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Extinct Greak Lakes Fish Found Alive, the Evolution of Animals Ability to See Color, and TDIH - The Clip-on Tie Changes the World of Fashion 18:32

1h ago18:32

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One extinct Great Lakes fish has been discovered alive again … but in the wrong lake. Staying in the animal kingdom, new research suggests animals’ ability to see color evolved BEFORE bright colors emerged in nature, but why? Plus, on This Day in History, the fashion world gets easier as the clip-on tie is invented. 'Extinct' Great Lakes Shortnose …

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Part Two: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini 58:07

1d ago58:07

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the awful large amount of people who tried to take Mussolini out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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Caffeine: The Ultimate Performance Booster, But Timing Is Key and How Exercise Can Help with Memory. Plus, TDIH - The First Motel 20:31

3h ago20:31

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A new study says that caffeine can boost physical and mental performance, but it added it should be timed wisely to optimize benefits and avoid side effects. Also, new research says that exercise can boost your memory for a full day. Plus, on This Day in History, the first motel is opened. Here's the best (and worst) time to drink your morning caff…

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Drones Inspired by Birds, Weird Wednesday - Salmon Hats for Orcas, Another Word of the Year, and Interesting Spanish Scrabble Champion. Plus TDIH - Anesthetic Use in Dentistry 25:51

2d ago25:51

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New drones inspired by birds that jump for take-off. It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has orcas that are wearing salmon for hats, the Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, and the winner of the Spanish Scrabble Championship who doesn’t speak Spanish. Plus, on This Day in History, Dr. Horace Wells and the first use of anesthetic in dentistry. Bird-insp…

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Improving Your Life with Good Habits, Temporary E-Tattoos That Could Replace EEG Setups, and TDIH - The Theory of Gravity 26:42

2d ago26:42

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How training your body to have good habits can change your life for the better and the revolutionary spray-on electronic tattoo that replaces traditional EEG setups, offering a more comfortable and reliable way to monitor brain activity while paving the way for advanced brain-computer interfaces. Plus, on This Day in History; Edmund Halley’s and Is…

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New Desalination Method Could Provide Water for Billions, Possible Wolf Pollinators, and TDIH - the Kecksburg UFO incident 18:18

3d ago18:18

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Researchers have developed a cost-effective solar-powered desalination method using clay minerals to enhance seawater evaporation, potentially providing clean water for billions worldwide and endangered wolves in Ethiopia may also be pollinators for one specific plant. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Kecksburg UFO incident. Billio…

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Part One: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini 59:16

4d ago59:16

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Margaret tells Robert Evans about the awful large amount of people who tried to take Mussolini out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2054: Reports From the Dino War: The War in Review 23:22

5d ago23:22

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Margaret comes back from the future with a podcast episode from the year 2054. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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Notre Dame's New Interior, the Human-Dog Bond Is Older Than Previously Thought, and TDIH - The Book That Helped Change Obscenity Laws 19:07

6d ago19:07

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The restoration of an icon - Notre Dame shows off the new interior after the devastating fire five years ago, and the human-dog bond may be older than we thought. Plus, on This Day in History, the court case and book that helped change obscenity laws. Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire | AP News How did hum…

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Using Your Fat to Predict Alzheimer's, Oldest Known Bird Lays an Egg, and TDIH - The Creation of ARPANET and the Internet 19:03

7d ago19:03

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Your body’s fat could predict Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years ahead of symptoms, plus a 74-year-old bird might be a mom again. And, on This Day in History, we look back at ARPANET and how it led us to the internet we know today. Hidden fat predicts Alzheimer's 20 years ahead of symptoms | ScienceDaily Wisdom, The World's Oldest Bird, Lays Egg At…

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Weird Wednesday - 2024 Word of the Year, Fake Gibson Guitars Seized, Underwater Living Record Attempt, and the Defective Candy Bar; plus TDIH - Henry Ford's Peach Ship 24:51

9d ago24:51

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It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has the Oxford Word of the Year, fake Gibson guitars, a 'living underwater' record attempt, and a defective candy bar. Plus, on 'This Day in History', Henry Ford’s Peace Ship expedition fails miserably during WWI … or perhaps it did not? We've got the details of this peculiar story featuring the famous industrialist.…

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement 1:00:48

10d ago1:00:48

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It's the last Rewind of the recent holiday and Margaret finishes talking with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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The Pace of Brain Rot, The Value of Pyrite - No Longer Just "Fool's Gold", and TDIH - Neon Lights First Displayed 26:46

