What's the Point of Fever?

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The point of fevers is more or less the same point of the Japanese be heat balls. By generating a fever we're betting that we are more heat tolerant than the things that are invading our body. Bethany G says why are women so much colder in office buildings than men. Cassie Flint asked the same question disclaimer sorry for the sweeping gender generalization. Why do men seem to be walking heaters Kelly meeker also asked us so did Bethany G and Anna Thompson.

This episode, and Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton, are a true joy. The UCLA professor, host of the Biology of Superheroes Podcast and Thermophysiologist talks about big animals vs. little ones, lizard storms, dinosaur blood, hibernating bears, why you sweat in your sleep, antifreeze frogs, miracle hamsters, why different people run at very different temperatures, how comic books influence the way he sees science, learning how his brain works and some time management hacks that he uses as a professor and host of an amazing podcast. Get ready to have a new science buddy.

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