The reason why the humidity makes it feel hotter than the actual temperature is because of our sweat. Our bodies like to stay near 98.6 degrees, so when our body temperature rises sweat is released ...

Most biochemical reactions accelerate as temperature increases, but our daily circadian rhythms, which are underlain by gene regulatory and biochemical networks, remain constant, even as temperatures ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s that time of the year again when heat and humidity cause sweltering temperatures across Kentucky and southern Indiana. You’ve likely heard about the heat index mentioned once or ...

For the 2024-25 academic year, which begins Aug. 12 for the Houston Independent School District, the University Interscholastic League is recommending that schools use the wet bulb globe temperature ...

Some 12,000 years ago, at the start of the current geologic epoch called the Holocene, the average global temperature was roughly 6 degrees Centigrade lower than the average temperature from then to ...