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Americans throughout the U.S. have woken up today to sweltering heat as more than 93 million people in the country are currently under excessive heat warnings and heat advisories, the National Weather Service (NWS) wrote in today’s alert.How to Know If the Heat Is Making You Sick“Friday will feature some record heat in parts of the Southwest, but record-breaking heat expands even more throughout the region on Saturday,” the alert said. “Daytime highs by Saturday will range between 105-115F from the Great Valley of CA to…

Communities from the golden state to the sunshine state are going to feel the burn today, as a heat wave is currently sweeping throughout the lower half of the United States.How to Know If the Heat Is Making You Sick“In addition to the oppressive heat during the day, overnight lows will remain abnormally warm, bringing little relief from the heat overnight,” the National Weather Service (NWS) warned in today’s alert. “Numerous near record-tying/breaking warm lows are expected.”Over in the Southwest, communities are seeing…

A Los Angeles City Fire Department helicopter gets ready to drop water on a brush fire that broke out in the Elysian Park area on July 7, 2023, in Los Angeles.Photo: Mark J. Terrill (AP)It’s supposed to be pretty hot in California during the summer, but the golden state is going to see higher than average temperatures this weekand into this coming weekend.Teyonah Parris and John Boyega on Working With Jamie Foxx | io9 InterviewAreas like Palm Springs could see highs of around 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44.4 Celsius) today,…

The suns sets behind the Rocky Mountains after daytime high temperatures reached above 90-degrees Fahrenheit, 32 Celsius, on June 26, 2023, in Denver.Photo: David Zalubowski (AP)A heat dome has settled over a large swath of the Southwest, bringing triple-digit temperatures to millions of Americans. How to Know If the Heat Is Making You Sick“Widespread highs of 100F+ can be expected across the southern High Plains and Southwest, with higher temperatures possible over Arizona,” an alert from the NWS said.Cities across…

A janitor accidentally destroyed more than two decades of research when he turned off a freezer containing invaluable cell cultures that “had the potential to be groundbreaking,” according to a new lawsuit filed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York. Is Google's New $1,800 Pixel Phone Worth It? | Gizmodo ReviewThe lawsuit claims Joseph Herrington, who was employed by Daigle Cleaning Systems Inc., switched off the freezer, which was set at -80 degrees Celsius (-112 degrees Fahrenheit), citing the beeping…

A scorching heat wave that has roasted the Gulf for much of June is likely to head upwards to Northern Texas and other nearby states. Oklahoma, a lot of the Mississippi Valley, Alabama,and the Florida Panhandle are going to be especially hot this week, Bob Oravec, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, told the Associated Press.How to Know If the Heat Is Making You SickThere are currently heat warnings and advisories throughout Southern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, according…

Back in February 2017, researchers with the help of the Spitzer Space Telescope discovered a large batch of Earth-sized rocky exoplanets. Ever since then, researchers have been trying to study the atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1 c with the help of NASA's Jammes Webb Space Telescope.Recently, researchers were successfully able to study the atmosphere of the rocky exoplanet and stated that it is the coolest exoplanet with a dayside temperature of about 225 degrees Fahrenheit based on thermal emission. However, researchers at NASA…

Transmission towers are seen near the CenterPoint Energy power plant on July 11, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images)It is hot as hell in Texas at the moment, and the sky-high temperatures are straining the state’s grid. Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are in effect for most of the state today, according to the National Weather Service.Lower Drought Conditions In California | Extreme Earth“The record breaking heat in Texas caused by a stationary upper-level ridge will continue for the…

Edited by Dava Sobel 1. THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT –50° FAHRENHEIT —a zeitgeber When winds were bearable, we sought bliss, sat, admired the aurora australis as an escape from our blackest abyss. We gazed up into rarefied air, clear and pristine in every echelon, an atmospheric phenomenon, solar wind collisions of protons and electrons high in the exosphere. Who needs Parthenon or Birth of Venus when blue lights swirl low, pink coronas kiss clouds, neon greens arc, deep reds…

The Caribbean archipelago of Puerto Rico is no stranger to hot weather, but record temperatures have worried meteorologists this week. The region is being battered by a heat wave and dust from the Saharan Desert which has created a dangerous combo for people stepping out of their homes.Lower Drought Conditions In California | Extreme EarthThis Monday the heat index throughout the island soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). The next day, most of the northern part of Puerto Rico and the nearby island of…