Inuits may have a genetic advantage when it comes to dealing with cold

I go to California for the holidays, and when it comes time to return to the Northeast always ask myself how I’m going to make it through the upcoming winter months. I’ve wondered this of others, too — friends from Chicago, friends who live in Norway, the Inuit who live in Greenland. A new study might have an answer: the Inuit, at least, seem to have a gene variation passed down from our ancestors that helps them produce more heat.In a study published this week in the journal M