{"668488":{"#nid":"668488","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How hot is too hot for survival? Researchers cranked up the temperature on volunteers to find out","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/science-news\/us-weather-weekend-heat-storms-rcna91986\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edeadly heat wave\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;continues to ravage the U.S., new evidence suggests the human body may stop functioning optimally when outside temperatures climb to 104 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit.\u0026nbsp;Research presented at the recent annual Society for Experimental Biology conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, suggests that temperatures in that range raise a person\u0027s resting metabolic rate \u2014 the amount of energy needed to function at rest. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-sawka\u0022\u003EMichael Sawka\u003C\/a\u003E, adjunct professor and professor of the practice in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, is quoted in the article.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/science-news\/us-weather-weekend-heat-storms-rcna91986\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edeadly heat wave\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;continues to ravage the U.S., new evidence suggests the human body may stop functioning optimally when outside temperatures climb to 104 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit.\u0026nbsp;Research presented at the recent annual Society for Experimental Biology conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, suggests that temperatures in that range raise a person\u0027s resting metabolic rate \u2014 the amount of energy needed to function at rest. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-sawka\u0022\u003EMichael Sawka\u003C\/a\u003E, adjunct professor and professor of the practice in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, is quoted in the article.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-07-17 14:10:45","changed_gmt":"2023-07-17 14:10:45","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"NBC News","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/hot-hot-human-body-function-optimally-rcna92346","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"192856","name":"Michael Sawka"},{"id":"2262","name":"climate"},{"id":"191058","name":"heat waves"},{"id":"2073","name":"physiology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}