Rock Fans In The Soviet Union Turned Old X-Ray Plates Into Bootleg LPs (Cool Weird Awesome 756)

In the 1940s and 50s, some people in the Soviet Union broke the law and produced makeshift records on old X-ray plates just to hear Western music that the government censored.

By |2022-04-15T08:46:27-04:00April 15, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Here’s A Bacterium That Can “Eat” Metal (Cool Weird Awesome 661)

With a little help from a Chilean scientist, Leptospirillum ferriphilum can dissolve old iron nails in just a few days, a process that previously took months. That could help deal with the water pollution that comes from metal left over from old mines.

By |2023-11-22T08:26:58-05:00November 22, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

A Little Dryer That Vacuums All The Water Out of Clothes (Cool Weird Awesome 447)

If one of your new year’s resolutions is to see if you can cut down on your energy use, this might be a way to do it: a tabletop laundry dryer that can finish a cycle in just 15 minutes. Plus: ever tried listening to a record made of chocolate? You can.

By |2020-12-30T07:37:13-05:00December 30, 2020|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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