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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September 29, 2021Wed. 09/29 - When Humans Die On Mars, What Will Happen?
What will happen to the bodies of people who die on Mars? Plus, AI has indicated that a famous painting at the National Gallery might be a phoney. And festival-goers at Glastonbury are endangering rare eels with their drug-addled refusal to use public toilets.

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How Would Humans Decompose on Mars? (Discover)
What Happens If Someone Dies on Mars? (Atlas Obscura)
How to die on Mars (Space)
Was famed Samson and Delilah really painted by Rubens? No, says AI (The Guardian)
AI study suggests a London gallery's been exhibiting a fake for years (The Next Web)
Glastonbury Festival: Levels of illegal drugs high enough to harm wildlife found in river running through site (Sky News)
Glastonbury: drug traces from on-site urination could harm rare eels (The Guardian)
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September 28, 2021Tue. 09/28 - Are Climate Companies Reliving the Dot Com Era?
Could removing methane from the atmosphere be a viable strategy for slowing global warming? And are all of these disparate new ideas and strategies to solve the climate crisis going to lead to real solutions? Plus, pulling back the curtain on the on-going supply chain problems. And the crypto-trading hamster showing up the pros.

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Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it (MIT Technology Review)
Climate Change Is the New Dot-Com Bubble (Wired)
The Supply-Chain Mystery (The New Yorker)
No End In Sight For The COVID-Led Global Supply Chain Disruption (Forbes)
An Excerpt from My New Anxiety Dream Where I Personally Break the Global Supply Chain (McSweeney’s)
Brexit means Brexit (r/LeopardsAteMyFace)
Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster beating human investors (BBC)
A Hamster on Twitch Is Trading Crypto and Beating the Stock Market (Vice)
mr_goxx (Mr. Goxx, Twitch)
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September 27, 2021Mon. 09/27 - 900 Year Old Cosmic Mystery: Officially Solved
How 19th century New Yorkers took advantage of a loophole in the strict drinking laws and ended up creating the world’s worst sandwich. Plus, a supernova that’s been missing since the twelfth century has been found! And how a young woman on Tiktok accidentally caused havoc to thousands of scientific studies.

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To Evade Pre-Prohibition Drinking Laws, New Yorkers Created the World's Worst Sandwich (Atlas Obscura)
A supernova missing since 1181 AD has finally been found (Syfy)
Astronomers solve 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding Chinese supernova of 1181AD (University of Manchester)
A teenager on TikTok disrupted thousands of scientific studies with a single video (The Verge)
'Great British Bake Off' Goes by Different Name in US Due to Trademark (Insider)
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19min
September 24, 2021Fri. 09/24 - Ancient Teens Shake Up History of Human Migration
Ancient footprints discovered in New Mexico are shaking up what we thought we knew about when humans first arrived in the Americas. Plus, how much plastic do we unknowingly ingest each year? The answer is probably more than you’re comfortable with, but it also turns out that babies take in way more of it than adults. And a new, very unauthorized website that will bring you Chick-fil-A on a Sunday.

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Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Arrived In Americas During Ice Age (NY Times)
Fossil footprints prove humans populated the Americas thousands of years earlier than we thought (The Conversation)
Fossil footprints challenge theory of when people first arrived in Americas (National Geographic)
Erosive forces tweet (Michael Roston, Twitter)
Baby Poop Is Loaded With Microplastics (Wired)
Infants have more microplastics in their feces than adults (Science Daily)
You can now risk eternal damnation by buying Sunday Chick-fil-A (A/V Club)
Chick-fil-A’s Owner Is Bankrolling Hate Groups Targeting Trans Kids (them.)
MSCHF Sunday Service

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23min
September 23, 2021Thu. 09/23 - Birds Are Real (and Got Louder During Lockdown)
The dark side of the history of epidemiology. Plus, a study that proves, yes actually, birds were louder and more numerous during lockdown. And two women in their hundreds who have lived incredible lives and refuse to quit doing what they love.

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How Transatlantic Slave Trade Shaped Epidemiology Today (TIME)
Birds Thrived During Covid-19 Lockdowns, New Study Shows (Wall Street Journal)
Fri. 05/15 - Have Birds Gotten Louder During Lockdown? (Kottke Ride Home)
107-Year-Old French Pianist Colette Maze Has A New Album (NPR)
‘America’s Oldest Park Ranger’ Is Only Her Latest Chapter (NY Times)
A few details NYT left out (Jennifer Schuessler, Twitter)
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19min
September 22, 2021Wed. 09/22 - The Wonders of Fall, and the Cosmos
Sharing some reflections, some poetry, and a bit of a historical context on what it is that makes fall strike such a strong chord with so many of us, in honor of this first day of fall. And a look at NASA’s upcoming Lucy mission to Jupiter’s asteroids that somehow includes facts about the Beatles, Mexican track and field athlete Norma Enriqueta Basilio Sotelo, and The Iliad.

