How to stay warm when you're working from home (without turning the heating on)

Keeping your fingers and toes warm is the key.

Hugh Montgomery, Professor of intensive Care Medicine, UCL • conversation
Dec. 7, 2022 • ~7 min

Sea otters demonstrate that there is more to muscle than just movement – it can also bring the heat

New research finds that ‘leaky mitochondria’ help keep sea otters warm.

Randall Davis, Regents Professor, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University • conversation
Dec. 2, 2021 • ~7 min

People's bodies now run cooler than 'normal' – even in the Bolivian Amazon

'Normal' body temperature has declined in urban, industrialized settings like the US and UK. Anthropologists find the trend extends to Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon – but why?

Thomas Kraft, Postdoctoral Scholar in Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara • conversation
Oct. 28, 2020 • ~8 min

Thermal cameras aren't perfect, but they can help control the coronavirus pandemic

Using infrared thermal imaging to screen for COVID19 poses no risk to the public but must be done correctly to be reliable.

Hamish Laing, Professor of Enhanced Innovation, Engagement and Outcomes, Swansea University • conversation
July 30, 2020 • ~7 min

'Normal' human body temperature is a range around 98.6 F – a physiologist explains why

'Normal' body temperature varies from person to person by age, time of day, where it's measured, and even menstrual cycle. External conditions also influence your thermometer reading.

JohnEric Smith, Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University • conversation
June 16, 2020 • ~9 min

Global warming now pushing heat into territory humans cannot tolerate

'Wet-bulb' temperature records show that deadly thresholds for heat and humidity are arriving faster than anticipated.

Colin Raymond, Postdoctoral Researcher, California Institute of Technology • conversation
May 20, 2020 • ~7 min

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