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12th Feb 2006

Science of Seduction, Pheromones and the Food of Love


Chris Smith

Kat Arney

Love, seduction and sexual attraction are in the air this week as Dr Peter Brennan from Bristol University woos Chris and Kat with a discussion of pheromones and the science of smell, Dr Charles Wysocki from the Monell Chemical Senses Centre suggests how farmers can love thy neighbour by masking the stench of malodorous manure, we hit the dancefloor with Dr William Brown from Rutgers University who reveals the recipe for success at the Saturday night disco, and Professor Peter Barham talks about the science of taste, food and the ingredients for the perfect Valentine's Day dinner!

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Questions

 

Why is it that when you put something metal in the microwave, you get a firework display, and yet the inside of the microwave is made out of metal?


 

Why do milk and orange juice or orange juice and toothpaste taste so disgusting together?


 

I know it sounds a bit crude, but I was wondering why farts seem to smell a bit worse and linger longer when we're in the shower?


 

I was wondering if you could tell me whether my male dog is sensitive to my menstrual cycle? I've brought a puppy and he got very irritable when I was at a certain stage of my cycle, and when I was ovulating he kept biting me. Now I'm over my period, he's calmed down a lot. Do you think this might be related?


 

What is the fifth taste you can sense on your tongue?


 

When someone meets someone else, is there a special hidden smell that couples have between them, so that if you were then to split up and meet someone else, you'd have that same kind of chemistry? Is that how you know someone is the right person for you?


 

Why do we get cravings for certain foods, especially when it's for combinations of foods that we normally don't like to eat? My friend is pregnant and she now wants to eat the strangest of things.



Kitchen Science

 

Strange Cornflour Slime

Is it a solid or is it a liquid? Make a really strange mixture and find out how it behaves.



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