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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Why Does Toothpaste Make Food Taste Funny?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2009

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're taking on your science brainteasers! We find out why toothpaste ruins other flavours, whether humans have a mating season and why food goes in multicoloured, but comes out brown... Plus, fighting Fido's fleas with fungus, stressed men take more risks, and predicting if hepatitis B will lead to liver cancer. In Kitchen Science, we make a fruity fireball with orange peel. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Transcript

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0:00.0

Boldly going where no science show has gone before.

0:05.0

The Naked Scientists

0:10.0

Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists with Cat oni Hallicott.

0:15.0

Hello.

0:16.0

Also with Ben Valsler.

0:18.0

Hello. And with me, I'm Chris Smith.

0:20.0

Now this week, there are no flies or fleas or me, and that's because a fungus could in future be helping you to keep your pooch flee free and we'll be finding out how

0:28.0

Plus why stressed men take more risks so that's another reason to avoid white van man especially when he's in a

0:34.4

hurry and also the cars that are too quiet manufacturers are apparently being

0:39.2

told to make some sites some types of cars noisier so that people can hear them coming.

0:43.2

And that's all on the way, Kat.

0:44.7

Thanks, Chris.

0:45.7

Also this week, it's our science question and answer show and on the way we will be finding

0:49.4

out why things don't taste too good immediately after you've cleaned your teeth, especially orange juice,

0:54.5

blea. And if you don't believe us, go and give it a try. Also, if identical twins marry each other,

1:00.1

will their offspring be identical too? And why does a blob of soap stop glass from steaming up?

1:05.7

The answers to all of those are on the way.

1:07.5

Ben.

1:08.5

A tooth-faced and orange juice.

1:09.5

I can feel it.

1:10.5

It's a particularly revolting combination.

1:13.1

Thanks, Kat.

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