10d ago26:46

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The reason why some human brains don’t rot for thousands of years, and who’s the fool now? Pyrite, or fool’s gold, could fuel our future. Plus, on This Day in History, the first neon lights are displayed in public. Why These Millennia-Old Brains Are So Well Preserved | Scientific American We Used to Make Fun of Fool's Gold. Now, It Might Fuel Our F…

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The Language of Pain, Nuclear Fusion Advancements, and TDIH - How "Manifest Destiny" Shaped the US 27:24

10d ago27:24

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What do you say when you get hurt? We dive into the research around the universal language of pain and how one company is making strides towards the first nuclear fusion reactor. Plus, on This Day in History, the announcement that helped shape the US using the philosophy of “Manifest Destiny”. Expressions of Pain May Have a Common Origin | Scientif…

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CZM Rewind: Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement 58:54

12d ago58:54

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We JUST got back from Holiday and haven't recorded yet, so in THIS CZM Rewind Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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Weird Wednesday - Earth's "Mini-Moon" May Be A Fragment of Actual Moon, 911 Homework Help, & New Year's Implosion. Plus, TDIH; The Berner's Street Hoax and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 28:04

16d ago28:04

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We learn more about Earth’s short lived second moon and how it may relate to our actual moon, the police are called in to help with math homework, and a New Year’s demolition is approved for one town in Georgia. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Berner's Street Hoax and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Earth's 'mini moon' may hav…

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film 1:04:16

17d ago1:04:16

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema. Original Air Date: 10.19.22 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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Turbulence May Be Getting Worse, How Video Games Improve Your Work Skills, and TDIH - The First "Day of Publick Thanksgivin" 21:08

16d ago21:08

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Turbulence while flying may be getting worse - we’ll look at why this could be happening, and how playing multiplayer video games might make you a better worker. Plus, on This Day in History, we celebrate the first "Day of Publick Thanksgivin." You're not imagining it, flight turbulence is getting worse. | BBC Science Focus Transport Safety Investi…

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Fossil Helps Explain Humans Long Childhood, 300-Year-Old Statue Used as a Doorstop Valued at $2 Million, and TDIH - The Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart 22:29

18d ago22:29

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How the fossil teeth of an 11-year old helps us understand why humans have an unusually long childhood and one town in Scotland will have a jolt to its budget after discovering a 300-year-old statue. that was being used as a doorstop, is valued at $2M USD. Plus, on This Day in History; Bill Schroeder makes history with the Jarvik-7 artificial heart…

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CZM Rewind: Part One: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film 1:09:23

19d ago1:09:23

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Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema. Original Air Date: 10.17.22 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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Lasers Casting a Shadow, First Picture of a Star Outside Our Galaxy, and TDIH - The Campaign to Make Sean Connery the First James Bond 23:40

20d ago23:40

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Scientists reconsider their understanding of shadow after they discover lasers – highly concentrated beams of light – can cast one. And scientists finally have a close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy – and it’s surrounded by something interesting. Plus, on This Day in History, the campaign to make Sean Connery James Bond starts. 'It invites…

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Rare Cosmic Event 40 Years Ago Changes What We Know About Uranus, Scientists Create a Mouse Using Ancient, Single-Cell Genes & TDIH: Smoking is Banned on US Domestic Flights 19:21

21d ago19:21

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New research points to a rare cosmic event just 40 years ago that changes what we know about Uranus’ magnetosphere. Also, scientists create a living, breathing mouse using ancient single-cell genes. Plus, on 'This Day in History'; smoking is banned on domestic flights in the US. Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmi…

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Weird Wednesday - Rats Driving Cars, King Richard III's Voice, and the 'Four Year Skip-Forward' Cruise. Plus, TDIH - The TV Movie That Helped the Cold War 26:58

23d ago26:58

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It’s Weird Wednesday, so we are covering scientists that gave rats cars to drive and what was learned from their behavior behind the wheel, King Richard III’s voice is recreated, and the “Four Year Skip-Forward” cruise. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the TV movie that helped change the course of the Cold War. Neuroscientists taught rats t…

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Part Two: A People's History of Potatoes 50:02

24d ago50:02

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In the second part of this reverse episode, author Wren Awry finishes teaching Margaret the complex and wonderful history of one of the best vegetables in the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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Sitting Can Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Amber Found in Antarctica for the First Time, and TDIH - The Nintendo Wii 27:07

