We might be able to blame the heat for our bad decisions: A small study published this week found that college students who lived in dorms without air conditioning during a heat wave did worse on ...

WASHINGTON — If you’ve ever felt foggy, unfocused or downright sluggish on a hot summer day, you’re not imagining things. Science says extreme heat doesn’t just make you sweat, it can also mess with ...

If you feel like this summer has, so far, been hotter than ever before, you're not wrong. Around the Fourth of July, meteorologists said that all-time heat records were not only being recorded all ...

This week marked a grim record for Earth’s climate, as temperatures repeatedly hit — and passed — levels not seen in 125,000 years, according to government scientists. For context, the last time ...

Split air conditioners with heat-pump systems deliver both cooling and heating by reversing the refrigerant cycle. Models from LG, Haier, Panasonic, and Godrej combine inverter compressors, sensors, ...