Tasteless

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Taste is wonderful! Think of all those occasions where you and loved ones or firends are brought together by food! You may not realise, but our sense of smell, our 'fifth sense', is intertwined with taste; they are essential to our happiness and wellbeing. We're taking a deep dive into how your smell and taste work. We'll be hearing from someone who suffers from a condition called phantosmia, how we can normalise smell training and maybe we'll get a spoonful of scientific cooking work-arounds designed to help those suffering from smell and taste disorders. Also, in the news this week: an... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:05.0	Absolutely genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	the advances research technology unbelievable
0:15.0	without further ado this is the naked scientists
0:18.2	hello welcome to the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in
0:21.6	science technology and medicine with
0:23.8	Julia Ravi and Harry Lewis. On today's show we'll hear how action video games
0:28.6	pew pew might be getting a bad rep, why unfamiliar voices may startle you when you're fast asleep and the importance
0:35.4	of saliva in building special relationships.
0:38.7	Pretty gross, Julia, fancy a kiss.
0:41.1	Certainly not Harry.
0:43.0	Plus later on we have an expose on life without your normal sense of smell and taste.
0:49.2	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.
0:54.0	UK.
0:55.0	First though, this week the UK government announced the end of the enhanced
1:06.0	Plan B COVID control measures that were introduced last year in response to the arrival of
1:10.6	the Omicron variant. Some have been skeptical about the timing, particularly
1:14.5	given that we're still detecting around 100,000 cases per day. Chris Smith
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