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How hot is too hot for human health?

Inside Health

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How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body?

Scientists are trying to find out what happens when the human body is exposed to high temperatures. They want to know if there's a limit to how hot we can go before our bodies shut down and die. To test their theory, they took Jeff Bezos into an oven-like environment at 21 degrees centigrade with 50% relative humidity. The scientists also asked him to recall 15 words using his short-term memory: Drum, curtain, bell, coffee, Turkey, house, river.

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