Cold Plunges and Unicorns

Cold Plunges and Unicorns

What can extreme cold teach us about the human body—and ourselves? In this episode, Director of the Human Energetics Laboratory and anthropologist Cara Ocobock takes listeners inside her research on human adaptation, from subzero fieldwork in Finland with reindeer herders to lab studies on metabolism, cold exposure, and hunting unicorns. She also unpacks popular cold-plunge trends, what science actually says about them, and how lessons from our ancestors can help us understand resilience, wellness, and the remarkable ways humans have survived across time. Show links: Episode page The Winter Olympics, equality in sports, and exercising in the cold ‘Woman the hunter’: Studies aim to correct history Women’s higher resting metabolic rates in cold environments could be thyroid requirements for pregnancy, researcher says

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(93)

Inside Artemis II mission control

Inside Artemis II mission control

For seven hours, Notre Dame alumna Kelsey Young ’09 sat in NASA mission control, listening as astronauts described the moon in real time from a vantage point no human had ever experienced before. You...

5 Touko 15min

What happened to the American family?

What happened to the American family?

In this episode of Notre Dame Stories, Melissa Kearney, economist and director of the Strengthening Families Research Initiative, explores the decline in marriage, the rise of single-parent households...

7 Huhti 14min

How do you measure success?

How do you measure success?

What does it really mean to be successful?  Joe Holt has lived enough lives to make most résumés look boring—including time as a Jesuit priest, a stockbroker, a corporate attorney, and even an Ironma...

11 Maalis 13min

A human-centered framework for AI Ethics

A human-centered framework for AI Ethics

Questions about artificial intelligence are everywhere—shaping public debate, influencing industry, and surfacing deep uncertainties about what it means to be human. At Notre Dame, philosopher Meghan ...

4 Joulu 202513min

New tech to help stop the spread of bird flu

New tech to help stop the spread of bird flu

On a family farm in Ohio, more than a million hens produce eggs that fill grocery shelves across the Midwest. Behind the scenes, farmers like Jordan and Thomas Hertzfeld are working tirelessly to keep...

5 Marras 202514min

Improving Hurricane Forecasts

Improving Hurricane Forecasts

How do you improve hurricane forecasts? By studying one of the most powerful and destructive forces on Earth up close—where the ocean meets the atmosphere. In this episode of Notre Dame Stories, Pr...

1 Loka 202513min

A better start for NICU families: Notre Dame leads the way in neonatal intensive care research

A better start for NICU families: Notre Dame leads the way in neonatal intensive care research

In this episode, Kathleen Kolberg, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Science, Office of the Dean, Assistant Director of the Center for Health Sciences Advising, shares how Notre Dame helped set the st...

29 Touko 202532min

Suosittua kategoriassa Koulutus

rss-murhan-anatomia
psykopodiaa-podcast
voi-hyvin-meditaatiot-2
rss-narsisti
rss-liian-kuuma-peruna
kesken
psykologia
rss-niinku-asia-on
rss-rahamania
rss-koira-haudattuna
rss-arkea-ja-aurinkoa-podcast-espanjasta
rss-hereilla
rss-duodecim-lehti
rss-valo-minussa-2
rss-vapaudu-voimaasi
rahapuhetta
rss-keskeneraiset-aidit
rss-luonnollinen-synnytys-podcast
rss-tietoinen-yhteys-podcast-2
rss-positiivisesti-vittumainen