Can We Get Mac and Cheese To Mars? (Cool Weird Awesome 138)

A mission to Mars would take years of travel - but today's space food doesn't last long enough. Scientists at Washington State University are working on a way to fix that.

By |2024-02-28T09:12:29-05:00September 30, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

In Casey, Illinois, Small Town Life Has Never Been Bigger (Cool Weird Awesome 137)

The small community of Casey, Illinois is home to the Big Things In A Small Town project, and this weekend someone will win a chance to sit in the world's largest rocking chair. Plus: tomorrow in Boulder City, Nevada, it’s the Wurst Festival. I’m not mocking the event, that's its name.

By |2023-06-29T10:30:30-04:00September 27, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

A Pole-Sitting Champ Finds Out It’s Lonely At The Top (Cool Weird Awesome 136)

Richard "Dixie" Blandy called himself the greatest flagpole sitter of all time - they say he spent more time atop flagpoles than most flags.

By |2019-09-26T06:29:42-04:00September 26, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

I See What You Did There, Brain Implant (Cool Weird Awesome 135)

UCLA is testing a brain implant that takes the images captured by a tiny camera and converts them into electrical impulses that stimulate the part of the brain responsible for sight. It helps blind people detect darkness and lightness, as well as sensing motion.

By |2021-03-25T10:37:50-04:00September 25, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

Turn Those Old Straws Into New Albums (Cool Weird Awesome 134)

The Straw Vinyl project has lined up some high-profile bands to release limited-edition vinyl records that are made out of plastic harvested from old straws. Then your hipster friends can say they were into keeping straws out of landfills before it was cool.

By |2021-04-27T10:23:59-04:00September 24, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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