A Valentine's Day bouquet for Temperature readers: pleasing with prizes, searching for the right words, and keeping things mysterious

Abstract

This editorial tells its readers that the journal Temperature awards its first prizes for best papers to Boris Kingma and Assaf Yacobi. It also discusses the use of several thermoregulation-related terms and expressions, including “cold temperature,” “thermoneutral temperature,” and “warm-sensitive” and offers, arguably, better alternatives. The editorial also contains a new puzzle: how can color affect temperature perception?

Keywords:

• awards for best papers
• color
• scientific publishing
• thermal biology
• thermal illusions
• thermal medicine
• thermal perception
• thermoneutral zone
• thermoregulation
• warmth sensitivity

Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

The author serves as Temperature Editor-in-Chief. The abovementioned monetary prizes were established at his initiative, but he did not have a say in the selection of winners of these prizes.