Packing Lunches When It’s Still 90 Degrees Out Back-to-school season arrives while much of the country is still solidly in the grip of late-summer heat,

A Common Complaint With a Clear Physiological Cause Headaches tend to become noticeably more frequent during stretches of sustained summer heat, and dehydration is one

A Hazard That Can Arrive From Hundreds of Miles Away Late summer brings peak wildfire activity across much of the western United States, and the

Late-Summer Gatherings Still Carry Real Risk With warm weather still very much underway, outdoor cookouts, picnics, and gatherings remain a regular feature of the season—and

A Failure That Started Small and Cascaded Fast On the afternoon of August 14, 2003, a series of relatively minor issues on the electrical grid

Why Wasp Activity Spikes in Late August Wasp and hornet colonies follow a predictable seasonal arc, and late summer represents their peak—both in population size