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Between Restlessness and Rapture: Autumn and the Sensual Urgency of Aliveness (Brain Pickings)
A Sunset of the City (Gwendolyn Brooks, Poetry Foundation)
Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me… (William Shakespeare, Poetry Foundation)
To Autumn by John Keats (John Keats, Poetry Foundation)
John Keats: “To Autumn” by Caitlin Kimball (Poetry Foundation)
Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night by Nicholas Rogers
The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature a book by J. Drew Lanham by J. Drew Lanham
NASA's Lucy mission will visit at least 8 asteroids on a loop-de-loop trajectory (Bad Astronomy, Syfy)
Queta - The Story Behind the Name - Lucy Mission (NASA)
Where Is Lucy?

Netflix buys Wonka author Dahl's catalog (AP)
Roald Dahl's Family Apologizes For His Anti-Semitic Comments (NPR)
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20min
September 21, 2021Tue. 09/21 - Making 26,000 People Out of 20: Ted Lasso's Trick
How Ted Lasso filled a whole stadium for a crowd scene during the pandemic, and how advances, especially in AI, are beginning to change filmmaking. Plus, a Colorado man has won a yearlong treasure hunt for golden tickets, making him the new owner of a candy factory. That last part wasn’t a joke. It was literally a golden ticket competition for a candy factory. And finally, an ambient noise website for the most chaotic among you.

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How Fake Crowds Are Made For Movies And TV (Insider, YouTube)
AI might help edit the next generation of blockbusters (The Verge)
Andrew Maas won The Gold Ticket competition after clues led him to Kokomo, Ind. (Washington Post)
Colorado man wins candy factory after finding golden ticket in Highland Park (Kokomo Tribune)
Wed. 09/09 - Modern-Day Willy Wonka Is Giving Away His Candy Factory (Kottke Ride Home)
Ambient Chaos

Last year's segment on Demi Adejuyigbe's 9/21 series (Kottke Ride Home)
9/21 videos (Demi Adejuyigbe, YouTube)
Sept21st.com

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19min
September 20, 2021Mon. 09/20 - Poison Ivy Vaccines & A Mosh Pit History
The history and science of mosh pits. Exciting developments in the treatment of poison ivy reactions, including a possible vaccine. And how to catch tonight’s Harvest Moon, and why we call it that.

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Moshing: The History, Anatomy & Art Of The Dance Form (Consequence of Sound)
The Science Behind Mosh Pits (Professor Politics, YouTube)
Moshpits.js (Jesse Silverberg et al)
Mosh Pits Teach Us About the Physics of Collective Behavior (The Atlantic)
A Vaccine against Poison Ivy Misery Is in the Works as Scientists Also Explore New Treatment Paths (Scientific American)
The full Harvest Moon of 2021 rises tonight: Here's what to look for (Space.com)
Harvest Moon 2021: All you need to know (EarthSky)
Celebrate The End Of Summer With Monday's Harvest Moon (NPR)
What Is the Harvest Moon? | Harvest Moon Facts and Folklore (Old Farmer’s Almanac)
The world's tallest nation is getting shorter (CNN)
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18min
September 17, 2021Fri. 09/17 - Night-Lunch and the Origin of Food Trucks
The history and future of food trucks, and a look at the old tradition of “night lunch.” The visually-striking lanternfly that eastern US states are begging people to kill. And why you may not be getting that book you ordered anytime soon.

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Before Food Trucks, Americans Ate 'Night Lunch' From Beautiful Wagons (Atlas Obscura)
The Rise of the Taco Truck (JSTOR Daily)
Taco Bell's Subscription Service: We've Gone Too Far (The Atlantic)
Die, Beautiful Spotted Lanternfly, Die (NY Times)
The Book Biz Tries to Avoid Supply Chain Disruptions (Publisher’s Weekly)
Supply Chain Challenges: Put Your Book Orders In Now For The Holidays (Book Riot)
Booksellers warn over Christmas supplies amid UK lorry driver shortage (The Guardian)
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18min
September 16, 2021Thu. 09/16 - Jane Austen's Advice for Social Media Users
How the social lives of the characters from Jane Austen’s novels are analogous to our digital ones today, and what we can learn from them about being over-stimulated. Plus, a study illustrating how we could build bases on Mars out of astronaut blood. And a couple of updates from the world of LEGO.

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Is Jane Austen the Antidote to Social Media Overload? (JSTOR Daily)
Scientists Want to Build Mars Bases Out of Human Blood (Vice)
Concrete on Mars Could Literally Be Made Out of Astronaut Blood, Sweat, And Tears (Science Alert)

LEGO releasing fabulous Queer Eye loft set (Digital Spy)
European Championships 2022 to Feature LEGO Wheelchair Ramps (Mental Floss)
22,000 LEGO bricks for Munich 2022 (European Championships)
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' Wedding Marks 1st Same-Sex Marriage Of Sitting Governor (NPR)
Nonbinary 'Hacks' Star Carl Clemons-Hopkins on Being an Emmys First (The Advocate)
Nonbinary Performers Say Gendered Award Categories Ignore Their Identity (NPR)
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