One degree celsius can make a difference: a team of investigators led by Osaka University has demonstrated regulation of a critical protein complex that occurs only at physiological temperature.

Feeling warm or cold doesn’t just register on the skin—it changes how connected we feel to our own bodies. Research shows that temperature sensations help shape body ownership, emotional regulation, ...

Metabolism and thyroid hormones: a close relationship. Because they have such a big impact on how your body uses energy, thyroid hormones are often called the metabolic regulators. Your body burns ...

That thermometer reading you barely glance at during a doctor’s visit? It might be hiding critical information about your health that goes far beyond checking for a fever. While we’ve long treated ...

Throughout history, people have had to find ways to cope with varying environmental conditions. Whether they lived in a hot or cold climate or had access to plentiful or limited water, they adapted ...

A large team of medical researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, has found very slight gender differences in temperature perception of a room at ambient conditions and very few gender ...

New research has discovered an unexpected way pregnancy alters the brain—by changing a mother's temperature preferences. A study from the Baylor College of Medicine found that postpartum women prefer ...