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How much heat do we lose perspirating?

How can I calculate the heat my body loses from perspirating? For example, X Jouls per liter of sweat.
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How can we feel temperature?

Recently I watched a Youtube Video by Veritasium He said we are actually feeling the rate of heat transfer, not the temperature. But how do we feel temperature? How is temperature different from ...
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How does eating a cold ice cream actually heat up your body? [closed]

The question is the title itself. During winter one of my friend told we'll have an ice cream. And rest of us where like are you nuts. He was like cold ice-cream actually heats up your body. Even I ...
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How much energy in form of heat does a human body emit?

How much energy in form of heat does a human body emit at rest level?
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Life and Death, and Energy Conservation

Humans are born and they die. When we are born, is energy created? Or is it just some amount of energy that our mother gives us? Doesnt she take this energy from the surroundings? If so, then when we ...
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