Why do onions make you cry?
#016 RebroadcastThis week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of onion tears, the emotional reaction we all have, against our will, when cutting onions. Grab some tissues, this one's gonna burn.References from this episodehttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60174a009 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acschembio.7b00336https://www.nature.com/articles/419685a https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/science/onions-crying-chemicals.htmlhttp://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/pso/psov.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170620122950.htmhttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobels-2013-the-tearless-onion/Thanks to our monthly supporters Ciara Linville J0HNTR0Y Jeannette Napoleon Cullyn R Erica Bee Elizabeth P Sarah Moar Rachel Reina Letila Katrina Barnum-Huckins Suzanne Phillips Nelly Silva Venus Rebholz Lyn Stubblefield Jacob Taber Brian Kimball Emerson Woodhall Kristina Gotfredsen Timothy Parker Steven Boyles Chris Skupien Chelsea B Bri McAllister Avishai Barnoy Hunter Reardon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Check out our website at chemforyourlife.comWatch our episodes on YouTubeFind us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.Want to start your own podcast? Use Transistor and you'll have the best podcast platform available. We use it and we are totally in love with it.
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Show Notes
#016 Rebroadcast
This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of onion tears, the emotional reaction we all have, against our will, when cutting onions. Grab some tissues, this one's gonna burn.
References from this episode
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60174a009
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acschembio.7b00336
- https://www.nature.com/articles/419685a
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/science/onions-crying-chemicals.html
- http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/pso/psov.htm
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170620122950.htm
- https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobels-2013-the-tearless-onion/
- Ciara Linville
- J0HNTR0Y
- Jeannette Napoleon
- Cullyn R
- Erica Bee
- Elizabeth P
- Sarah Moar
- Rachel Reina
- Letila
- Katrina Barnum-Huckins
- Suzanne Phillips
- Nelly Silva
- Venus Rebholz
- Lyn Stubblefield
- Jacob Taber
- Brian Kimball
- Emerson Woodhall
- Kristina Gotfredsen
- Timothy Parker
- Steven Boyles
- Chris Skupien
- Chelsea B
- Bri McAllister
- Avishai Barnoy
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