I always thought stress sweat smelled different than sport sweat. When a panel of sweat sniffers was asked to ponder perspiration, they didn’t notice a difference. But their brains did. The Blog has poked its nose into this before, particularly regarding human mating. It’s a cool subject because humans were for EVER considered to be [...]
Why does horse sweat form a foamy lather, and human sweat doesn’t? The two animals are the elite sweaters of the world, which makes us both tremendous long-distance runners. So why do we have different types of sweat? The answer appears to lie in the pelt each species evolved. Horses, native to cold regions, [...]
One of the questions I get most often is: If humans can sniff out each other’s immunity profile (and we can), then what do perfume and deodorant mean for our mating prospects? Are we covering up really important information? Previously, my stock reply was: Humans take so many things into account [...]
