An artist’s depiction of heat moving through a superfluid. Illustration: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT Physicists at MIT have spotted the second sound of a superfluid. Besides being pleasantly ...

Meanwhile, nearly 750 heat-related deaths have been reported in Spain and neighboring Portugal in the heat wave there. The highest temperature previously recorded in Britain was 38.7 C (101.7 F ...

Anchorage residents swim and lounge at Goose Lake to beat the afternoon heat on Thursday. A soon-to-be-published study details how summer heat can cause medical emergencies for Alaskans. (Photo by ...

What To Watch For The temperature in Athens is predicted to reach as high as 113 degrees on Sunday, which would break the city’s all-time record of 112.6 degrees set in 2007. Tangent ...

Where people experience highly dangerous heat Days with wet-bulb globe temperature in the sun above 89.6°F 0 1 30 60 90 180 days+ 2000 2050 Delhi, India Delhi, India Delhi, India Delhi, India 128 ...

Blame the heat index, also called “apparent temperature.” It’s a combination of air temperature and humidity, and it measures what the body actually feels, CNN meteorologist Haley Brink said.

Scientists estimate climate change has made extreme heat 30 times more likely in India, and the World Bank has flagged India is likely to be one of the first places in the world where heat waves ...

The wet-bulb globe temperature is one way meteorologists quantify heat. It includes not just the air’s temperature, but also factors including humidity, wind, and sunlight.

A separate heat wave in east Asia sent the mercury soaring there—Zhuoxi, Taiwan, hit 106 degrees Friday, setting a new record for the hottest temperature ever recorded on the island, while Sheng ...

Wet-bulb temperature measures the combination of heat and humidity, which can hamper the human body’s ability to cool itself if at too high a level.