Background Global warming poses a significant threat to human mental health, with disproportionate effects on vulnerable and ...

To determine the wind chill factor for the forecast, the National Weather Service utilizes wind speed in miles per hour and ...

These symptoms make it all the more incredible that in 1999, radiologist Anna Bågenholm made a full recovery after her body temperature dropped to 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s the lowest body ...

Researchers have uncovered that the body uses different molecular systems to sense cold in the skin versus internal organs.

Malaria mosquitoes track humans by scent, not random flight, revealing why some people are bitten more at night.

A new study shows rapid temperature changes between days are rising worldwide. These sharp swings affect regions where most ...

In other words, “Warm touch reminds us that we are connected, valued, and part of a social world,” says Dr Crucianelli. “Humans are wired for social closeness, and hugs briefly dissolve the boundary ...

Throughout history, people have had to find ways to cope with varying environmental conditions. Whether they lived in a hot or cold climate or had access to plentiful or limited water, they adapted ...

Common knowledge says that your body temperature should be 98.6 degrees F and that a high or low body temperature signals something is wrong. But that's not quite true. In general, normal body ...

An oppressive heat dome has gripped the eastern U.S. this week, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue heat warnings for nearly 170 million Americans. To make matters worse, severe ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...