We might be able to blame the heat for our bad decisions: A small study published this week found that college students who lived in dorms without air conditioning during a heat wave did worse on ...

WASHINGTON — If you’ve ever felt foggy, unfocused or downright sluggish on a hot summer day, you’re not imagining things. Science says extreme heat doesn’t just make you sweat, it can also mess with ...

Heat pumps – heating and cooling systems that run entirely on electricity – have been getting a lot of attention recently. They’ve been called the “most overlooked climate solution” and “an answer to ...

A new study finds that long-term heat therapy may increase mitochondrial function in the muscles. The discovery could lead to new treatments for people with chronic illness or disease. A new study ...

This week marked a grim record for Earth’s climate, as temperatures repeatedly hit — and passed — levels not seen in 125,000 years, according to government scientists. For context, the last time ...

If you feel like this summer has, so far, been hotter than ever before, you're not wrong. Around the Fourth of July, meteorologists said that all-time heat records were not only being recorded all ...