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Climate Change
Heat pumps still get the job done in extreme cold
![Doctor and patient in office](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/01/Depositphotos_416244138_L-1.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Should doctors and nurses discuss the dangers of heat?
![Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/31/Depositphotos_13253612_L-1.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat
![A billowing cloud of white, orange, and brown smoke behind fir trees.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/28/Wildfire-smoke-brown-carbon.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
There’s one nasty wildfire pollutant we’ve been ignoring
![Cows being breed to have slicker hair to resist heat](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/28/cows-heat-resistant-breeding.jpg?w=800)
Agriculture
Farmers are breeding heat-resistant cows
![Seafarers are unknowingly working with oil smugglers](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/23/header-oil-smuggling.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Seafarers are unknowingly working with oil smugglers
![small dog in a plaid dog jacket in a corn field](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/16/ZVDK4HFD4FESZAVMVCIQ3WONA4.jpg?w=675)
Animals
The best dog coats of 2024
![A woman holds a red smoothie in a glass with a handle on it and a stainless steel straw sticking out. A group of ‘forever chemicals’ commonly called PFAS were not detected on the stainless steel straws in this study, but were on 18 out of 20 brands of paper straws.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/24/stainless-steel-straw-juice.png?w=800)
Climate Change