant fossil, the oldest ever found and the caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey. On This Day in History, the first rubber patent is issued, so we look at the history of rubber. Researchers find oldest ant known to science—113-million-year-old ‘hell ant' with scythe jaws | National Geographic The new ‘Bone Collector' caterpillar wears the remains of its prey – and we have the footage to prove it | BBC Science Focus Magazine The Wonder of Rubber and the Why of History - Columbus Classical Academy | K-12 Classical Education Industries - Business History of Industries - Business History Books HISTORY OF RUBBER | Facts and Details A Brief History of Rubber Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The satellite Lucy shares intel on the asteroid Donaldjohnson while on its way to Jupiter and released pheasants may be causing a tick problem. On This Day in History, NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin | AP News NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Just Flew by a Strange, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid. See the New Images From the Approach | Smithsonian MagazoneLucy - NASA ScienceWe're Releasing Millions Of Birds. The Ticks Are Thriving | ForbesThe Release of Non‐Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk - Michels - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library Thor Heyerdahl EBSCO: Thor Heyerdahl “The Kon-Tiki ⛵️ A fascinating expedition by an extraordinary team.” Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Expedition: Across the Pacific by Raft Kon-Tiki Museet: Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki Raft and Heyerdahl Journey  Thor Heyerdahl as World Heritage Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A tiny satellite, but a huge leap. Quantum-Encrypted data is beamed across the globe, ushering in a new era for ultra-secure internet. Plus, skeletal evidence of a Roman gladiator that was bitten by a lion. On This Day in History, the first submarine to circumnavigate the globe. Tiny Chinese Satellite Sent Hack-Proof Quantum Messages 12,900 Kilometers Through Space. Is a Quantum Internet Around the Corner? | ZME Science Skeletal evidence of Roman gladiator bitten by lion in combat | ScienceDaily Operation Sandblast: The First Submarine Circumnavigation | Amusing Planet 1960: USS Triton's Underwater Circumnavigation – Knowledge Spectra This 60 Day Submarine Voyage in 1960 Tested the Psychological and Physical Limits of Crew Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How technology could slow down cognitive decline as we age, and the Cicadas are back - will you be hearing them? We also have an update on the seismic experiments taking place in Yellowstone. On This Day in History, the Library of Congress is established. Here's the truth about your ‘digital dementia' risk | BBC Science Focus Magazine Cicada Brood XIV to emerge in at least a dozen states: See map | USA Today Cicada maps show where the noisy insects will emerge in the U.S. this spring - CBS News Hidden magma cap discovered at Yellowstone National Park - ABC News When Was the Library of Congress Established? | History Hit Library of Congress established | April 24, 1800 | HISTORY Library of Congress Fact Sheet | Library of Congress Today in History - April 24 | Library of Congress Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Weird Wednesday episode - We may be able to communicate with dolphins with the help of AI, a man gets stuck in quicksand…for the second time and gets a girlfriend in the process, and drunk monkeys share a meal. On This Day in History, the German Beer Purity Law is enacted. Google made an AI model to talk to dolphins | Popular Science Building an AI translator to understand dolphinspeak with dolphingemma | New Atlas Man gets trapped in Lake Michigan quicksand, emerges with a girlfriend | The Detroit News Watch: Michigan man escapes quicksand with no injuries -- and a new girlfriend - UPI.com Party animals: Chimpanzees caught on camera sharing alcoholic fruit - UPI.com Wild chimps filmed sharing ‘boozy' fruit - University of Exeter News Wild chimpanzees share fermented fruits - ScienceDirect Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project – Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project German beer: 500 years of 'Reinheitsgebot' rules - BBC News Bavarian Beer Purity Law | Radius Tours The Reinheitsgebot: Protective or Pointless? - American Homebrewers Association What is Reinheitsgebot? A Brief History of Germany's Famous “Purity Law.” - Hofbräuhaus Newport A Brief History of the Reinheitsgebot - Buffalo Beer League German Beer Purity Law of 1516 Is the German Beer Purity Law still in effect? Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists claim they figured out how to turn falling rainwater into electricity, we head back to Yellowstone as artificial earthquakes are used to learn more about the supervolcano there, and our universe may be spinning. On This Day in History, the rise of the American Circus. Scientists Found a Way to Turn Falling Rainwater Into Electricity | ZME Science Scientists trigger Yellowstone ‘earthquakes' to probe volcano's depths | BBC Science Focus Magazine Cosmic twist: The universe could be spinning | ScienceDaily When Did the Circus Come to America? | Grateful American Foundation John Bill Ricketts America's 1st Circus Started In Philadelphia: Phun Philly Phacts | Warminster, PA Patch The Circus Comes To Town- John Bill Rickets Entertains Washington | Founder of the Day Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode; the cost of saying “Please” and “Thank You” in your AI prompts, AI may be getting TOO familiar with us (and it's making some people uncomfortable), and in a race of robots versus humans - how did the robots fare? Plus, on This Day in History, Hans Christian Oersted and the discovery of electromagnetism. ChatGPT spends 'tens of millions of dollars' on people saying 'please' and 'thank you', but Sam Altman says it's worth it | TechRadar 'Tens of millions of dollars well spent': Saying 'thank you', 'please' to ChatGPT costing OpenAI millions, Sam Altman says | The Business Standard Experts have major warning to anyone who says 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT | Tyla ChatGPT Creeps People Out by Calling Them by Name Without Being Asked | PCMag ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it 'creepy' | TechCrunch Chinese robots ran against humans in the world's first humanoid half-marathon. They lost by a mile | CNN Robots run a half marathon, slowly | TechCrunch TDIH: Scientist of the Day - Hans Christian Oersted TDIH: Hans Christian Oersted TDIH: Magnet Academy - Hans Christian Oersted Contact the show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode features a space theme with a planet orbiting two suns, a faraway world with the potential for life, This Day in History looks back at the crossword puzzle. Weirdest Planetary System Ever? Meet the Planet That Spins Perpendicular to Its Stars Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet Who Invented Crossword Puzzles? Meet Creator Arthur Wynne The First Crossword Puzzle | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center First Crossword Puzzle Book Published American Crossword Puzzle Tournament Go to my sponsor https://venice.ai/coolstuff and use code coolstuff to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan. Contact the show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The TSA announces new items that are allowed on planes and why Microsoft says you should upgrade to Windows 11 as soon as possible. On This Day in History, a landmark labor law case is decided by the Supreme Court. TSA approves 11 new items you can now travel with in any size - The Mirror US TSA reveals 11 new carry-on items you can take at any size - here's the full list | The Daily Express Microsoft's Free Upgrade Offer For 500 Million Windows Users | Forbes These Are the 7 New Reasons Microsoft Is Giving Users to Upgrade to Windows 11 | Extreme Tech 7 Tips to Get the Most Out of Windows 11 | Microsoft Windows Go to my sponsor https://venice.ai/coolstuff and use code coolstuff to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weird Wednesday; How one dead composer is still creating music, an IVF mixup causes a woman to give birth to a stranger's baby, and a Star Wars wedding. On This Day in History, Albert Hoffman invents and drops LSD. Musician Who Died in 2021 Resurrected as Clump of Brain Matter, Now Composing New Music | Futurism Dead composer Alvin Lucier's biological matter creates new music : NPR Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger's baby after IVF clinic error | AP News Monash IVF: Woman gives birth to stranger's baby in Australia embryo mix-up | BBC Vegas chapel offering 'Star Wars'-themed weddings for May 4 - UPI.com Little Vegas Chapel offers Star Wars-themed weddings for May the 4th celebrations | KSNV News Flashback: LSD Creator Albert Hofmann Drops Acid for the First Time | Rolling Stone Go to my sponsor https://venice.ai/coolstuff and use code coolstuff to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan. Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A giant black hole awakens and is multitasking bad for your brain? On This Day in History, we head back to the books as another important dictionary is released. From boring to bursting: Giant black hole awakens | ScienceDaily Why multitasking is bad for your brain, explained by a neuroscientist | BBC Science Focus Magazine Origins of English: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary A Dictionary of the English Language | Definition & Facts | Britannica Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language Johnson's Dictionary Online Go to my sponsor https://venice.ai/coolstuff and use code coolstuff to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices