Many of us would agree that sweating in the extreme heat is gross and uncomfortable. But one Arizona State University ...
When we listen to a moving piece of music or feel the gentle pulse of a haptic vibration, our bodies react before we ...
We've all felt it: At first comes the trickle, and then the flood. It's embarrassed us, and even torpedoed a presidential campaign. But when was the last time you were grateful for … sweat? Many are ...
All summer, NPR's science desk has been looking at sweat. Humans are covered head to toe with millions of sweat glands. But it wasn't always so. NPR's Pien Huang tells us how human bodies evolved so ...
According to a new study published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, tattoos don’t affect sweat rate or sodium loss, like people have previously thought. Study participants lost around ...
The experiment put people in a heat suit to stimulate sweating, then, using a micro-camera to zoom close to the skin, they ...