Our secret superpower! 16 amazing facts about sweat, from armpit transplants to artificial BO | Health & wellbeing

It’s getting hot again – and that means sweat. With the possible exception of Prince Andrew, humans are constantly producing “insensible perspiration” – the baseline level of sweat – to some degree. Despite that, we know surprisingly little about it. According to Sarah Everts, the author of The Joy of Sweat, which explores the science,… Continue reading Our secret superpower! 16 amazing facts about sweat, from armpit transplants to artificial BO | Health & wellbeing

Summer has been no sweat for California’s increasingly green energy grid, but the hottest days may still lie ahead

SAN DIEGO — Amid humanity’s hottest-ever summer months, California, home of the hottest place on Earth, has enjoyed a relatively cool and stress-free energy supply. A test of the grid’s resolve may be in store this week, as the California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) braces for triple-digit temperatures in the state’s inland valleys and deserts. Experts… Continue reading Summer has been no sweat for California’s increasingly green energy grid, but the hottest days may still lie ahead