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How does sweat cool us down?

Chemistry For Your Life

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The Power of Sweat for the Betterment of Humanity

A paper I found had band-aids that you could just put them on your skin and they're super hydrophobic. So they're repelling water except for these specific circles of super wettable. And those little pieces have chemicals in them to test the pH of your blood. That's the acidity to test your glucose, to test all these things to make sure they're within the normal range. You can check and make sure your levels are good just like that.

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