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Terracotta Is a 3,000-Year-Old Solution to Fighting Extreme HeatCompanies are adapting this humble clay-based ceramic to keep people cool—without electricityBy Jyoti Thakur edited by Sarah Lewin…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.With summer heat domes slamming down on parts of the U.S. and hurricane season ramping up, you’ve…

Abi Stephenson’s article about hyperemesis gravidarum – “extreme morning sickness” – carried me through memories, confirmation, horror and, at last, hope (Don’t call it morning sickness:…

Heatstroke and Extreme Heat can Hurt Health in the Long-Term, TooThe immediate harms of extreme heat are well documented, but a growing body of research suggests…

Ethnic minorities and people living in the most deprived areas of England are at increased risk of dying due to excess heat, according to research.A study,…

The technology secretary, Peter Kyle, has accused Nigel Farage of being on the side of “extreme pornographers” over his party’s pledge to scrap the Online Safety…

O n a long stretch of County Road 106 East, somewhere near the border of Texas and Oklahoma, three conspicuously souped-up trucks pull off to the…

Millions Swelter Under Relentless Heat Dome Smothering Eastern U.S.High humidity and low overnight temperatures will put tens of millions of people under heat alerts over the…

‘Corn Sweat’ Is Making This Heat Wave Even WorseHumid heat is blanketing the eastern U.S. this week, exacerbated by “corn sweat” in the MidwestBy Andrea Thompson…

Workers Have Died in Extreme Heat as OSHA Has Debated ProtectionsThe June heat dome contributed to the deaths of at least three people. They have died…