Cool Stuff Daily

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Cool Stuff Daily covers the most interesting and coolest stories in the world of science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art, and hope. This is the antidote to depressing headlines. Smart stuff in podcast form. Cool news, as a service. Hosted by Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff.

Episodes(40 episodes)

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The Perfect Opportunity to View Jupiter and Its Moons + A Stray Dog Joins Monks on Their Peace Walk

January Stargazing Offers the Best Time of the Year to See Jupiter and its Moons Rescue Dog Leading 19 Buddhist Monks on 2,300 Mile Peace Walk Across the US Buddhist monks embark on walk of peace from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Factor -use code coolstuff50off to get 50% off your first box plus free breakfast for 1 year. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Jan 6, 2026Duration: 10:53
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Part 2: The Story of a Beer That's Also a Vaccine

⁠He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing⁠ Sponsored by Factor -use code coolstuff50off to get 50% off your first box plus free breakfast for 1 year. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Jan 5, 2026Duration: 15:19
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Part 1: The Story of a Beer That's Also a Vaccine

He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing Sponsored by Factor -use code coolstuff50off to get 50% off your first box plus free breakfast for 1 year. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Jan 5, 2026Duration: 15:55
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Have We Finally Found a 'Cure' for Gray Hair?

We may finally have a way to reverse grey hair Quantitative mapping of human hair greying and reversal in relation to life stress Hair Repigmentation During Immunotherapy Treatment With an Anti–Programmed Cell Death 1 and Anti–Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 Agent for Lung Cancer Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 30, 2025Duration: 19:14
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Will We Hear from MAVEN Again?

NASA says Maven spacecraft that was orbiting Mars has gone silent - CBS News NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is still silent at Mars — and apparently is spinning, too | Space NASA Loses Signal from Critical Mars Orbiter | Scientific American Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 29, 2025Duration: 11:30
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Chernobyl Fungus May Eat Radiation and Inspire Future Space Exploration

The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation | BBC Black fungus living at Chernobyl has evolved to "eat" radiation - Earth.com Frontiers | Cultivation of the Dematiaceous Fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum Aboard the International Space Station and Effects of Ionizing Radiation Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 23, 2025Duration: 13:13
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Scientists Claim to Have Discovered 20 New Aquatic Species

Scientists say they have discovered 20 new species deep in the Pacific Ocean Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 23, 2025Duration: 8:00
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Strongest Evidence of an Atmosphere on Another Planet

NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World  - NASA Science Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 19, 2025Duration: 11:48
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AI Village - Reality Show for AIs

Welcome to the AI Village, a Reality Show for AIs - Decrypt 1,000 AIs were left to build their own village, and the weirdest civilisation emerged | BBC Science Focus Magazine Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 18, 2025Duration: 12:01
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Why We Are Testing Mayo in Space

Scientists are studying mayonnaise in space, here’s what they’ve found so far! | Daily Galaxy - MSN Scientists are Studying the Behavior of Mayonnaise in Space— Here’s Why it Matters - Green Matters What happens to creams and drugs in space? COLIS studies the behaviour of soft matter in weightlessness | EurekAlert! Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 17, 2025Duration: 12:20
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The First Human Cornea Transplant Using 3D-Printed, Lab Grown Tissue

First Human Cornea Transplant Using 3D Printed, Lab-Grown Tissue Restores Sight in a ‘Game Changer’ for Millions Who are Blind Precise Bio completes 1st human cornea transplant using 3D-printed, lab-grown tissue Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 16, 2025Duration: 8:34
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What Can A New Computer Model Teach Us About Human Thought

This ‘digital brain’ could soon simulate ethically forbidden experiments Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 15, 2025Duration: 11:51
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Geminids Return - How and When You Can Get the Best View

How to catch the Geminid meteor shower in December | AP News How to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower, Which Peaks This Weekend | Smithsonian Magazine Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the show - ⁠⁠coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 12, 2025Duration: 11:14
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Your Poop Type Could Impact Your Health

How Long Poop Stays in Your Body Could Impact Your Health, Study Finds : ScienceAlert Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time | Gut Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the show - ⁠coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 11, 2025Duration: 10:23
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Massive Sunspot Pointed Towards Earth

Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at Earth | Live Science Massive Sunspot Just Like the One That Caused the 1859 Carrington Event is Pointing Right at Earth! | Daily Galaxy Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about...
Published: Dec 10, 2025Duration: 11:58
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Rats Catching Bats in the Air & Could Genetically Engineered Pig Livers Be the Future of Human Organ Transplantation

Rats are snatching bats out of the air and eating them Scientists keep a human alive with a genetically engineered pig liver Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 9, 2025Duration: 12:57
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When the Lungs Don't Work, Could People Intake Air Through Their ... Butts?

‘Butt breathing’ could help people who can’t get oxygen the regular way Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 8, 2025Duration: 11:01
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Anaconda - The Snake that Never Changed

Fossils Reveal the Green Anaconda Has Been a Giant For 12 Million Years | ZME Science Bones of giant anacondas found in Venezuela. Here's what scientists discovered when they pieced them together | Discover Wildlife Gigantism In Anacondas Has Existed For 12 Million Years, As Seen In These Huge Backbone Fossils | IFLScience Fossils reveal anaconda snakes have been giants for millions of years - BBC Newsround Full article: An early origin of gigantism in anacondas (Serpentes: Eunectes) revealed by the fossil record Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting...
Published: Dec 5, 2025Duration: 12:40
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2025 Word of the Year

Rage bait takes the title as "2025 Word of the Year" for Oxford Dictionary. ‘Rage bait’ is Oxford’s Word of the Year | CNN Rage bait named word of the year 2025 by Oxford University Press Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the show - coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
Published: Dec 4, 2025Duration: 10:44
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A Robot That Swims Through Your Bloodstream To Deliver Medication & A Gene Responsible for Mental Illness

This magnet-powered micro-robot could soon swim through your bloodstream Scientists discover first gene proven to directly cause mental illness Save on the perfect Holiday gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter -  by using promo code COOLSTUFF at checkout. Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published: Dec 3, 2025Duration: 11:07