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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October 14, 2022Fri. 10/14 - CIA-Funded Woolly Mammoths
The FCC has just proposed new rules to combat space junk. Plus, remember the company trying to bring back the woolly mammoth? The CIA just invested in them. Plus, a previously unheard Queen song, featuring Freddie Mercury’s vocals, was just released.

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The FCC's Rules on Space Junk Just Got Stricter (Wired)
The FCC Is Finally Taking Space Junk Seriously (Scientific American)
Space Debris and Human Spacecraft (NASA)
The CIA Wants to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth (Gizmodo)
CIA Is Investing In Mammoth Resurrection Technology, But Why? (IFL Science)
How Can We Use Biology to Solve Global Issues? (In-Q-Tel)
Tue. 09/08 - Long Live the (Cloned) Woolly Mammoth (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
Mon. 09/13 - De-Extinct Woolly Mammoths (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
Tue. 08/16 - De-Extincting Tasmanian Tigers (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
Freddie Mercury’s Vocals Featured on Newly Released Queen Song (Advocate)
Queen Release Unearthed Song Featuring Freddie Mercury (Pitchfork)
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October 13, 2022Thu. 10/13 - Warhol & Prince & Galileo & Elvis.
A Supreme Court case involving Prince and Andy Warhol that could have huge implications on the future of art. Plus, a new book by Galileo just dropped. And a song sung by 100,000 people who didn’t know they were singing together.

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The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity (NPR)
How a Supreme Court Case About Andy Warhol's Paintings of Prince Could Reshape Freedom of Expression (ARTnews)
Liberal and Conservative Justices Seem Split in the Supreme Court’s Landmark Andy Warhol Copyright Case (and Not in the Way You May Think) (Artnet News)
Researcher discovers "Galileo manuscript" forgery (University of Michigan Library)
Galileo confirmed as author of pseudonymous 17th century astronomy text (Ars Technica)
Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Galileo Galilei (Medievalists)
Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim Will Make Posthumous Onscreen Appearances in Knives Out Film Sequel (Playbill)
Watch Jacob Collier create a 100,000-person a cappella choir (Upworthy)
Jacob Collier & The Audience Choir - Can't Help Falling In Love (Jacob Collier, YouTube)
Clam-O-Naise

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October 12, 2022Wed. 10/12 - Space Age Clam Slam
The verdict on that asteroid NASA hit with a spacecraft last month. Plus, Tom Cruise’s latest plan to make history in space. And the latest Cards Against Humanity expansion pack that you can only buy at Target, and which is submerged within a jar of clam-flavored mayonnaise.

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Links:
Success! NASA Says DART Really Clocked That Asteroid (Wired)
Post-impact images of DART mission have not disappointed (Ars Technica)
NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space (NASA)
DART’s Smashing Success Shows Humanity Can Divert Asteroids (Scientific American)
Tom Cruise plans to film a movie in space — and could be the first civilian to do a spacewalk (CBS News)
Tom Cruise Might Be First Civilian to Spacewalk Outside the ISS (Gizmodo)
NASA Sets Date for Next Launch Attempt for Artemis I Moon Mission (NASA)
Dismembered Moments Luxury Candle (Liquid Death)
Laughing At My Nightmare

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Target Is Selling Clam-Flavored Mayonaise with a Cards Against Humanity Card Pack Fully Submerged Inside (IGN)
Clam-O-Naise (Cards Against Humanity)
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21min
October 11, 2022Tue. 10/11 - The Ghost of Halloween Candy Panics Past
Another Halloween, another candy tampering panic. While these panics rarely––if ever––bear fruit, poisoned candy and concerns around it have a longer history than you might suspect. Plus, a voter fraud scandal has rocked the wholesome Fat Bear Week contest.

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Rainbow Fentanyl: Poisoned Halloween Candy Rerelease (American Hysteria, Spotify)
This Year's Halloween Candy Panic Is Unfounded "Rainbow Fentanyl" Fears (The Mary Sue)
DEA says "rainbow" fentanyl pills are being marketed to children. Experts say that's nonsense (Salon)
Young people are being targeted with brightly colored ‘rainbow fentanyl,’ government drug agency warns (NBC News)
Crime Reporting (Last Week Tonight, YouTube)
Fri. 10/01 - Edibles In Your Kid's Trick-Or-Treat Candy? Don't Bet On It. (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
How Tainted Treats Led to a Halloween Tragedy in 1858 (Atlas Obscura)
‘Fat Bear Week’ Hit By Voter-Fraud Attempt (Rolling Stone)
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October 10, 2022Mon. 10/10 - Cyborg Cockroaches Are Here To Save the Day
Just in time for Halloween, we’ve got cyborg cockroaches. As terrifying as it sounds though, they might actually end up saving our lives. Plus, a round-up of recommendations for celebrating Indigenous People today and everyday. And an upcoming slasher horror version of The Grinch.

