Scientists are first to discover sensory system that detects air humidity
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 07:30
in Health & Medicine
Humidity can make us feel miserable—think of sultry summer days in Chicago, for example—but humans do not have dedicated sensory systems in the skin to detect water vapor in the air. Most insects, for whom humidity levels can mean life or death, do have such systems, but little has been known about how they work.