A Twist of Slime*

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Your daily mucus output is most impressive. Teaspoons or measuring cups can’t capture its entire volume. Find out how much your body churns out and why you can’t live without the viscous stuff. But slime in general is remarkable. Whether coating the bellies of slithery creatures, sleeking the surface of aquatic plants, or dripping from your nose, its protective qualities make it one of the great inventions of biology. Join us as we venture to the land of ooze! Guests: Christopher Viney - Professor of materials science and engineering at the University of California, Merced Katharina Ribbeck - Bioengineer at MIT Anna Rose Hopkins - Chef and partner at Hank and Bean in Los Angeles Ruth Kassinger - author of “Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us” *Originally aired January 27, 2020 Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.0	Think about the things you encounter that are slimy, egg whites, okra, snails, that gunk inside your shower drain?
1:33.0	How about a glob of giraffe saliva on your hand?
1:36.6	You've probably never touched giraffe slobber,
1:39.2	but you can well imagine its gooey viscous form and your reaction is undoubtedly ew
1:45.0	well I get that but while it may be gross
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