Episode 569
Why sugared cucumber might taste like melon
Is the TikTok meme correct? Also, where clouds go, how touchscreens work, and do exhausts last longer these days?!
May 21, 202123m 17s
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Show Notes
This week, expiry dates on vaccines, what is a smell and how does the body's olfactory (smelling) system work? Why does the smell of fruits change during the ripening process? Why might sugar on cucumber taste like melon? Do some people inherit genes that mean some smells are inapparent to them? When clouds disappear, where have they gone? How does a cell phone touchscreen work? And why do car exhausts seem to last longer these days? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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