The first heat wave of the summer is here — and it’s not even technically summer yet. These hotter-than-average temperatures will continue to envelop the Midwest and Northeast this week, bringing ...

In Miller's lab, these participants are safe: He brings them close to the heat-stroke threshold of a 105-degree core body temperature in the name of science, to test the efficacy of different ...

Nearly 87 million Americans across the Midwest and Northeast are under extreme heat warnings this week, with the National Weather Service warning of "extremely dangerous" temperatures and triple-digit ...

July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. It could even be the hottest month in human history. That heat has tested the limits of our very bodies to tragic effect: In 2003, an estimated 70,000 ...

Temperatures continue to set records across the U.S. — and the extreme heat can have a life-threatening impact on your body. Forecasters said the long-duration heat wave is extremely dangerous, ...

Recent weeks have seen record-breaking heat on three separate continents. The United States clocked the largest number of heat warnings ever, parts of China simultaneously roasted, and Europe’s ...

Human-caused climate change has already made heat waves around the world more frequent and intense. Scientists who study the role of global warming on weather say that every heat wave today bears the ...

Thursday is the official start of summer, and the changing of seasons has brought oppressive, unprecedented weather to the North East. What we’re experiencing has been dubbed a “heat dome,” wherein ...

In the The Matrix film, unwitting humans’ body heat was siphoned off by machines to use as their energy source. Although that might not be the ideal situation to find ourselves in, the basis of the ...

Despite their frequency, many people misunderstand what a fever means, when it’s dangerous and how best to manage it. Here’s ...

Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. While the human body is able to withstand high temperatures, unprecedented extreme heat driven by climate change is ...