Heat
US to test Active Denial System energy weapon for potential use along border with Mexico - report
Despite being nonlethal, potential use of the weapon system on the US-Mexico border has raised concerns over potential direct and indirect harm to its targets.
Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires, spoiling food
Archaeologists unearth medieval convent’s heating system during renovations in Switzerland
Thousands of hectares in flames as Belgium's biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany
Unprecedented and extreme weather to hit Middle East, Mediterranean
The German and Cypriot researchers that conducted the research warn that this will soon become a reality unless “immediate, ambitious and transboundary climate action is taken.”
Israeli Kibbutz Tirat Zvi holds the 3rd highest temperature ever recorded
The Kibbutz was established on June 30, 1937, as a "Tower and Stockade" settlement intended to mark the southern limit of Jewish settlements in the Bet Shean valley.
Brace for heatwaves: weekend Israeli weather forecast
There will be an increase in temperatures in the mountains and in the interior of the country and it will be hotter than usual for the season.
Heat exhaustion: What is it and how can it be treated or prevented?
Heat exhaustion comes from overheating and high temperatures and isn't usually serious - but it can become something life threatening if measures aren't taken to cool down.
Heat waves are most dangerous in cold countries -Soroka Med
Much of Europe has been sweltering under temperatures near 40 degrees centigrade, sending residents of England, France, Italy and elsewhere to historical fountains in cities to jump in and cool off.
South Florida toddler dies after being left in a hot car outside a Jewish school
Florida has the second-highest number of hot car deaths in the United States.
This fan trick will help you sleep better in the summer heat
Do you sleep worse in the summer? Don’t panic, this will pass when the heatwave dissipates, but there’s a really simple method to get cool right now.
Our brains can reach over 40°C - study
When it’s 40 degrees Celsius, it’s so hot that we fall into bed exhausted and depleted. Yet new research has found that certain parts of our brains are at this high temperature. How is this possible?
You make me so hot: Attractiveness rises in worms exposed to higher temps - study
The study shows that environmental stressors can indirectly cause genetic changes through epigenetic inheritance.
Extreme heat may impact younger people more than elderly - study
This information is reportedly only being uncovered now because previous studies had only looked at hospitalizations among older adults.
