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What is body temperature?
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Episode What is body temperature?
Have you ever wondered why you shiver in the freezing winter snow and drip with sweat in the blazing summer sun? Your body is actually performing an incredible, invisible magic trick! Inside your brain, there is a tiny, almond-sized control center called the hypothalamus that works around the clock to keep your insides at the absolute perfect temperature.
Join Mira and Finn on Science is Not Boring as they uncover the amazing secrets of how our bodies survive extreme hot and cold environments! You'll discover why humans are mostly water, how a fever actually helps you fight off sick germs like a fiery superpower, and the crazy history of the very first foot-long glass thermometer. Plus, we'll meet some of the most extreme animals on the planet, including a shiny desert ant that wears a mirror suit and an Alaskan wood frog that survives winter by freezing completely solid like a living ice cube! Get ready for a mind-blowing adventure into the science of homeostasis and learn why staying warm-blooded is your body's cleverest survival trick!
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