This summer’s heat waves have been brutal. But there’s one thing getting us through the soaring temperatures: sweat. Our bodies need to sweat to survive — and yet we spend billions of dollars fighting it.
Science journalist Sarah Everts makes the case that sweat is a biological superpower, and she and host Anita Rao dig into how it became so stigmatized. Then, Caryn Toriaga shares what it's like to live with hyperhidrosis, an excessive sweating condition that can take her hands and feet and from dry to dripping in 60 seconds.
Sarah is the author of “The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.”
