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Another Weird Wednesday episode. Today we are reanimating life as scientists successfully revive brain tissue, and a 46,000-year-old worm comes back to the world of the living. Plus, we learn what mummies smelled like. On This Day in History, the Catholic Church bans Galileo from teaching his theory that the Earth rotates around the sun.
Scientists Successfully Revived Brain Tissue from Suspended Animation | Popular Mechanics
Mouse Brain Slices Were Frozen For A Week, Brought Back To Life | BroBible
Frozen worm comes back to life after 46,000 years - Earth.com
A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost | CNN
Ancient Egyptian mummies smell 'sweet' and 'spicy', researchers say | Offbeat News | Sky News
What Does a Mummy Smell Like? Scientists Uncover Surprising Truth | SciTechDaily
The truth about Galileo and his conflict with the Catholic Church | UCLA
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Stanford chemist develops a method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and vast hydrogen reservoirs likely reside in our mountains -- a renewable energy source that is difficult to produce synthetically. Plus, on This Day in History, Congress authorizes the first paper currency in the US.
Scientists discover low-cost way to trap carbon using common rocks | Stanford Report
Massive new energy source could be hiding in Earth’s mountains | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Legal Tender Act passed to help finance the Civil War | February 25, 1862 | HISTORY
Legal Tender Act passed, Feb. 25, 1862 - POLITICO
Greenbacks "First Legal Tender Act" February 25, 1862
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One Japanese motor company unveiled a hydrogen powered motorcycle and an amateur photographer captures a spacewalk. This Day in History; the Supreme Court decision that allows a federal court to overturn an act of Congress, if they violate the U.S. Constitution.
Kawasaki H2 HySE hydrogen powered concept unveiled | Motorcycle News
Not gasoline, not electricity — Japan launches a 22-century motorcycle | EcoNews
Marbury v. Madison ‑ Definition, Summary & Significance | HISTORY
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On today's episode, our solar system is being invaded by particles from another star system and combating cancer by switching tumor cells back into healthy cells. Plus, on This Day in History, the first electric burglar alarm is installed.
[2502.03224] A Case Study of Interstellar Material Delivery: α Centauri
Almanac: The burglar alarm - CBS News
Our Father's Beginning | Wayback Machine
Who Was Augustus Russell Pope | Wayback Machine
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Today, bacteria are in the limelight as we discover how bacteria could help solve crimes and how coffee can help boost beneficial gut bacteria. On This Day in History, we go underground for the construction of the Chicago freight tunnels.
Can Bacteria Solve Crimes? The "Sexome" Could Help Catch Sexual Predators | ZME Science
Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium | Scientific American
Chicago's Freight Tunnels - Under Your Feet - The University of Chicago Library
Chicago's Forgotten Underground Freight Tunnels - Chicago Detours
Chicago Freight Tunnels - Atlas Obscura
Frederic Delaitre's Lost Subways / Chicago Freight Subway
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This Weird Wednesday episode covers the colorful feather shaped clouds are spotted on Mars, a kayaker that was swallowed by a whale, and alligators (along with other animals) that are being found in the sewers. Plus, on This Day in History, the WWII bombing of Darwin Australia.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars - NASA
NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Feather-Shaped Clouds on Mars - Science Magazine
Humpback whale swallows kayaker before releasing him: Video | AP News
Kayaker survives being swallowed by humpback whale in Chile | World News | Sky News
Watch: Kayaker ends up in the mouth of humpback whale - UPI.com
Scientists ‘surprised’ to find abundance of alligators in city’s sewer system | The Independent
The Bombing of Darwin Remembered | Naval History Magazine - April 2022 Volume 36, Number 2
Bombing of Darwin | Australian War Memorial
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Today, we focus on the brain. A new study looks at what is happening in your brain when there is a word “on the tip of your tongue” and researchers discover the brain cells that tell you when to stop eating. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the first vacuum cleaner.
What happens in your brain when there’s a word ‘on the tip of the tongue’? | ZME Science
Researchers discover the brain cells that tell you to stop eating | ScienceDaily
Hubert Cecil Booth: biography and inventions - science - 2025
Made up in Britain: Vacuum cleaner : Hubert Cecil Booth 1901
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Wills are used to list what happens to our physical goods after we die, but how should you plan ahead for your digital assets after death? We have a list of ways to prepare your digital life after passing. Plus, some bison are reintroduced to the Great Plains to help restore the ecosystem. On This Day in History, we go back to the American Civil War for the first submarine to sink an enemy warship.
How to add a Legacy Contact for your Apple Account – Apple Support (UK)
About Inactive Account Manager - Google Account Help
Request to Memorialize or Remove an Account | Facebook Help Center
Contacting X about a deceased family member's account
One Tech Tip: What to do when you have too many passwords to remember | AP News
The Search and Recovery – The Friends of The Hunley
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Beavers build a much-needed dam that would have cost $1.2 million to make otherwise and how Omega 3 can slow your aging. Plus, on This Day in History, YouTube celebrates its 20th anniversary. We take a look back at the start of the company and where it is at today.
Beavers Built a $1.2M Dam for Free — And Saved a Czech River | ZME Science
This one supplement could slow your biological age | BBC Science Focus Magazine
YouTube turns 20! The numbers behind the platform - BBC Bitesize
February 14 marks the 20th anniversary of YouTube's founding - Tubefilter
YouTube Statistics: Revenue & Growth (2025)
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The chances have slightly increased for an asteroid collision with Earth or the Moon in 2032 and what that means for us. Plus, how turmeric may help restore antibiotic effectiveness and assist with fighting superbugs. On This Day in History, the first magazine in the United States is published.
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says - ABC News
An asteroid has a very small chance to hit Earth. What happens if it does? - oregonlive.com
Asteroid 2024 YR4 headed towards Earth could hit Moon, scientists say | The Independent
Researchers Defang Deadly Hospital Superbugs Using a Pinch of Turmeric | Good News Network
The History of American Magazines
History of Magazine Publishing – Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy, Second Edition
History Of Magazines | When Were The First Magazines Invented?
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