It Took Researchers Twenty Years To Figure Out The Rosetta Stone (Cool Weird Awesome 1279)

The Rosetta Stone unlocked a huge amount of knowledge about the ancient world. Or at least it would after scholars spent like two decades figuring out what it said. 

By |2024-07-19T07:14:08-04:00July 19, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Some American Hockey Players Develop Canadian-Ish Accents (Cool Weird Awesome 1249)

There’s some linguistic research that suggests that American hockey players sometimes start to sound more like Canadians as their hockey careers continue.

By |2024-05-31T09:01:43-04:00May 31, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

If Humans Start Living On Other Worlds, They Might End Up Creating New Accents (Cool Weird Awesome 1192)

Scientists and technicians are trying to figure out the logistics of off-Earth human bases. If that happens, there's some research that suggests the communities could end up developing their own accents.

By |2024-02-28T08:51:54-05:00February 28, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

The Letter Z Once Looked Like A Fancy Capital I (Cool Weird Awesome 1158)

This is our very last episode of 2023, so we’re telling the story of the final stop in our 26 letter alphabet: here’s where Z came from. 

By |2023-12-29T16:45:41-05:00December 29, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Teddy Roosevelt Tried To Change How We Spell Words (Cool Weird Awesome 1145)

Today in 1906 a vote in Congress put an end to one of President Theodore Roosevelt’s top priorities: simplifying the way we spell words. Or, as he would have preferred, spel wurds.

By |2023-12-12T11:05:18-05:00December 12, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

How “Hello” Became The English Language’s Way Of Saying Hello (Cool Weird Awesome 1130)

Today is World Hello Day, so we explain how and when English speakers started using the word "hello" to say hello.

By |2024-11-21T07:40:15-05:00November 21, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Some Of The World’s Languages Are Whistled (Cool Weird Awesome 954)

It's National Mother Language Day. Many of the world's thousands of languages are spoken, written and/or signed... and at least a few are whistled.

By |2024-02-21T06:13:43-05:00February 21, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

A Delicious Cookie With A Bad Name Won’t Taste As Sweet (Cool Weird Awesome 712)

Research from the Ohio State University just found that the words we use to describe food can affect how we perceive its taste. Erin Krakow Krakowmoji GIFfrom Erin Krakow GIFs [...]

By |2024-02-08T08:56:45-05:00February 8, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

An Email Mixup Led To A Very Strange Welsh Road Sign (Cool Weird Awesome 645)

This week in 2008, local officials in Swanzey tried to get English-to-Welsh translation for a road sign they wanted to put up. They got a Welsh sentence in response, but it wasn't what they thought.

By |2024-10-29T08:01:47-04:00October 29, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Babies Babble, And So Do Baby Bats (Cool Weird Awesome 610)

If you’ve ever been around a baby you probably heard some cooing, gurgling and babbling, as the babies try to make the sounds adults make. Some new research finds if you spend time with baby bats, you might hear them doing essentially the same thing.

By |2024-09-10T06:42:08-04:00September 10, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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