Electric Cutlery Can Make Food Taste Saltier Without Being Saltier (Cool Weird Awesome 937)

If you’re trying to eat healthier in the new year, maybe by cutting back on salt, here’s something that might help: cutlery that can make food seem saltier without the added salt.

By |2023-01-27T09:04:07-05:00January 27, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

There’s A Plastic-Free Food Wrap You Kind Of Spray On

Plastic food wrap is useful stuff, but not eco-friendly. Now Rutgers University has a green alternative, and it’s not exactly wrap. You kind of spray it on.

By |2024-12-07T20:04:55-05:00July 28, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Tenino, Washington, The Town That Makes Its Own Money Out Of Wood (Cool Weird Awesome 817)

Digital currencies are having a rough 2022, but one alternative currency has been doing pretty well for itself lately. That’s the wooden money made in Tenino, Washington.

By |2024-07-25T07:03:15-04:00July 25, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

What Exactly Is A Calorie And Why Do So Many People Loathe Them Every January?

One of the classic changes people try to make at this time of year, for better or for worse, is trying to cut calories. But what are calories, exactly, and where did the measurement come from?

By |2024-12-07T21:01:09-05:00January 3, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Yuan Longping Developed The Rice That Fed Millions

Yuan Longping, born today in 1930, was known as the Father of Hybrid Rice, and his work saved countless people from famine and starvation. Here's more of his story.

By |2024-12-07T08:20:36-05:00September 7, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Shape-Shifting Pasta Could Be The Next Big Sustainable Thing (Cool Weird Awesome 553)

We use a lot of energy to ship goods, but it's not always very efficient. With pasta, for example, most of what we're shipping is the air in the box. So a team at Carnegie Mellon University found a way to make flat-packed pasta that changes shape as it cooks. Plus: the New York Times briefly published a story that claimed "Fields of Watermelon Found on Mars, Police Say." It was almost certainly a test page, but still, maybe the Mars rover should do a quick check. 

By |2021-06-09T08:36:44-04:00June 9, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Order A Cold Sandwich And You May Be More Likely To Get Sides, Too

A study out of Rutgers University-Camden finds people who order cold sandwiches instead of hot ones also pick up chips, cookies and other sides much more often. Why?

By |2024-12-07T21:01:53-05:00March 3, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Put This Sensor On Your Food And See If It’s Safe To Eat

A sensor developed at MIT uses a set of microneedles to push through packaging and determine whether the food inside is safe to eat, which could prevent food waste and help head off outbreaks of salmonella.

By |2024-12-08T07:57:39-05:00September 17, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Alice Coachman Raised The Bar For Team USA

We don’t have the Olympic Games right now, but we can still mark a big Olympic moment that happened on this day in 1948: the day Alice Coachman became the first Black woman to win Olympic gold.

Even For Meringue This Meringue Is Light (Cool Weird Awesome 166)

This meringue is just about the lightest dessert ever made. We guarantee you won’t think it's too filling.

By |2024-06-19T11:59:27-04:00November 7, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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