/oss/taxonomy/term/6252/all en /oss/article/general-science/shivers-goosebumps-and-good-dose-lizzo <p>I looked out the airplane window and then at my 20-month-old, who had no idea that after enjoying the warmth of Florida for two weeks, we were about to enter the frozen tundra of Montreal. “Get ready, Zoe. It’s going to be cold when we go outside!” And as if instinctively, I started chattering my teeth, as one normally does when they’re shivering from the cold, and she looked at me in bewilderment. She’s too young to string together full sentences, but her furrowed brows said it blatantly – “Mommy, what are you doing with your teeth??” Good question, I thought…</p> Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Emily Shore, B.A, Dipl. PR Management 9351 at /oss /oss/article/student-contributors-general-science/im-allergic-nuts-pollen-and-montreal-winters <p>As strange as it sounds, being allergic to the cold is a real thing, and it’s called “cold urticaria.” Compared with nut or pollen allergies, an allergy to cold temperatures is much less common, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8926165/">affecting around 0.05% of the population</a>, which is why you might not have heard of it before. However, like other allergies, people with cold urticaria will have a similar reaction.</p> Thu, 12 May 2022 13:31:07 +0000 Cat Wang 9109 at /oss