A boy plays in a fountain in Washington, D.C. during a heat wave. Credit: jim watson/AFP/Getty Images From New Orleans to Portland, Maine, the heat and humidity has hit oppressive levels for the ...
Because you’re a smooth-skinned mammal, no weather feels quite as oppressive as a humid heat wave. The more water vapor in the air, the less efficiently your sweat can evaporate and carry excess heat ...
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