Cool Stuff Ride Home

By Cool Stuff Ride Home

Covering the most interesting and coolest stories that you may have missed around the world in about 15 minutes a day. Cool Stuff Ride Home looks at science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art,... more

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July 13, 2020Mon. 07/13 - Is This Podcast Cake?
Why is everyone talking about cake? How to watch the brightest comet in a few decades. Are we looking at a future without tooth fillings? Look through someone’s window on the other side of the world without leaving your house. And, a gift to us from Sir Patrick Stewart on his 80th birthday today.

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These Illusion Cakes Are Giving the Internet an Existential Crisis (The Mary Sue)
24 Hilarious Cake Memes That Really Made Me Laugh (BuzzFeed)
How to Watch Comet Neowise's Spectacular Show | Smart News (Smithsonian Magazine)
How to see comet Neowise (Washington Post)
Comet NEOWISE from ISS, July 5th… (Seàn Doran, Twitter)
View from the ISS (Bob Behnken, Twitter)
Comet captured streaking across Stonehenge night sky (BBC)
Scientists Have Developed a Genius Method That Actually Regenerates Tooth Enamel (Science Alert)
window-swap.com

Sir Patrick Stewart marks his 80th birthday with 80th Shakespeare sonnet, of course (Mashable)
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July 10, 2020Fri. 07/10 - Groceries Delivered Via Puppy
Tomorrow is Bowdler’s Day! What the heck does that mean? A round-up of all the best apps and extensions for virtually watching movies together with your friends. The real meaning of “dog days of summer.” A labrador making home deliveries in Colombia. And yet another creative strategy for filling the empty stands at professional sports games.

Links:
The Bowdlers Wanted to Clean Up Shakespeare, Not Become a Byword for Censorship (Smithsonian Magazine)
Henrietta, the Woman Behind Bowdlerism (The Chapel Hill Rare Book Blog)
Great moments in swearing: Naughty spelling in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Strong Language)
Here are all the ways to stream Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, and more with friends (Mashable)
Why Are They Called The "Dog Days" of Summer? (Farmer’s Almanac)
Doggy deliveries help Colombians shop during pandemic (Associated Press)
Japanese baseball team replace fans with dancing robots (Popular Mechanics)
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17min
July 09, 2020Thu. 07/09 - Does A Mask Make You More Attractive?
New research shows that native South Americans may have helped populate Polynesia 800 years ago. Why are men less likely to wear masks, does wearing a mask make you more attractive, and can we use that reasoning to persuade more people to wear them? And the dogecoin is back in earnest thanks to a new trend on TikTok.

Links:
South Americans may have traveled to Polynesia 800 years ago (Science News)
Some Polynesians Carry Native American DNA, Study Finds (NY Times)
Does Wearing a Mask Make You Look Hot? (GQ)
Many men dislike coronavirus masks. How can we change that? (LA Times)
Experts: A mask cuts your coronavirus risk by 65% (Futurity)
Bill Nye (@billnye) Official TikTok

TikTok Takes on Crypto With Dogecoin Soaring 40% in 24 Hours (Bloomberg)
Such Weird: The Founders of Dogecoin See the Meme Currency's Tipping Point (Motherboard)
Dogecoin (Know Your Meme)
TikTok deleted 49 million 'rule-breaking' videos (BBC)
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20min
July 08, 2020Wed. 07/08 - No Change For America (literally, there's a coin shortage)
A plutonium mishap in New Mexico. The popular YouTube musician bringing awareness to indigenous languages. What’s up with the coin shortage in the US? And Spotify’s new personalized workout playlists.

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Links:
US nuclear lab investigates breach at plutonium facility (ABC News)
Hanford Disaster: What Happens to Someone Who's Exposed to Plutonium? (Live Science)
The Indigenous Peruvian Trap Music of Renata Flores (Kottke)
Renata Flores Brought Quechua to YouTube, and Then Everything Changed (Vice)
The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper (NPR)
A Penny for Your Thoughts Could Be a Lot Harder to Find (NY Times)
Spotify will now make you a custom workout playlist (The Verge)
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July 07, 2020Tue. 07/07 - The Selfless Inventor of the N95 Mask
The story of the man who invented the N95 mask. Birds in Canada have changed their tune in an unprecedented way that has stumped scientists. How to become a citizen scientist. The sixteenth century “reading machine” recreated by engineering students in 2018. And a new way to annoy your coworkers.

