The walking and jumping robot inspired by the springtail insect. We also look at the two key times in your life where you will age the most. On This Day in History, John Dillinger breaks out of prison using only a wooden gun.

A springtail-like jumping robot | ScienceDaily

A springtail-like jumping robot | YouTube Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Study Finds Humans Age Faster at 2 Sharp Peaks – Here's When : ScienceAlert

A springtail-inspired multimodal walking-jumping microrobot | Science Robotics

Science Says Your Body Starts 'Breaking Down' Quicker at These 2 Ages | Health.com

Nonlinear dynamics of multi-omics profiles during human aging | Nature Aging

John Dillinger’s wooden gun and death mask preserve notorious moments in his life - The Mob Museum

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Today’s episode brings us the converting of aircraft wind (from jet engines) into energy, the fossilized bee that is puzzling scientists, and on This Day in History; the invention of Nylon.

US airport installs world’s first pods that turn jet blast into power | Interesting Engineering

Incredible 14.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bee Discovered In New Zealand | IFLScience

Scientists Just Unearthed a 14.6-Million-Year-Old "Bee Fossil"—Its Origins Don’t Make Sense | Daily Galaxy

A bee from the middle Miocene Hindon Maar of southern New Zealand (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) - Scientific Publications of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris

Nylon and the Double Helix

Wallace Hume Carrothers

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How to get a good night’s sleep - anxiety and when you go to sleep can affect your slumber. Plus, a famous ocean liner will soon be a reef and tourist attraction off the coast of Florida. On This Day in History, we go back to the start of Mardi Gras.

Always tired? A fixed bedtime matters more than sleep duration, study finds | Science Focus

Anxiety stopping you sleeping? Here’s how to overcome bedtime worries, according to a psychologist | Science Focus

SS United States begins journey to become world's largest artificial reef | AP News

SS United States Florida destiny: World's largest artificial reef | Pensacola News Journal

Mardi Gras ‑ Meaning, Origin & Traditions | HISTORY

Mardi Gras Kicks Off in New Orleans on This Day in 1827 - Programming Insider

On this day in history, Feb. 27, 1827, New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras for first time | National | foxbangor.com

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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

A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival with C. elegans dauer larva | PLOS Genetics

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

Goodbye to gasoline and electricity: Japan revolutionizes the world with its new futuristic motorcycle - AS USA

Not gasoline, not electricity — Japan launches a 22-century motorcycle | EcoNews

An Amateur Photographer Captured a Rare Shot of a NASA Astronaut Spacewalking from Earth |ZME Science

Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 'That's impact probability zero folks! | Space.com/MSN

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.

Scientists Think Visitors From Another Star System May Have Infiltrated Our Galactic Neighborhood | Popular Mechanics

'Cosmic Highway' Discovered: How Alpha Centauri’s Debris May Link Our Solar System to Faraway Stars | Daily Galaxy

[2502.03224] A Case Study of Interstellar Material Delivery: α Centauri

Fighting Cancer Without Fighting: Scientists Switch Tumor Cells Back to Healthy Ones at 'Critical' Moment | Good News Network

​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

'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video) | Space

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: British engineer revolutionised cleaning by sucking up dust with his mouth | The Independent | The Independent

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

Bison Ranchers Return Thousands of Animals to Native Lands and Witness Total Rejuvenation of Ecosystem

H. L. Hunley Wreck (1864)

The Search and Recovery – The Friends of The Hunley

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