Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years.

Yachtold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program.

To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yawcult.co.j.p.

That's y-A-K-U-L-T-C-O-J-P.

When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacolt.

Did you want to look at some slime?

I was hoping you would say that, yeah.

Let me grab a bucket here.

Of all the things I've dreamed of doing in my lifetime, being slimed by a hagfish was not on the list.

But maybe it should have been, because slime is incredibly cool stuff.

This is Christopher and Dallata, and you're listening to

Scientific Americans Science Quickly. Today, I'm taking you on the first of a three-part journey

into the deeply sticky and fascinating subject of slime. Mucous, it turns out, is nothing to sniff at.

Wildly complex and just as versatile, it's a true miracle.

So grab a tissue and prepare to be surprised by the multitude of species,

including ourselves, who are not only alive, but thriving because of mucus.

My fascination with mucus recently took me to Orange, California,

where biology professor Douglas Fudge of Chapman University keeps a tank full of

agfish.

Smells a little fishy in here.

Smell a little fishy in here.

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