Links:
Peter Tsai invented N95 masks. He's come out of retirement to join the covid-19 fight. (Washington Post)
Sparrows are singing a new song, in a rapid, unprecedented shift (National Geographic)
Bird Baby Shower (Ahlers Adam, Twitter)
These Are Some of the Best Citizen Science Projects You Can Join With Just Your Phone or Laptop (Gizmodo)
How Students Built a 16th-Century Engineer's Book-Reading Machine (Atlas Obscura)
How to Rickroll Your Zoom Meeting (Gizmodo)
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20min
July 06, 2020Mon. 07/06 - Is America Running Out of Fireworks?
Scientists have discovered insects that have retained their shine after 99 million years. How to properly read an election poll, plus a little on Kanye West’s presidential campaign. After perhaps the most explosive Fourth of July in decades here in the states, is America now running out of fireworks? And the most American thing ever happened in Alaska over the weekend.

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Links:
These insects preserved in amber are still glowing 99 million years later (Popular Science)
Here's How to Properly Read an Election Poll (Wired)
Kanye West 4 Prez fact checking (Hunter Schwartz, Twitter)
Real Clear Politics

America is running out of fireworks (CNN)
Bald eagle trapped in Alaska tree rescued on 4th of July (AP)
The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
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16min
July 02, 2020Thu. 07/02 - The Exploding Whale Memorial Park (is a real thing)
The full story behind America’s national anthem. The other American holiday kicking off this weekend that you may not have heard of. The legendary exploding whale of Oregon gets its own memorial park. And NASA’s 4K ten-year time lapse of the sun.

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Links:
The True Story Of Who Wrote 'The Star-Spangled Banner' (All That’s Interesting)
This Week, Be Nice to Joisey. Oops. Jersey (NY Times)
July 3-9 is Official Be Nice to New Jersey Week. No Thanks!! (You Don’t Know Jersey)
Tonya Harding and the legend of the exploding whale were both born on this day in Oregon (The Oregonian)
‘Exploding Whale’ Park Memorializes Blubber Blast 50 Years Later (NY Times)
Oregon's Exploding Whale - 2012 KATU AM Northwest (KATU's 50th Anniversary) (TheExplodingWhale.Com, YouTube)
Exploding Whale by Sufjan Stevens (SoundCloud)
Watch a 10-Year Time Lapse of Sun From NASA’s SDO (NASA)
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18min
July 01, 2020Wed. 07/01 - The Beer Garden Run By Nuns
Physicists give us the lowdown on human teleportation. Some tips for taking actually impressive photos of fireworks this weekend. The nuns moonlighting as bartenders in Milwaukee. What works and what doesn’t for keeping mosquitos away. And the Katmai National Park bear cam is officially back.

Links:
Could Teleporting Ever Work? (Gizmodo)
How to Take Awesome Photos of Fireworks With Your Phone (Wired)
The Best Ways to Get Rid of Mosquitoes (Lifehacker)
These Wristbands and Pricey Gadgets Don't Keep Mosquitoes From Biting You (Lifehacker)
Milwaukee nuns hosting drive-through beer garden to raise money for charity (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The fat bears are back, with some enticing plot lines (Mashable)
The World Still Sucks, but at Least Bear Cam Is Back (Gizmodo)
Bear Cam - live from Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park (Explore.Org)
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20min
June 30, 2020Tue. 06/30 - Coming Soon: 3D-Printed Plant-Based Steaks
A massive star has vanished. Or collapsed into a black hole. We’re not really sure. The story behind the new 3D-printed plant-based meats. Tips on how to finish your side project. And why Dairy Queen isn’t allowed to say they sell “ice cream” and what Margaret Thatcher has to do with that.

Links:
A Massive Star Has Disappeared Without a Trace (Gizmodo)
Did This Star Turn Into A Black Hole When We Weren’t Looking? (Forbes)
These plant-based steaks come out of a 3D printer (Fast Company)
How to finish your side project. (Hugo Zapata)
That Frozen Treat From Dairy Queen? Not Really Ice Cream (How Stuff Works)
The Margaret Thatcher Soft-Serve Myth (The New Yorker)
Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland) 2006 Eurovision Song Contest Winner (Eurovision Song Contest, YouTube)
Jackson Bird on Twitter

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19min
June 29, 2020Mon. 06/29 - Virtually Relive Your Daily Commute
A barber who’s invented a new, safe way to give people haircuts. The son who embarked on an eighty-five day solo trip across the Atlantic ocean to get to his dad’s 90th birthday after the coronavirus canceled all flights. An experiment in Australia that’s been running for almost a hundred years. Why we feel strangely "aggressive" impulses towards pets and babies we find unbearably cute. And a website that helps you virtually relive your daily commute.

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Links:
Barbershop owner develops 'Shield on Wheels' to protect hairstylists, clients amid coronavirus pandemic (Yahoo News)
With Flights Banned, Son Sails Solo Across Atlantic to Reach Father, 90 (NY Times)
The Pitch Drop Experiment (Atlas Obscura)
Cute Aggression May Make People Better Caretakers (The Atlantic)
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Listen to local music as you 'drive' through your favourite city with this new app (Lonely Planet)
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