What Is a Fever? Why Your Body Temperature May Be Cooler Than 98.6 Degrees | Can’t Sleep? This Therapy Is Often Better for Insomnia Than Medication | Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence | Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

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� � � � � � What Is a Fever? Why Your Body Temperature May Be Cooler Than 98.6 Degrees - The New York Times    Here’s why we appear to be getting cooler, and what that could mean when it comes to fevers. Over the past few decades, evidence has been mounting that the average human body temperature is not really 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Instead, most people’s baseline is a little bit cooler. The standard of 98.6 was established over 150 years ago by the German physician Dr. Carl Wunderlich, who reportedly took over a million measurements from 25,000 people. Temperatures ranged from 97.2 to 99.5, and the average was 98.6. Dr. Wunderlich also established 100.4 degrees as “probably febrile.” Continued here � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Can't Sleep? This Therapy Is Often Better for Insomnia Than Medication - The New York Times    Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is considered the most effective treatment for people who continually struggle to fall or stay asleep. About one in four adults in the United States develops symptoms of insomnia each year. In most cases, these are short-lived, caused by things like stress or illness. But one in 10 adults is estimated to have chronic insomnia, which means difficulty falling or staying asleep at least three times a week for three months or longer. Sleep deprivation doesn’t just create physical health problems, it can also harm our minds. A recent poll from the National Sleep Foundation, for example, found a link between poor sleep health and depressive symptoms. In addition, studies have shown that a lack of sleep can lead otherwise healthy people to experience anxiety and distress. Fortunately, there is a well-studied and proven treatment for insomnia that generally works in eight sessions or less: cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, or C.B.T.-I. Continued here � � � � � � Twitter's Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence - WIRED    It's 8 pm on a recent night this fall, I'm finally unwinding, and Del Harvey is texting me. Again. This time she's sending a screenshot of tense tweets exchanged between the supreme leader of a nation-state and the official Twitter account of a rival nation-state. I respond with a prompt: "Let's say you're still at Twitter. How would you handle?" Harvey walks me through her decisionmaking process, then turns the tables: "What would YOU do?" I ask her whether I can sleep on it. She tells me I do not get the luxury of sleeping on it. No matter which call I make, people will despise me for it. And no matter what the outcome is, people could die. "You have to live with making the least bad decision you can with the resources you have," she writes. The next morning, another text from Harvey: "Okay, so you've slept on it; what's your call?" The enormity of the decision sits like a concrete block on my chest, and even after considering all angles, I'm certain that whatever choice I make will be a content moderation mistake. Continued here � � � � � � Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar's 'Cocaine Hippos' - The New York Times    The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s. Officials estimate that about 170 now roam Colombia, and say the population must be controlled to protect the country’s ecosystem. When the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals he had imported as pets — zebras, giraffes, kangaroos and rhinoceroses — died or were transferred to zoos. Officials estimate that about 170 hippos, descended from Mr. Escobar’s original herd, now roam Colombia, and the population could grow to 1,000 by 2035, posing a serious threat to the country’s ecosystem. Continued here

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