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In a recent article, a number of scientists at Stanford (Protsiv et al.) raised the puzzling question of why the average human body temperature has decreased since the Industrial Revolution. Our ...

We grow up learning that our normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees fahrenheit. And while that's largely true, there's some ...

With climate change causing temperatures to rise across the globe, extreme heat is becoming more common — and thus a bigger health threat. The human body is resilient, but it can only handle so much.