Dr. Andrew Best – Why do humans sweat?

Dr. Andrew Best of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts joined the show to talk about sweat -- what it is, when we do it, how we vary, and why it makes humans different from most other animals.

Recommendations

• Dr. Best's faculty profile at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
• Dr. Best Google scholar profile
• My Sport Science from Asker Jeukendrup (website)
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• Everts, S. (2021). The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration. W.W. Norton & Company.
• Galloway, S. (2025). Notes on Being a Man. Simon & Schuster.