Learn how hard our bodies work to maintain our body temperature, and what happens when our internal thermostat intelligently and purposefully shifts up the heat. The fever response has developed over a very long time, slowly perfecting its orchestral brilliance. I’ll share stories of bees who make an effort to fever together, lizards who lounge around trying to get a fever, kids who’ve had chickenpox longer because they took antipyretic medicines, and, people whose cancer completely disappeared after a fever.