Stories tagged "temperature"

Conditions and observations recorded for 112 years at a New York resort offer hints of the effects of global warming.

I've never heard of anyone suffering from heat stroke or hypothermia at the office, but that doesn't mean the masses are comfortable.

Flu time! That horrible time of year where your whole body feels pretty average, and your tissue box is constantly out of tissues! This year I copped it pretty hard - I had three days in bed, and one failed attempt at returning to work too early...

A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the subjective interpretation of temperature change is decreased in older adults, particularly those who suffer from insomnia.

Tips for bringing a high temperature down.

These days there is less talk in cutting-edge kitchens about burners and B.T.U.’s: cold is the new heat and it’s an underexploited asset in the kitchen.

Kidney stones are more common in hotter climes. A new study suggests that as the climate warms in general, more and more people will develop the condition

Global temperatures did not dip sharply in the 1940s as the conventional graph shows, scientists believe. They say an abrupt dip of 0.3C in 1945 actually reflects a change in how temperatures were measured at sea.

Care of food in the home involves precautions in a number of areas. Approximately 88% of all case of food poisoning can be traced to handling of food at improper temperatures.

As the planet warms, plant species in Europe have been moving into higher elevations to stay within ideal temperature zones at a rate of about ten feet (three meters) a year, a new study shows.