temperature
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Do Women Really Feel Colder Than Men?
The gendered feud over the temperature setting in the office or at home might be overblown, new government-led research suggests. The study found little difference between how men and women self-reported the chilliness of their surroundings. There was also no major distinction between the sexes in the temperatures needed for shivering to start occurring. The…
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Bankrupt Crypto Broker Celsius Has New Plan to Become Hot Again, Codenamed ‘Kelvin’
Kelvin, as a temperature scale, uses “absolute zero” as its baseline. That lowest conceived temperature would effectively stop all particle activity due to a lack of any semblance of energy. That point of temperature has never been achieved, but failed crypto firm Celsius seems to want to get as close as it can to “absolute…
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Neptune Is Getting Colder, and We Don’t Know Why
Astronomers studying Neptune’s atmosphere found that the planet’s global temperature has dropped over a 17-year period, while its south pole has warmed considerably.
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You Can Just Shake This Digital Thermometer to Power It Up, No Batteries Required
In a time when taking temperatures is a required daily routine for some as part of Covid-19 safety precautions, instant-read digital thermometers are a welcome convenience — assuming you don’t pull it out of a medicine cabinet with dead batteries. The BCool’s solution to that problem is to trade batteries for a capacitor that can…