Keep your child home from school if they hit this temperature
With children back at school after the summer holidays it is that time of year when illnesses and viruses can run riot. The mixing of lots of students together in …
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Your Car’s Thermometer Is Probably Wrong
Screenshot: Toyota USA YouTube No matter where you are in the country right now, it’s hot. (Wrong. —Ed.) From New York City to San Diego, it’s like God has set …
Americans brace for heat wave with temps in 90s, 100s
(NewsNation) — A heat dome could bringing triple-digit temperatures to regions throughout the United States on the heels of a record-hot May, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The …
Each of the Past 12 Months Broke Temperature Records
June 2023 did not seem like an exceptional month at the time. It was the warmest June in the instrumental temperature record, but monthly records haven’t exactly been unusual in …
22.8 million work suffer occupational injuries, 18,970 die every year globally due to excessive heat wave: ILO
Excessive heat results in an estimated 22.85 million occupational injuries, 18,970 deaths and 2.09 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) every year with large numbers of workers in Americas, Africa, the …
How to Measure the Calories in a Candy Bar—With Physics!
This Halloween, when you grab a candy bar, pay attention to the wrapper. In the United States, a “nutrition facts” label has been required for all packaged foods since 1994, …
September’s Record-Shattering Heat Was ‘Absolutely Gobsmackingly Bananas’
The global temperature numbers for September are in, and they are not good. “This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist—absolutely gobsmackingly bananas,” Zeke Hausfather posted Tuesday …
How to Cool an Object Without Using Any Energy
There are three ways that objects can have a thermal interaction with other objects. The most common method is through heat conduction. This happens when two objects of different temperatures …