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Sauna scientists Dr. Hans Hägglund (from left), Earric Lee and Ashley Mason take a steam in the Japanese sauna at The Well in Oslo, Norway. They are part of a group of international researchers studying the potential health benefits of sauna and other heat therapies. For more on the science of healthy living, try NPR's Health newsletter. Scientists have long marveled at how the human body tolerates extreme heat — and what that means for our health. In the late 1700s, British scientists ran bold experiments on thermoregulation, subjecting themselves (and a dog) to a piping hot room and observing that — unlike the steak and eggs accompanying them — their own bodies did not cook.

Sometimes a single movie scene transcends its source material. As soon as you see it, you know it’ll be the only thing anybody wants to talk about afterwards. So it is with Ben Affleck’s Animals, although not for reasons that will please the film’s director and star. The scene in question appears late in the new Netflix thriller, when a kidnapped child is unceremoniously booted over the concrete side of a Los Angeles river channel in a little red trailer. The poor boy careens down the steep incline before striking the ground and being catapulted upwards to soar majestically through the air and into a sprinting Affleck’s waiting arms, in defiance of all earthly physics. This moment of pure, unintended slapstick has already gone viral on social media, where it has been widely and unflatteringly compared to the oft-ridiculed scene from 1988’s Mac & Me that Paul Rudd used to use to troll Conan O’Brien during his late night appearances, where a child in a wheelchair goes over a cliff and lands in a lake. Not exactly the sort of reference point Affleck would have been aiming for with the dramatic denouement of his return to directing.

Spoiler alert: Major spoilers for "The Traitors: New Blood" follow. A new theory exposing "The Traitors" may be coming to fruition. After a near-flawless first half of Season 5, two traitors now face heavy scrutiny after one faithful coined the theory "Fruitgate. " The Emmy-winning competition series' first all-civilian season, titled "New Blood," has so far been a traitor streamroll, though things may take a turn after last week's twist. The three traitors were required to "murder" a faithful in plain sight by tossing one an apple and having them catch it. And while they successfully eliminated a player, the treacherous trio did not go undetected. Though one faithful saw through the fruitful scheme, the rest remain a discombobulated bunch. Paranoia has turned friends against one another, often with disastrous results. Here's what to know about the Oct. 15 episode. How many traitors are left in 'New Blood'? Three traitors remain on Season 5, "New Blood," as the faithful have so far banished other faithful. Boston pilot Tomica Adams and New York funeral director Joe Vanella were the two original traitors, who recruited Florida marketing professional Katie Fites to join them.