Matching dinosaur footprints on two different continents and for the first time ever, a human-caused asteroid shower is coming to Earth. Plus, on This Day in History, a Zeppelin airship completes its round-the-world trip.

Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean | ScienceDaily

NASA's dart mission may spark human-caused meteor showers (msn.com)

Fallout from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission could hit Earth — potentially triggering 1st human-caused meteor shower | Live Science

NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space - NASA

Ninety years since the first round-the-world airship flight | World Air Sports Federation (fai.org)

Passengers and Crew of Graf Zeppelin's Round the World Flight of 1929 | Airships.net

Graf Zeppelin’s Historic 1929 Flight Around the World (youtube.com)

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Don’t panic, but thousands of tarantulas will soon emerge in search of a mate – at least, in select parts of the country (we’ll tell you where). Plus, it’s Weird Wednesday and we’re bringing you the oldest bottle of cognac, the oldest living man, a missing kid that wasn’t really missing, and a nude bike race. And on This Day in History – the first American steam locomotive is built, and the race that secures its place in the future of transportation.

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A new prospective solution for keeping Alzheimer's and other age-related brain conditions at bay. Plus, an endangered bird will soon take flight again, with the help of humans. And on 'This Day in History', the first known play in America leads to a criminal trial.

Cleaning up the aging brain: Scientists restore brain's trash disposal system

This bird species was extinct in Europe. Now it's back, and humans must help it migrate for winter | AP News

LIFE Northern Bald Ibis

The First American Play: Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe, Insights into Colonial Culture and Individual Rights - History Arch

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The power of the placebo – a new study reveals interesting benefits even when patients are aware of what they’re receiving, and the coral reefs are slowly dying – but not in Tela Bay. What secrets might this area possess, and can they be applied to other reefs around the world? Plus, on This Day in History, one tiny car becomes a cultural icon.

Placebos reduce stress, anxiety, depression -- even when people know they are placebos | ScienceDaily

This coral reef should be dead—so why is it thriving? (nationalgeographic.com)

First-Ever Coral Crossbreeding Hopes to Mimic the Resilience of an 'Invincible' Reef in Honduras (goodnewsnetwork.org)

The Original Mini: A Look Back At The Morris Mini Minor (hotcars.com)

1959 Morris Mini-Minor road test - Throwback Thursday | Autocar

How many Minis were built? (aronline.co.uk)

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REMINDER: Reggie and Marques will be off August 19-23, attending a podcast conference. They'll be back with episodes beginning Monday, August 26.

A new computer interface could give those suffering from ALS their voice back. Plus, scientists look to implement a universal lunar clock to keep tabs on time on the moon. A runaway star that’s faster than anything we've ever heard of. And on TDIH; William Beebe descends into the ocean depths in his bathysphere.

New brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to 'speak' again

International astronomy group joins calls for a lunar clock to keep time on the moon

'Failed star' brown dwarf runaway races through the cosmos at 1 million mph

August 15, 1934: World-Record Dive in the Bathysphere by Barton and Beebe

The first Bathysphere and the work of William Beebe

William Beebe: Britannica

VIDEO: Sketches from the Deep

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Water … in space! Exciting news from a celestial body and where it could be hiding, and NASA’s VIPER rover may have a second chance. Plus, On This Day in History; the American tourist who kissed Adolph Hitler.

Scientists Just Found Oceans of Liquid Water on Mars – But There's a Catch : ScienceAlert

Mars Once Had So Much Water, It Could Have Been An Ocean World, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert

Mars Education | Developing the Next Generation of Explorers (asu.edu)

Liquid water in the Martian mid-crust | PNAS

NASA’s Abandoned Moon Bot Might Get a Rescue Mission From a Lunar Startup (gizmodo.com)

NASA Ends VIPER Project, Continues Moon Exploration - NASA

Intuitive Machines seeks to take over NASA’s VIPER lunar rover - SpaceNews

The Woman Who Kissed Hitler - J. Mark Powell (jmarkpowell.com)

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It’s Weird Wednesday and we’re bringing you shipwrecked champagne, rare baby lobsters, a Great Lakes alligator, and a Guinness World Record record  –. And on This Day in History – were the Wright Brothers really the first in flight? Some would beg to differ, and we’ll tell you why.

A 19th-century shipwreck is filled with Champagne bottles and Sweden won't allow anyone a sip | AP News

A 1-in-30-million orange lobster in Maine is having colorful babies (msn.com)

Maine university's rare orange lobster hatches babies (wisn.com)

Sighting of alligator swimming off shore of Lake Erie prompts Pennsylvania search | AP News

Watch: David Rush breaks 15 Guinness World Records in one day - UPI.com

Gustave-Whitehead.com, Gustav Weißkopf, © John Brown

Gustave Whitehead - Wikipedia

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A shocking way to keep your brain young (potentially), and two celestial bodies are set to appear side-by-side in the night sky. Plus on 'This Day in History', The first Greyhound bus ride takes place (but without a bus 🤔).

Anti-ageing neuro-tech: The bold new devices built to keep your brain young

Sky watch: Mars and Jupiter won't get this close again until 2033 | AP News

Carl Wickman Drove Greyhound All The Way To The Top | Investor's Business Daily (investors.com)

100 Years on a Dirty Dog: The History of Greyhound | Mental Floss

Greyhound acquired by fast-growing FlixMobility, which aims to expand bus travel in the US | Smart Cities Dive

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New ancient bones lead to the discovery of the smallest humans, plus, on This Day in History, IBM introduces the personal computer.

Fossils suggest ‘hobbits’ roamed Indonesian island 700,000 years ago | AP News

Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis | Nature Communications

The IBM PC

The IBM PC - CHM Revolution (computerhistory.org)

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Scientists have a new theory on why Earth’s continents rise, a new method on how the pyramids were built has been proposed, and on TDIH; we look back at CBS' Our Secret Weapon.

Mysterious forces are causing Earth's continents to rise. Now scientists think they know why | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Egypt’s first pyramid constructed using a hydraulic lift, study says | CNN

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306690

Wartime_Activities_Press_Coverage.pdf (nerowolfe.org)

Our Secret Weapon: The Truth (August 30th, 1942) (youtube.com)

On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - John Dunning - Google Books

Our Secret Weapon - Wikipedia

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