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Archive Home > 2008 > February > 07 > The science of brrr

The science of brrr

Why we shiver

By Betsy Q. Cliff / The Bulletin
February 7, 2008

Your teeth chatter. Your shoulders shake. Your arms tighten.

Shivering is a fact of winter in Central Oregon, as routine as scraping the windshield. It tells us to get out of the cold or put on an extra layer.

Yet until recently, scientists haven’t understood how and why we shiver. A....

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