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Have you ever wanted to lick the Moon and find out what that grey dust tastes like? If so, you’re in luck. This week, we’re sampling the science of taste, from the Apollo 16 mission reports to how the flavor compounds in amniotic fluid may affect babies’ food preferences. Apparently, it can get garlicky in there. But can non-human animals develop a sense of taste? And is “pine mouth” a real thing, or is it just what happens when Hank eats mysterious seeds he finds in the forest?
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Sources:
[Truth or Fail]
https://www.wired.com/2014/07/orange-juice-toothpaste/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684458/
[Fact Off]
Moon dust:
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/30jan_smellofmoondust
Bees and Pesticides:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180828204911.htm
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1885/20180655
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/187907/the-more-pesticides-bees-more-they/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Developing taste:
https://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139033757/babys-palate-and-food-memories-shaped-before-birth
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7583013
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/107/6/e88.full
[Butt One More Thing]
Sea cucumber eating:
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/03/14/giant-sea-cucumber-eats-with-its-anus/
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