"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In Andy Weir’s 2021 novel Project Hail Mary, the dimming of the sun by 5 to 10 percent is enough to cause ...

Professor Lewis Halsey as a participant in an experiment led by PhD student Chris Wolfe. The experiment primarily involves comparing the participant’s resting metabolic rate at room temperature and at ...

Over the past several years, extreme heat has frequently made the headlines. According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, 2023 was the hottest year on record globally, and some ...

W. Larry Kenney is a professor of physiology, kinesiology and human performance at Penn State; Daniel Vecellio is a geographer-climatologist and postdoctoral fellow at Penn State; Rachel Cottle is a ...

Record-setting heat waves have gripped the U.S. only weeks into summer, and at least 38 people are suspected to have died from heat-related issues so far this summer. Climate change is fueling new ...

Heat waves have always been part of summer, but the familiar short periods of oppressive conditions have grown into weeks to months of sweltering heat. Research has shown that heat waves have become ...