For more than 30 years, scientists have been intrigued by brown fat, a cell that acts like a furnace, consuming calories and generating heat. Rodents, unable to shiver effectively to keep warm, use brown fat instead. So do human infants, who do not shiver very well. But it was generally believed that humans lose brown fat after infancy, no longer needing it once the shivering response kicks in.
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gina-kolata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-york-times-new-york
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medical-research
