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How is the heat index calculated, and why is it more important than the air temperature during some heat waves?

Butlr uses body heat to track physical interactions and movement in the workplace. This helps clients save money through ...

A team of researchers from Emory and Georgia Tech have developed a new device to help outdoor workers monitor how heat is ...

Learn how to create a simple heart rate monitor using an Arduino Pro Mini, PulseSensor, and OLED display. This ...

During extremely hot days, the risk of heat stroke rises dramatically. If someone suffers from heat stroke, a strategy ...

Outreach workers from the nonprofit Horizon House are checking on people experiencing homelessness during the heat wave.

Commentary Comment: Frequency of heat waves should have us in a cold sweat The U.S. is unprepared for heat waves’ effects and is going the wrong way on the climate crisis behind them. Saturday ...

This development could help design technologies for the harshest environments on Earth and in space, where standard materials ...

Actress Maggie Q says she’ll watch a serial killer documentary just before bedtime. Consider it an occupational hazard. In the new series, “Ballard,” she plays a detective who’s put in ...

'Ice cream reminded me of kids': Dubai workers get free juice, water amid summer heat 'When you are climbing up and down in this heat, even your helmet feels like an oven,' one worker joked ...