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With the arrival of winter, your cold hands and feet might not be the result of nervousness. You will mostly see people around you rubbing their hands to keep them warm, but no matter how many pairs of socks you might wear, it just wouldn't work.

Imagine living in the UK and savouring the last moments of winter, but waking up on the final week of your February to suddenly unrelenting cold and heavy snow. Overnight, your front porch has filled with several inches of snow, and your car looks as if it turned to snow.

When the sun goes down, experts have noticed that your circadian clock readies your body for bed around two hours before you go to sleep. The more scientific name of circadian rhythm is actually the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). This is a cluster of cells in your brain, directly connected to your retina that wakes you up or makes you drowsy depending on the amount of light in the room. That is also why you may have a difficult time falling asleep when the lights are left on at night.

Do you know what goes up and down without having to move? Something we have but rarely notice?

In the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, we are more often than not, simply attentive to details that we consider important or see as a priority. As the riddle implies, monitoring our body temperature is not always top-of-mind when it comes to improving our physical health, nor is it a daily element we think of.

The only time we ever pay attention to our body temperature is when we feel our body shiver from an oncoming fever.

Imagine that you’ve just arrived home from a long day at work. You crash on the couch and indulge in an episode from your latest Netflix show before making yourself a quick dinner. From there, you freshen up and get ready to hit the sack by curling up with a comfy blanket.

But then your thoughts start to wander. You find that the more you force yourself to sleep, the more active your mind becomes. Frustrated, you end up staring blankly at the ceiling and end up resorting to browsing through your phone in search of tips to help you sleep.

Can the life values of the different generations be seen through their preference of home design products?

A 2015 Cassandra Report  from digital agency Deep Focus found that 60% of Generation Z prefer cool products over cool experiences. On the other hand, 77% of Generation Y—also known as the millennial generation—seek a better product experience.

When we move around or exercise, our body produces heat in order to keep up with our activities. Think of it like when you start a car. When you turn the keys in the ignition, the engine rumbles to life which then allows a driver to move the vehicle around. With the gears in motion, the machine starts to heat up.

Of course, if a car’s engine were to short-circuit as a result of poor maintenance, it would then overheat. Here, too much warmth can also cause it to break down.

Winter is officially at all of our doorstep, and by now you must have noticed that it has become quite impossible to get warm and enjoy the beauty of sleep. Lack of proper sleep has its own set of side effects, of course.

How could humanity ever live without blankets? Basically, this heavily napped fabric is used to provide warmth as you sleep. Fun fact: Blankets originated in the 14th century, pioneered by a Flemish weaver named Thomas Blanket (Blanquette) in Bristol, England.

Hypothermia is a common condition the elderly are likely to suffer from during the cold seasons. With their weakened immune system, they are more vulnerable to the cold and to the diseases that come with it. Though the winter chill is beginning to die down, the padded layers and wooly sweaters are still important weapons to combat the weather.