Saturday, July 23, 2011

The Hazy Science of Hot Weather and Violence

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The link between violence and hot weather is so intuitive that it’s embedded in our language: Hotheads lose tempers that flare, anger simmers and comes to a boil, and eventually we cool down.

So what does science have to say? Do tempers truly soar with temperature? The answer, appropriately enough for these triple-digit days, is hazy and hotly contested.


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1 comment:

Sunny said...

YES, FROM EXPERIENCE OF LIVING UP NORTH IN THE SUMMERTIME, TEMPERS GOT WORSE AND DOGS AND CATS WERE ALSO UN-COMFORTABLE.

OH AND MAY I ADD THIS ? : IT'S HOT, YES, AND PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL FIND OUT JUST HOW 'HOT' IT IS,

IF HE GOES ALONG AND AGREES TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE CUTS !

80 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WILL BE VERY HOT!