Growing Bone Tissue With Sound Waves

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology took stem cells and treated them with high-frequency sound waves, which was enough to convert them into bone cells.

By |2024-12-16T09:55:30-05:00March 3, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Ora Nichols Took Radio Sound Effects To The Next Level

Today is National Radio Day, so it's a good day to talk about one of the legends of old-time radio: sound effects virtuoso Ora Nichols.

By |2024-12-10T08:32:36-05:00August 20, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

The Guy Who Collected The “Sound Of Kmart’s Glory Days”

People like to collect all kinds of things, but Mark Davis had a collection that even he thought was a little unusual: cassettes containing the music and announcements that K-Mart stores used to play over their speaker systems, complete with announcements from "KMRT - K-Mart Radio."

By |2024-12-10T08:33:23-05:00March 1, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Victor Lustig, The Con Artist Who Sold The Eiffel Tower

Today is (we think) the birthday of Victor Lustig, perhaps the most notorious scammer of all time. He swindled Al Capone once and "sold" the Eiffel Tower twice! Plus: if you need help relaxing these days, try the ambient soundscapes of Swiss artist Zimoun.

By |2024-12-10T09:14:13-05:00January 4, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

A Guy Who Snagged Richard Nixon’s Half-Eaten Sandwich Still Has It 60 Years Later

This week in 1960, Richard Nixon campaigned at a cookout in Sullivan, Illinois, eating some of a Buffalo barbecue sandwich before giving his speech. A young Boy Scout, Steve Jenne, took the rest of Nixon's sandwich home and has kept it in the freezer for the last 60 years!

By |2024-12-16T08:02:35-05:00September 24, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

The US Almost Had A 49th State Called Absaroka

In 1939 some ranchers in the West proposed taking parts out of Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana and creating a new state, called Absaroka. It never won approval from Congress but it did have its own license plates and beauty pageant.

By |2024-12-02T08:58:16-05:00August 28, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

When Steel Wire Was The Hip New Way To Record Sound

Before there was digital recording, we had cassettes, reel to reels, phonographs, and even wire recordings! That's a little-known system that was invented at the very end of the 19th century.

By |2024-12-12T21:27:08-05:00August 20, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

If You Miss Eating At Restaurants, Maybe These Ambient Sound Playlists Will Help

Missing the sounds of a full restaurant on a Saturday night? Several well-known ambient sound apps and platforms feature a wide range of soundscapes, including restaurants.

By |2024-12-02T10:08:39-05:00May 5, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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