Heat
For most of the past century, the desert city of El Azizia in northwestern Libya has held the title of hottest spot on Earth due to a temperature reading of 57.8°C (136°F) on September 13, 1922. However, after years of controversy, the title … Read more 
Heat
The science-fiction author Ray Bradbury called his 1953 classic, about a man who burned books for a living, Fahrenheit 451. Of course, he could have named it the metric equivalent: Celsius 233. This is the temperature at which paper made … Read more
Heat
Heat up solid and you get liquid, then gas, then plasma, then — when you reach trillions of degrees — the atoms start to shake themselves apart. Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York had set a temperature record … Read more
Heat
There’s some terrific science-based music out there, but some of the best comes from They Might Be Giants. They did a cover of a song by Hy Zaret called “The Sun Is A Mass of Incandescent Gas,” and made a … Read more