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Robotic engineers are creating cyborg cockroaches, roboflys and more (Washington Post)
Researchers Created a 'Cyborg Cockroach' With a Backpack Battery to Inspect Disaster Zones (Gizmodo)
Meet Japan's cyborg cockroach, coming to disaster area near you (Reuters)
Thu. 12/09 - Birds Aren't Real (And Neither Is This Gen Z Conspiracy Theory) (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS - LISTEN UP! LISTEN BY CATEGORY

The Native American Music Awards (JSTOR Daily)
Disney Songs In Their Native Languages (FlamSpark, YouTube)
Read an excerpt: Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut novel “A Minor Chorus” and the legacy of residential schools: 'We are still haunted by it' (Toronto Star)
Reservation Dogs Season 1 Trailer (Rotten Tomatoes, YouTube)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Exterminate All the Brutes (HBO)
XYZ Plans Free Release For Horror Pic 'The Mean One' With 'Terrifier 2' Star David Howard Thornton (Deadline)
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18min
October 07, 2022Fri. 10/07 - When Novelty Halloween Songs Ruled The Billboard Charts
What the heck is a flying purple people eater and why did that song about one stick around for so long? Plus, remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? Eight years later, we’ve got a look at just how big a difference it made. But is the new ALS treatment the challenge helped fund as great as it seems?

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Links:
‘The Purple People Eater’: Sheb Wooley’s Hit Novelty Song (UDiscover Music)
Purple People Eater History: A Dumb Joke Turned Into a Cultural Icon (Tedium)
Sheb Wooley Is Dead at 82; Sang of Purple People Eater (NY Times)
Jack's recommended starter pack of Halloween oldies from the best oldies curator on the web (Jake Westbrook, YouTube)
Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? It Ended Up Funding a New ALS Drug (Futurism)
ALS drug's approval draws cheers from patients, questions from skeptics (NPR)
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22min
October 06, 2022Thu. 10/06 - Jinkies! I Can't Believe Butter Is So Expensive
I’m back with another shortage report. This time? Butter. Plus, sleep tourism is apparently a thing now. And Velma from Scooby-Doo is officially super gay, for real this time.

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Links:
The price of butter is sky-high and 'not going to come down,' says supply chain expert—here's why (CNBC)
Prepare for the Butter Shortage (The Takeout)
Butter Prices Ramp Up Ahead of Holiday Season – How Long Will They Last? (Dairy Herd)
Butter prices hit an all-time high — partly because extreme heat is taking a toll on dairy cows (MarketWatch)
Butter Boards Are Spreading Across TikTok (NY Times)
Why sleep tourism is booming (CNN)
Sleep Vacations: 12 Places to Catch Some Zzzs (Fodors, 2019)
Dreamy sleep vacation destinations (Well + Good, 2018)
Sleep Tourism Will Be One of the Biggest 2022 Travel Trends (Coveteur)
'Scooby-Doo' fans get the snack they've been waiting for: Velma is gay (LA Times)
In the New Scooby Doo Movie, Velma Is Finally Out and Proud (them)
Google Search Scooby-Doo Velma Easter Egg Unleashes Gay Pride Flags (Variety)
Fans cheer as Velma is shown crushing on a woman in the new Scooby-Doo movie (NPR)
Jinkies! Velma's Actually Gay in "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" (Autostraddle)
'Velma': Mindy Kaling Scooby Show Casts Sam Richardson, Constance Wu (Variety)
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21min
October 05, 2022Wed. 10/05 - Bruce Willis Deepfake Deal is Fake, But Others Could Be Coming
It’s Nobel Prize week. With three prizes announced and three yet to come, here are the winners in Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine. Plus, Bruce Willis did not sell the rights to his digital twin to a deepfake firm, but could someone choose to do so eventually? More on the murky world of deepfakes and Hollywood.

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Links:
Nobel Prize awarded to three scientists for work in click chemistry, which links molecules quickly (Washington Post)
‘Spooky’ quantum-entanglement experiments win physics Nobel (Nature)
Nobel Winner Svante Pääbo Discovered the Neandertal in Our Genes (Scientific American)
Actor Bruce Willis Becomes First Celebrity to Sell Rights to Deepfake Firm (Collider)
Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face (BBC)
Deepfake Bruce Willis may be the next Hollywood star, and he’s OK with that [Updated] (Ars Technica)
Bruce Willis did not sign rights for deepfakes to replace him in future films and advertisements (Mashable)
Fat Bear Week 2022: It's time to vote (CNN)
2022 Fat Bear Week - Katmai (National Park Service)
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20min
October 04, 2022Tue. 10/04 - Turns Out, Buttons Are Bad For Us
From the annals of “everyday objects our ancestors were once super concerned about”: electric push buttons. Like, on/off buttons on any basic device. And you know what, they kind of had a point. Plus, on its sixtieth anniversary let’s take a look at one of more pernicious predictions The Jetsons actually got right about our present-day.

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Links:
When the Push Button Was New, People Were Freaked (JSTOR Daily)
The Jetsons, now 60 years old, is iconic. That's a problem. (Slate)
George Jetson Birthdate Dispute Episode (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
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24min
October 03, 2022Mon. 10/03 - Can You Eat Crocs?
Answering the age old question: can you eat Crocs? Plus, why it is adults still get stress dreams about school even years after they leave. And a chance to stay at the Sanderson sisters cottage for all the die-hard Hocus Pocus fans out there.

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Links:
Why Is The Government Suddenly Concerned About NyQuil Chicken? (BuzzFeed News)
Can You Really Eat Crocs? An Investigation (VICE)
Why Adults Still Dream About School (The Atlantic)
'Hocus Pocus' fans can stay at the Sanderson Sisters' cottage on Airbnb (Mashable)
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