For a fun kickoff to the column, let’s speak of body temps, something faithfully albeit spontaneously kept by all of us.
When one hears mention of 98.6°, an anatomical angle inadvertently leaps to mind and body. Well, leap suchly no more. Arguably the greatest temperature tweak in history is emerging via Stanford University, where an insane data gathering effort has shaken to the core the sacredness of 98.6°. We’re now way cooler than that, folks.
By way of retrospect, our famed now former body temp standard dates back to 1851, after being established by German…
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