23d ago27:07

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How sitting, reclining, or lying down during the day may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Amber is found in Antarctica for the first time and what information can be gained from it. Plus, on This Day in History, we take a look at the Nintendo Wii. Sitting too long can harm heart health, even for active people | ScienceDaily For the firs…

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Saber-Tooth Kitten Found, Largest Living Sea Creature Discovered, another "Doomsday Fish" Washed Ashore, and TDIH - U.S. Time Zones and the Teddy Bear 24:15

24d ago24:15

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The remains of a well-preserved saber-toothed kitten was found in Russia, the discovery of the largest known sea creature, and another “Doomsday Fish” washed ashore in California. Plus, on This Day in History, how the railroads help set the time zones in the United States and the history of Teddy Bears. Well-preserved remains of saber-toothed kitte…

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Part One: A People's History of Potatoes 57:45

25d ago57:45

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In this reverse episode, author Wren Awry teaches Margaret the complex and wonderful history of one of the best vegetables in the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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CZM Book Club: The Free Orcs of Cascadia by Margaret Killjoy 42:49

26d ago42:49

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It's a Book Club Rerun! Margaret Killjoy reads her short story, The Free Orcs of Cascadia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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The Fake Job Scam, Circular Homes Verus Hurricanes, and TDIH - The Art Advisor to the Queen Exposed as a Soviet Spy 31:44

27d ago31:44

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The latest scam - this one is based around finding a job and how circular homes are standing firm against hurricanes. Plus, on This Day in History, the art advisor to the Queen is exposed in Parliament as a Soviet spy and is stripped of his knighthood. How to protect yourself from scammers offering fake jobs | AP News Cybersecurity Awareness Month:…

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Ceres' Potential Icy Surface, Ancient Bird Skull Discovery Provides Incredible Insights & TDIH; The First Airplane to Take Off from a Ship 31:32

29d ago31:32

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The largest object in the asteroid belt may be 90% ice and water and an ancient fossil of a bird skull can help fill the gaps of avian evolution. Plus, on 'This Day in History', we look at the first airplane flight to take off from the deck of a ship. Near-Earth dwarf planet's surface is 90% covered by water - The Brighter Side of News An ancient a…

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Lung Cancer Breath Test, Weird Wed - Old Cake Sold, Gross Mystery Beach Balls, Monkey Escape, 'Wicked' Mistake, and TDIH - Big Ben Chimes for the First Time 22:59

1M ago22:59

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A breakthrough breath test could detect lung cancer in the early stages, plus Weird Wednesday has a 77-year-old cake piece sold at auction, gross mystery balls on Sydney's beaches that should be avoided, monkeys captured after escaping a research lab, and a 'Wicked' mistake. Also, on This Day in History, the original Big Ben chimes for the first ti…

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Cool Rerun Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works 1:00:14

1M ago1:00:14

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It's another Cool People Cool Rerun! Margaret finishes talking with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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Physicists Explain How Time Travel Could Become a Reality & On TDIH; The First Recorded Aerial Bombing on US Soil (w/ Unexpected Combatants) 28:51

1M ago28:51

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Perhaps STILL the stuff of Science Fiction, physicists explain how time travel could become a reality – and it’s not as 'out there' as you might initially think. Plus, on 'This Day in History'; The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil – and the combatants aren’t who you'd expect. How the Universe’s hidden ‘scars’ could unlock time travel Aerosp…

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Elephants Using a Tool, Attitude vs Aging, and TDIH - The First US Fraternity and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 25:02

1M ago25:02

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Elephants that may use a hose like a tool…and for a trick, plus your attitude on aging may impact your cognitive skills as you get older. Also, on This Day in History; the first US fraternity and the dedication for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Elephant turns a hose into a sophisticated showering tool | ScienceDaily A Positive Outlook on Aging i…

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Cool Rerun Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works 1:16:50

1M ago1:16:50

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It's a Cool People Cool Rerun! Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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CZM Book Club: Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla 25:34

1M ago25:34

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Book Club Rerun from the ol' ICHH archive - now with Book Club wrapping! Margaret Killjoy joins us to read a special spooky week ghost story about the 2nd American Civil War. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Av Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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Common Cold Medicine Could Be Pulled from the Market, New Information Revealed About Pompeii, and TDIH - The First US Detachable Electric Plug 23:26

1M ago23:26

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The FDA could pull a common but ineffective cold medicine from the market and new DNA analysis reveals what scientists got wrong about Pompeii. And, on TDIH, the first detachable electric plug in the US. FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market - CBS News U.S. FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medic…

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