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Smelling chocolate helped men complete more reps without feeling more tired Smelling dark chocolate before training may improve workout performance Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New material could change what happens when a car crashes Newly found metal foam could cut car crash severity by 48% without adding weight Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers Use Math to Ensure a Wordle Win 99% of the Time Scientists Found a Wordle Trick That Solves 99% of Puzzles Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Children’s developing brains have a surprising advantage Kids' brains are built for distraction. Sometimes that's a good thing Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Original Picasso Stolen 8 Years Ago Found Hanging in Vacant Apartment by Milwaukee Landlord Picasso print stolen from Milwaukee art gallery in 2018 found by landlord while cleaning apartment Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forests recovered, but trillions of cicadas may take centuries to return Periodical cicadas may be doomed to extinction Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S. Carolina Aquarium Celebrates ‘Baby Boom’ of Critically-Endangered Penguin Chicks S.C. aquarium celebrates 'Lucky Seven' penguin baby boom Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Red Sea Coral Dying From Heat Stress is Being Revived With Probiotics Scientists revive coral dying from heat using live bacteria Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindfulness may lower blood pressure in just 8 weeks Mindfulness May Lower Blood Pressure In Eight Weeks, But Regular Practice Appears Key To The Benefits Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much of our personality comes down to genetics? Anxious or outgoing? Huge study links ‘Big Five’ personality traits to genetic variants Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pokémon Fans Rally to Help Child After He Was Scammed Out of His Most Valuable Card Pokémon Fans Rally Around Young Fan Scammed at Pokémon XP Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ordinary Wi-Fi can identify people with nearly 100% accuracy Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Honey bees can warn us when an ecosystem is in trouble Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World’s Oldest Person Celebrates 117 Years of a ‘Nonconfrontational’ Approach to Life World's oldest person celebrates turning 117 Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA is about to launch a powerful new eye on the universe Ohio State helps NASA mission lift off to scan the cosmos Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists may have found a shortcut to calorie restriction’s anti-aging benefits Cutting Calories to Slow Aging—Without Compromising Health Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Smartphone Preference a Left or Right Brain Thing? Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A ghostly ribbon of stars reveals hidden dark matter Astronomers Discover a Ghostly River of Stars That Could Reveal Dark Matter Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dolphins hunt with sound, but their prey may be listening back Snooping robot reveals how dolphins use sound to hunt and socialize Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Construction Worker Discovers Gold Hoard After Literally Striking a Gold Bar with His Jackhammer Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tomatoes beat drought by using water at just the right time How tomato 'golden hour' research could help crops survive heat waves and drought Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quick Thinking Air Traffic Controller Caught Mistake and Prevented Possible ‘Disastrous’ Incident in Phoenix Air traffic controller catches two planes with same call sign, averting disaster Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere Starlink Satellites Could Help Scientists Reveal New Details About Earth’s Upper Atmosphere Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California Creek Restoration Helps Young Salmon Grow Twice as Fast—And Doubles Their Survival Rate Can Habitat Restoration Help Salmon Recover? Prairie Creek Offers Clues Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A vest tested on the Artemis I mission blocked some radiation exposure Radiation-shielding vest aced Artemis I lunar test, could protect astronauts on moon and Mars missions Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices