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Jun 2021
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How Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemic...

Scicomm Media
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This episode explains how we sense chemicals through smell, taste, and pheromones. How things smell and taste and chemicals in the tears, breath, and on the skin of others have a profound effect on how we feel, what we do, and our hormones. I explain the 3 types of responses to smell, the 5 types of tastes, the possible existence of sixth taste sense, and ho ... Show More
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