Thermoreceptors: how we sense hot and cold as we age
Stephanie NimsSara Tonks
ByStephanie NimsandSara Tonks
August 27, 2026Updated: August 27, 2026, 3:35 pm EDTPublished: August 27, 2026, 3:26 pm EDT

The science of how our bodies feel temperatures may be changing, and that can help sensitive groups cope with heat waves in the future. Experts already knew about thermoreceptors, but while we used to think there were some dedicated to “hot” and some dedicated to “cold”, a new study has proposed that we actually use the same cells to feel both.

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