Sweat! The Human Superpower

Sweat! One of our least appreciated bodily functions, yet critical to being human. Scientists are only just beginning to uncover the incredible insights sweat can provide about illnesses, diet, and overall fitness and wellbeing.

Through a cast of quirky scientists, surgeons, zoologists, forensic experts, sauna enthusiasts, and exercise fanatics, the curious story of sweat is finally explored. Experiments reveal what makes it such an incredible coolant, demonstrating the hard limits of the human thermoregulation system and the fascinating ways sweat can help us better understand ourselves.

Along the way, it becomes clear that sweat is an often-overlooked but remarkable evolutionary success story—one of the defining traits that make us distinctly human. Join us as we embrace our soggy skin and learn to love our sweat!