The Science of Smell: New Cars, Old People, and the Stink of the Moon

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

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4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Harold McGee changed the culinary world in the ’80s with his book on the science of cooking. His new book moves up the face to the nose, breaking down the molecules that make up all the smells around us. He explains why some scents echo each other, how dogs can sniff out cancer, and what happens when a coronavirus takes away your sense of smell.

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0:00.0	We're all science people.
0:10.0	Science!
0:11.0	Exactly.
0:12.0	We know it's a good idea because it's lasted.
0:14.0	We could teach kids and they get it.
0:17.0	There's chemistry in here, there's biology in here.
0:19.0	It's in whiskey, it's an ice cream, it's in who you've all loved with.
0:23.0	That's the recipe for success.
0:25.0	We can make the world better for everybody.
0:31.0	Starting now.
0:33.0	Welcome, welcome to Science Rules.
0:35.0	I'm your host Bill Nye, this is the show where science rules.
0:39.0	It's a call and show.
0:40.0	If you want to be on the show, I hope you do.
0:43.0	Leave us a voice mail at 201-4720785 or go to www.askbilnye.com.
0:53.0	You can also check me out on all the social media the kids use to find out about our upcoming guests.
0:59.0	But today, my friends, once again, I am joined by Science Writer, Editor and Deerfriend Corey S. Powell, Greetings Corey.
1:08.0	Bill, hello.
1:10.0	Good to be here.
1:11.0	So you know, Bill, a lot of the time when I'm specifically a Science Writer, not a Science Editor and not working in my capacity as your dear friend, I work on the space beat a lot.
1:21.0	I love the space beat astronomy stories.
1:24.0	I'm always happy to learn something about the universe that I'd never heard before.
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