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Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by gengelbro on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:33PM (#28857983)
Is "broiling" a scientific term?
Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by furgooswft13 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:42PM (#28858049)
Well it's from science.org (org being more sciency than com, but maybe not as so as edu?), and Science is in the headline and is even the name of the website. So it must be.

Check out this scientific headline from the site: "diverse South African scientists get superhero alter egos". Newton would be so proud.

Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by woodruffw on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:48PM (#28858108)
I'm not understanding the grievance here: are you upset that a science publication has a "People & Events" section (not a particularly new phenomenon), or that the contents of an article in that section is a human interest piece about diversity?
Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by nitrogen on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:53PM (#28858581)
Not the OP, but actually putting the word "diverse" into a title makes it seem performative (talking the talk) rather than demonstrative (walking the walk). Science should really be more about the latter.
Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by woodruffw on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:21AM (#28864632)
> Science should really be more about the latter.

Sure. But I don't think the article claims to be scientific? It's a human interest piece.

Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by dekhn on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:48PM (#28858540)
science.org is the website for AAAS which published Science, a journal. I mean, sure, the joke in science is that being published in Science is a guarantee the results are wrong, but... this is just the news section of a science journal.
Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by schwartzworld on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:54PM (#28858161)
Cooking something with extreme radiant heat from above? Sounds like a fair description.
Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by ectopod on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:15PM (#28858312)
The problem is actually high heat combined with high humidity. Sweating fails to cool you down and you cook. Broiling is very high heat and low humidity.
Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by jacko0 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:20PM (#28858343)
That would be "grilling" in most parts of the world
Re:Extreme heat is broiling people in developing cities – Sc... by schwartzworld on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:45AM (#28864964)
No way. Grilling implies the heat comes from below while the food sits on a grill, as opposed to broiling where the heat comes from above. Neither is a perfect description of humans cooking due to global warming, but our heat definitely comes from above.