A stretch of dangerous, record-breaking heat is hitting the Southwest. Phoenix will experience temperatures over 100 degrees for the next two weeks straight, with highs above 104 degrees. It's the ...

The human body is a magnificent thing, and sometimes, I genuinely cannot believe how it operates. So, if you want to be wowed, here are some interesting facts about the human body that are weird, ...

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 ...

Sweat, not something we talk about much or know much about, but we spend a lot of time, angst and money addressing it. So, let’s sweat the details … Sweat secretion is controlled by the nervous system ...

Our reporter hits the treadmill to understand how scientists study extreme heat. Our reporter hits the treadmill to understand how scientists study extreme heat. A heat lamp at the University of ...

July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. It could even be the hottest month in human history. That heat has tested the limits of our very bodies to tragic effect: In 2003, an estimated 70,000 ...

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 ...

For the third weekend in a row, large swaths of the United States have wilted under early-season heatwaves that have set high temperature records from California to Texas. Nearly 100 million Americans ...

Robots with human-like features or behaviors have been increasing in development. But this new "ANDI" robot from Arizona State University (ASU) can breathe, sweat, and walk in extreme heat conditions.

A stretch of dangerous, record-breaking heat is hitting the Southwest. Phoenix will experience temperatures over 100 degrees for the next two weeks straight, with highs above 104 degrees. It's the ...