Underwear Chronicles Nine: Otzi the Icem...

The Bunion Derby (featured in the last episode) also featured a few four-legged friends, including dogs named Blisters and Shin Splints. We'll also re-visit the Pony Express and meet the Chilean Recluse Spiders who have lived peacefully at the Finnish Museum of Natural History fo ... Show More

November of 2026 will mark the 100th Anniversary of Route 66, a highway that inspired road trips, neon signs, writers, singers, and even a movie about talking cars. But first, the Bunion Derby was a publicity stunt for attention on Route 66 and it was America's first cross-countr ... Show More

It was the best of swine, it was the worst of swine. This is a much requested episode: the great Pig War that almost launched a 3rd violent conflict between American and Great Britain. Enjoy the history and absurdity of it all. Also is the story behind an official breed of pigs k ... Show More

<p>Ötzi, otherwise known as the Iceman, is a renowned glacial mummy uncovered in 1991 in the Tyrolean Alps between Italy and Austria. Found by mountain hikers at 3,200 meters above sea level, his discovery was due to melting ice sheets and marked a significant archaeological brea ... Show More

In 1991, two hikers near the Austrian-Italian border discovered the 5,000 year-old mummified body of Otzi the Iceman buried in a glacier. What have we learned about medicine from the Iceman? From a fungus-based first aid kit, ancient acupuncture , analysis of paleofeces, hints ab ... Show More

Figuring out what foods were on ancient menus can be tricky, but a mummy called Ötzi the Iceman was preserved with his last meal still intact. Learn what scientists found out about his eating habits in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.how ... Show More

Find out about the geological science behind glaciation studies, the effect that ice ages have had on our ancestors and the story of Napi being chased across Canada by a sixteen thousand tonne quartzite rock. 

Today's episode of Nervous Rex is unlike any other. I was hiking in Joshua Tree when I came upon a caveman who recently thawed out after tens of thousands of years of being frozen and a block of ice. I brought him home and interviewed him and was surprised how nice and smart he w ... Show More

Who knew the Olympics includes sports where there is a serious risk of having your penis freeze into a thick THICK c*cksicle. The moral of the story is: don't go outside when it's cold. Not worth it. Multiple paralyzed folks who had their spinal cords severed are now able to walk ... Show More

While on a research trip to the Arctic in the early 20th century, scientist Clarence Birdseye — a name you might recognize from the frozen food aisle — made an observation that would go on to change the way we eat. 

When the Elder Knucklers’ lab turns into an accidental Antarctica, we race to stop their malfunctioning machine from freezing Dormere solid. With every second counting down to disaster and frost creeping uncontrolled, the stakes have never been higher. Ice wasn’t the only thing b ... Show More

Researchers put this ancient critter through a subzero gauntlet to learn more about what happens to their internal clock while surviving the extreme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices