You can discuss this video over on REDDIT if you want: stvmld.com/jrwepagi Bitrex really sticks around in your mouth. I regret filming that bit for real. You can support me on Patreon to get access to the bonus video here: stvmld.com/fbku3aj2 The sponsor is brilliant: The first 200 people to sign up at brilliant.org/stevemould will get 20% off an annual subscription.

@qathaan

2 жыл бұрын

Ok

@sweeflyboy

2 жыл бұрын

Damn I'm early

@pahilhembrom322

2 жыл бұрын

Love your stuff Steve Mould!

@i_yatra

2 жыл бұрын

hey can u make a whole video on just umami taste.

@joemomumbo

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

This is the LockPickingPlant, and what I have for you today is a sweet taste receptor from a mammal. Usually you need sugar to open this, but there is an almost unforgivable amount of sloppiness in this design. I'm going to show you that not only can it be opened with a low-cost protein based attack, but how it's so much easier and more effective than doing it with the proper glucose.

@TheOxiongarden

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated

@decyrano

2 жыл бұрын

Needs more clicks, gates, cylinders, and reference to wine or ice cream for his wife/companion plant.

@mobeen360

2 жыл бұрын

Yo, I can only imagine the height of effort you put to make that up. props to you!

@svetozarstojkov6333

2 жыл бұрын

Best comment does not ex...

@TannerTurtle

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit you really went in on this comment 😂 I love it!

I was not mentally prepared to see that shot of you pooping in the woods Steve

@3dprintworld503

2 жыл бұрын

2nd reply

@0xMN

2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't surprised. Tomatoes are disgusting, though ...

@SvenSimonsen

2 жыл бұрын

The moment where he looks at the camera right before the shot ends really got me

@dominicsurette2890

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting to see you here, love your channel tho and keep up the awesome vids

@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394

2 жыл бұрын

Shoulda joined the Boy Scouts. They're ready for anything.

Steve Mould mentions the words "Benign Masochism", and everything in my life fell instantly into place.

This reminded me of a hypothesis I figured out a couple days ago considering the typical "kindergarten puking chain reaction" - it may be beneficial for animals living in groups that they all start vomiting (or at least become more susceptible to it) once one of them shows signs of poisoning just in case more of them ate the poison, maybe a little while after the first puking individual.

@UraYukimitsu

6 ай бұрын

Yup, that's exactly what it is!

Pooping out seeds right next to a huge established tree is a total dick move. Please be considerate and poop out in the open where the new plants can get plenty of light. That's the deal!

@DavidBryantsTranscendent

2 жыл бұрын

🤣...but the tree'z have seniority!

@DavidBryantsTranscendent

2 жыл бұрын

And they need the nutrients so they can talk tree shit.

@DavidBryantsTranscendent

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of tree's support life under their canopy that wouldn't be able to survive elsewhere. And besides... birds sit in tree'z. Birds eat chilies and poop the seeds out under tree branches. We eat chilies. And have to poop somewhere to. Stop segregating bathrooms. Everybody poops. See how woke you would be!

@thewiseturtle

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBryantsTranscendent Just FYI, it's trees. Apostrophes with an S makes a word is possessive. Just adding an S makes it plural. E.g., David's original sentence was talking about a single tree's decision to support life under the canopy, as opposed to many Davids talking about many trees which make up a forest. (Personally, I have a theory that the extra apostrophes popping up in plurals is a tiny alien invasion. They are mostly harmless, and are just observing us, but do add a bit of confusion to our communication.)

@DavidBryantsTranscendent

2 жыл бұрын

@@thewiseturtle do I need to post an article about how correcting grammar in KZread comments is a waste of life? For all you know I could have been pooping while I replied. Spend time more wise zzzzz ly.

10:44 Steve: "Gorillas have evolved." *Cuts to a video of a gorilla picking its nose*

@co2_os

2 жыл бұрын

Look mom I told you it's natural, gorillas do it too.

@naota3k

2 жыл бұрын

...and then immediately eating it.

@ncot_tech

2 жыл бұрын

It's subtle edits like this that make the channel entertaining to watch 😄

@KVerne009

2 жыл бұрын

@@naota3k apparently it's good for the gut... I do it in solace: I don't have to go to the sink and yeah the pre/ pro biotic my gut gets

@jojojorisjhjosef

2 жыл бұрын

There are enzymes in your snot known to have health benefits.

Hi Steve, I work on taste receptors as part of my PhD! And you're right about the brazzein binding to sweet taste receptors, but it only binds to one half of the complex, T1R3. Curiously the same part that is present in umami complexes, despite not causing an umami taste!

@91JLovesDisney

3 ай бұрын

Did you finish it?

@spookstory2519

3 ай бұрын

@@91JLovesDisney in my final year now! Writing up my thesis soon!

@91JLovesDisney

3 ай бұрын

@@spookstory2519 awesome! What field?

"Gorillas have evolved" Proceeds to show clip of gorilla ferociously eating the boogers from its nose

@mfaizsyahmi

2 жыл бұрын

...and eating the boogers. don't forget that crucial detail!

@crackedemerald4930

2 жыл бұрын

It recycles antibodies!

@milkmochacoffees

2 жыл бұрын

10:44 because we all want to see it again

mint also works like capsaicin, activating the TRPM8 receptor which is intended to trip around 20-26 Celsius to detect cool, but not cold sensation.

@Jesse__H

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I wonder why mint sometimes makes us sneeze?

@jonathanodude6660

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jesse__H huh?

@Willyazaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jesse__H Sneezing isn’t normal - I never sneeze.

@juliaf_

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jesse__H I've never sneezed from mint. Maybe you have an allergy?

@Anon.G

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jesse__H If anything mint clears the airways, it doesn't make the average person sneeze

Benign Masochism would be a great band name.

@halfwayinfinate6342

2 жыл бұрын

Oooohhh, can I use that?

@Qsie

2 жыл бұрын

Prog rock band (:

@Mutantcy1992

2 жыл бұрын

For shoegaze

@JaumeCabistany

2 жыл бұрын

also with The Supertasters!!

@sorenkazaren4659

2 жыл бұрын

I maintain that Thermonuclear Dodo would be an epic band name.

Your description of hydronium was good up to the point you compared it to the Na+ • 6H2O hydration shell. H3O+ is covalently bonded and also has a shell of H2O molecules that are not covalently bonded to it. It is not the same as just H+ with a hydration shell. It is still written H+ as a shorthand, but was originally written that way because it was thought to exist stably in that form, which is now known to not be the case.

I didn't think a single video could answer so many of my questions at the same time! Fantasic work, Steve!

10:45 i bet that gorilla is stimulating their proton receptors

@diamonddogie

2 жыл бұрын

Boogers are more salty than bitter

@solarnaut

2 жыл бұрын

10:45 "Gorillas have evolved " Gorilla : (( You tell 'em Stevo ! )) Also Gorilla : (( Really ? Gots ta show me nose snacking ? . . . (( How'd ya like it if I showed you droppin' a load in the woods ? (( What?! Oh, really ? . . . shameless, eh ? )) B-)

@thewiseturtle

2 жыл бұрын

@@diamonddogie You mean more salty than sour. Sour (acid) is the proton receptor one.

AERT! AERT! SOUND THE AARM!

@adhdaf

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to call out the same typo, glad to see you already had things handled :p

@cocoabuttervaseline

2 жыл бұрын

8:24 SYSTEM AERRTTT

@JanTuts

2 жыл бұрын

It's a very thick accent, and pronounced "a-ert" and "a-arm" :D

@DeRien8

2 жыл бұрын

NAARM!

@nicksouthon1557

2 жыл бұрын

Noel Noel. Is it Christmas aready?

"Gorillas have evolved their sense of taste". Shows a mummy gorilla eating her bogies while holding her baby. Lovely.

You’re exactly what I wish my science teachers could have been like. Engaging, funny, interesting. Your points are often things that would otherwise be difficult to grasp but with your explanations become an interesting topic. Keep up the great work!

@jeffdroog

2 жыл бұрын

Someone sounds like they wished they could have banged their high-school teacher lol Inappropriate.

So, that time I had a huge piece of cake and decided to have coke zero to compensate...I was actually introducing a Trojan Horse to myself.

@amansaxena5898

2 жыл бұрын

Nice observation!

@NoNameAtAll2

2 жыл бұрын

I don't get it

@coler154

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoNameAtAll2 8:37

@rdizzy1

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, normally, I would be eating a normal coke AND the cake anyway, so to me it is a few hundred less calories than normal, regardless of the optics.

@SgtLion

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, aye, sweeteners be bad. A whole lot of precursory evidence that sweeteners are more causational to diabetes than sugar itself.

6:06 I was today years old when I learned how the plants of brussel sprouts look like

@PeppoMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Just wait until you find out that brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli and kale are technically all the same plant species. Just different cultivars and only so weirdly different because of selective breeding much like we have done with dogs. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_oleracea

@SgtLion

2 жыл бұрын

I suggest growin' a couple veg plants, if only for the science. It is eeeeasy

@PaulPaulPaulson

2 жыл бұрын

@@PeppoMusic That's fascinating, but I did actually know that before. Maybe that's why I expected brussel sprouts to look more like a mini version of cauliflower with one sprout per plant. Thanks for the wiki link, its definitely worth looking at.

5:23 great quote

You make videos on such simple everyday science its extremely refreshing!!!

8:19 What is a System Aert? :P Pointing out typos makes me feel like a big man.

@TimHollingworth

2 жыл бұрын

Haha well spotted I missed that first time around!

@louithrottler

2 жыл бұрын

Well ya scared me for a second there. Damned typos

@TheGreatAtario

2 жыл бұрын

Automated Emergency Response Tip

@Mr.Exquisite

2 жыл бұрын

searched for that comment :D

@jimharrop9818

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Exquisite when you got past the first 10 and didn't see it, did you also think you were the first? :P

Aspartame actually has the same caloric density as sugar (4 Calories per gram). The difference is that it binds much more strongly to the taste receptors and so less of it is needed.

@caleblimb3275

2 жыл бұрын

@@TubeMeisterJC He said it pretty much exactly how I've always hear it. Except where I live they would say it with a less pure 'a' after the 'p'-I almost spelled it 'aspertame' by mistake-and with a harder 'r'. But those differences are just due to the accent here in the western rural US. I prefer how he says it personally.

@patje444

2 жыл бұрын

Does this also change Steve's claim about the body absorbing more real sugar when using asparame?

@caleblimb3275

2 жыл бұрын

@@patje444 I don't think so. The reaction in the intestins is based on the binding of taste receptors and so would be affected by the amount of sweetness detected, not the mass present. You use a lot less apartame because it's way sweet so the net change in sweetness detected is ~0.

@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394

2 жыл бұрын

Also, aspartame tastes like _>kak

@DeRien8

2 жыл бұрын

Cool

Congrats on 1m subscribers!!! It's about time, and you're still yet to really blow up. Keep it up Steve!

It's nice when someone seems genuinely enthused about their sponsor :)

Chillis: create a specialized chemical over millions of years to dissuade mammals from eating them Humans: *Now This is some Gourmet Shit right here*

@OfficiallyErling

2 жыл бұрын

Not just humans! My late cat was a big big chilli fan. His absolute favourite was chili Doritos, and we had to actually get rid of a chilli plant once because he'd specifically seek it out to go eat it.

@SteveMould

2 жыл бұрын

@@OfficiallyErling that's crazy!

@Kram1032

2 жыл бұрын

Luckily that still works out for Chillis as now they are being actively bread by the very mammals they intended to dissuade. So it's kinda win win. There is a reason some types of grass make up perhaps the most successful land plant species in the world

@cabbage4994

2 жыл бұрын

@@OfficiallyErling mammals are weird🤷‍♂️

@iseriver3982

2 жыл бұрын

@@OfficiallyErling was your cat a Mexican hairless? I'll see myself out.

4:56 I just loved awkward that self promotion.

I love your sense of humour. It makes your videos much more entertaining, yet still very comprehensive. And... OH MY GOD! I've never thought how brussels sprouts grow! It's hilarious!!! ♥️

This is honestly one of the most interesting videos I've watched in a while. It answered so many questions I've had for a long time, along with a bunch that I didn't even know I had! So thanks for that, Steve. Also the pooping shot. Thanks for that, too, I guess.

Your videos are just top tier. Interesting and difficult topics great explained and still funny and goofy. First saw you many years ago in a Numberphile video and was delighted once I found out you've got your own channel ☺️

From a video of Explosions&Fire (a surprisingly good chemistry channel), he tested the taste all the alkali chloride salts. Everything heavier than KCl was extremely bitter, and interestingly, LiCl had a sort of zesty bite to it, but NaCl was the saltiest tasting. It makes sense that we detect Na+ the best/enjoy it the most. I wonder if the bitter taste comes from the ions being unable to travel through the channels due to being physically larger? Dunno, biology isn't my area.

@ssgoko88

2 жыл бұрын

I would hope nacl tasted salty

@Nelchihaak

2 жыл бұрын

Potassium alum (in case you use that for desinfecting your skin after shaving) has this vague hard to pinpoint salty and sour taste. The weak saltiness is easy to connect to the potassium ions and the sourness to the sulfates, but now I wonder if the aluminium ions also have a chance taste that adds to the mix.

@jonathanodude6660

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nelchihaak why would the sulfates taste sour?

@Nelchihaak

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanodude6660 I guess so. Maybe I was making a too hasty leap from sulfuric acid. In that case the strange weak sourness remains a mystery.

@jonathanodude6660

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nelchihaak maybe the oxidation state of the aluminium is slightly acidic, in that it pulls hydroxide out of the water, leaving protons?

I'm enlightened, you answered so many questions I had as well as some I didn't have but liked getting the answers to.

Amazing! I love this video, great work Steve & Team!

Hey Steve, as a new dad and a science guy, I'm always thinking about how I'm going to teach my son about all these different concepts I see in your videos. So, if you ever need an idea for more content, it would be great to have a channel where you make videos for other dads showing things we can make at home or maybe even some toy recommendations.

@dragoncurveenthusiast

2 жыл бұрын

As a science-y aunt, I'd also be up for that!

@Sciencigo

2 жыл бұрын

If you like science, you might like my channel :)

@philidor9657

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sciencigo nice channel! Keep it up!

@Sciencigo

2 жыл бұрын

@@philidor9657 Thank you! 😃

Really well explained 👍 I knew that MSG gave foods a savory flavor, but I never knew the glutamate/protein association was behind it. Great video!

Man i love your vídeos, always with the interesting topics about common stuff we pretty much never think about!

When you mentioned that bitter is a "poison detection system" it really set off a lot of alarm bells in my head. I definitely would NOT have survived during the days of hunting and gathering because I actually like bitter flavors.

Concerning why many people like spicy food, there is a likely evolutionary reason. Capsaicin molecules seem to have antifungal properties, making them functional food preservatives. You may have noticed that most cultures associated with spicy foods are in tropical or subtropical climates where heat and moisture accelerate the decay of foods. In cold climates food shelf life can be extended by burying it in snow or even in the ground. Or, food can be dried, and fairly easily be kept dry. In hot areas, there were few options to preserve food outside of salt (which was historically difficult to come by) and spicy stuff. Individuals who enjoyed - or could learn to enjoy - feeling like their mouth was on fire had more reliable access to calories and were less likely to be poisoned by their own food. Resultantly, they had more energy for making babies and starved less. You know how it goes from there.

@kattkatt744

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting hypothesis. Korea is an outlier in this though, they love chili, but have a colder climate than Japan where most people do not like spicy food even if the southern parts are hot and humide for big parts of the year.

@SgtLion

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure their existence in hot countries is mainly because.. that's where the chilli plants naturally grow. But otherwise, not a bad shout.

@toomanymarys7355

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't work as a preservative. Spices don't grow in cold places.

5:50 Nintendo game cardriges (Gameboy/3D DS/Switch) are also made bitter to prevent small children do chew/swallow them. :-)

So many good chuckles in this one, Steve. Well done.

Fantastic content as usual Steve, keep it up!

8:20 What is a "System Aert"?

@JuniperHatesTwitterlikeHandles

2 жыл бұрын

ært is the danish word for pea, so it's "system pea"

I almost commented on the proton/hydronium thing when you posted your earlier video. For those who were complaining about it being H3O+, it's even more often H5O2+, and sometimes H7O3+ (or beyond) for exactly the reason that you mentioned. When you dissolve things in water, saying what chemical compound they actually are gets complicated.

@HeythemMD

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't the proton bound to one of the water molecules through a covalent bond, while the interaction with the other molecules is through hydrogen bonds?

@jasonpatterson8091

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeythemMD Fair point - I've seen it both ways in journal articles. Oxonium ions are weird.

I learned a lot, thanks. Such quality content, don't know how I didn't come across your channel earlier.

Honestly this guys videos are amazing

I'm a super taster and I can't stand any bitter at all. I'm glad you explained it so well because now I realize why I can "feel" the bitter food moving through my entire system. I've never been able to explain to my family why I feel so ill after eating something bitter. Thanks

So, we I read somewhere that atoms never "touch" each other because they are surrounded by electrons and their negative charge repel each other. If the H ion is a proton alone, how can they exist without sticking to the closest neighbor's electrons?

@msachin4885

2 жыл бұрын

This is actually a good question, and you're right: if an H+ was close to another available electron, they would attract to one another and form elemental H, but the reason the H+ stays a proton is due to the fact that there aren't many free electrons willing to bind to the proton. All the available electrons in the area are already bound to another atom in some other molecule, and those electrons need some energy to release from their parent atom to become available for the proton. This is the same reason a solution of aqueous HCL doesn't become less acidic over time.

@iseriver3982

2 жыл бұрын

@@msachin4885 but wouldnt the H+ just bond to the other atom and create a molecule?

@PetarAndrejic

2 жыл бұрын

Atoms repel each other mostly because of Pauli exclusion of the electrons, not because of electric charge. Secondly, the surrounding water molecules are neutral, but the hydrogen ion is still attracted to them via charge-dipole interactions, which is weaker than charge-charge interactions. So it does stick for short periods of time. However hydronium is not very stable, and it quickly gives up a proton, which hops to another water molecule, which turns into a hydronium, which after a short time again gives up a proton etc . This is called the Grotthuss mechanism.

@thelegalsystem

2 жыл бұрын

9:27 he covers this in this very video

@fuseteam

2 жыл бұрын

Atoms are neutral on the scale those H ions are moving about, while they are attracted to the nearest electron, they are attracted to *all* nearest electrons practically canceling out any net sticking But hey that's just a theory a KZread comment theory. Ultimately when they do 'stick' to a electron they recombine to create an hydrogen atom which ultimately gets repelled by the rest of the atom. The atom that now lost its electron then turns into a negative ion

2:40 It's the same with different sweeteners mixed together. A mix of honey and maple syrup will taste sweet, but when pulled apart they have a completely different taste, while still being sweet.

I finally watched this video. it’s a good video. The reason I didn’t watch it sooner is the thumbnail is absolutely atrocious

I love the hypothesis about people being more prone to accept a bitter taste if there are addictive compounds. It seems like it could be tested by finding people who haven't really had coffee, for example, and giving some of them caffeinated coffee every day and some decaf and seeing if the caffeinated coffee drinkers begin to report the flavor as more pleasant even when their coffee is switched with decaf.

@FrigginCatsBruh

Жыл бұрын

Decaf has caffeine still

@GogiRegion

5 ай бұрын

@@FrigginCatsBruhWay less so, though.

Hello there, it's the proteine picking lawyer

@maybearkamaybenot11

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@maybearkamaybenot11

2 жыл бұрын

Good one

Hey Steve, thanks for addressing the question about hydronium ions!

6:50 as a drugaddict, I can confirm your hypothesis. Chewing a certain tablet tastes aweful the first few times, but as your brain starts associating that taste with the painkilling effect it starts to taste quite allright. Today, tasting it genuinely makes me a little happy and as a result the taste is good. As a sidenote, drugs have *deffinitely* messed me up. Stay away.

8:21 typo "system *aert"*

its a steve mould video, i can't resist it.🙂

Paused the video and immediately bought some PTC strips and some litmus strips. Going to do some fun science experiments with the kid when they arrive. Thanks!

So much information in one video. I love it.

System Aert in your stomach! As usual just brilliant, as a cook i really enjoy'd this one especially because its all about generating an experiance in the mouth not only from a nutritional aspect but aswell from taste wise. Its just great to understand taste, we once did a sensor test with closed nose, some things get impossible to differentiate like apples and onions or Cinnamon starts to taste spicy on the tongue.

5:29 I would append that humans are REALLY GOOD at sweating, so eating foods that make our bodies go "Oh God Oh Frick Time To Sweat" can help us cool down in hot temperatures!

@DeRien8

2 жыл бұрын

Which statement? "Humans are weird"? That timestamp directs to him talking about non-toxic bitterants.

@NoisqueVoaProduction

2 жыл бұрын

That might be a plausible answer. If we look at the countries that like spicy food (Mexico, China, Jamaica, Korea, Malasia, India, Ethiopia, Buthan), many of them are hot places... And the sweat factor is really important in human evolution Interesting catch

Hey Steve, love your videos! Just a small tip, you might want to tone down the noise/grain in your animations a little bit, either that or use a smaller scale for the grain as it fights for attention, agains the content. Anyway, keep up the good work!

Glad you mentioned the miracle berry. Video was getting pretty late and I was wondering if left out.

Me: (pooping in yard) Mom: oh my god we have a toilet Me: the plants paid me to

6:55 This makes a ton of sense! It's like how people want "stronk man coffee" bitter as can be, when the more roasted the coffee is, the less caffeine it actually has. We associate the taste with the effect, and perceive a stronger taste to have more effect (even if it doesn't directly do that)

@ThePenguin369

2 жыл бұрын

Me: who has to have de caf. 🤔 No rules for me!

Thanks for your teaching as also about Brilliant application.

Great video, haven't learned this much relevant stuff in a video in a while

The Explosions & Fire channel did an interesting video on trying out all the metallic salts that were not toxic. They made fries with friends and tried all of them. Really interesting video! :)

0:17 the fact you went to the woods just to shoot this

@georgiosrinakakis934

2 жыл бұрын

plot twist: he is going for number 2 in the woods all the time

I've always wondered why I can't taste any bitterness in citrus fruits even if others say it's nearly impossible to enjoy these. Now I finally have the answer, thank you ! :)

I'm a super taster but I love broccoli, it's neutral slightly sweet to me, not bitter unless overcooked

0:20 that fast head turn is going to haunt me for days

This is something i was wondering for a long while and that is since chillies stimulate our painfully heat sensors could it be possible to syntetize pleasantly warm sensors and have warm food without heating?

@microwave221

2 жыл бұрын

Try adding some Sriracha to leftover Mac and cheese and eating it straight out of the fridge, there is a kinda confusion that goes on

@5thearth

2 жыл бұрын

That's a really cool idea!

love the touch of comedy it helps with my (and everyone else's) short attention spam especially since science and math videos start to get boring after a certain duration

Oh my god the 4K60FPS looks AMAZING

8:25 system AERT 👍😃

Another theory regarding Cacao or cofee being bitter: Cacao is toxic to some mammals (at least dog and cats), maybe we identifies it as bitter because it was toxic to some of ancestors ?

@rdizzy1

2 жыл бұрын

Theobromide is toxic to humans as well, just in higher amounts.

5:05 these stock video clips are too good man!

One of the most interesting videos I’ve seen in a while.

"Gorilla's have evolved", showing a gorilla picking its nose xD I love those details!

@mfaizsyahmi

2 жыл бұрын

...and eating the boogers. don't forget that crucial detail!

@AgentOrange96

2 жыл бұрын

@@mfaizsyahmi Yeah, I stopped paying attention to what Steve was saying at this point xD

Steve, your channel is one of the big science channels on KZread. You're also one of the science-ee KZreadrs that have released books. It's too bad there isn't a grouping or public listing of books and items from content creators like yourself. You, Brady, Tom, Matt, and many others are in this category. Such a platform would be beneficial to you all as well as the public. (Many buy the books as soon as they find out about them.)

I love the windshield washer fluid part

OMG, I had never seen Brussel sprouts like that in my life.

@ab-fm2dj

2 жыл бұрын

that’s how they grow

2:08 Aluminum Chloride (AlCl3) will also work! Importantly it also wont kill you. It is (or at least WAS) used in low sodium salt as well, either alone or in a combination with NaCl (because it too does not taste exactly like salt). In my experience it does taste salty, but doesnt taste like salt...if that makes sense...

Hello Steve, Great Video! I need to comment on what you said at about 10:00 min into the video about hydronium, complexes and disolved sugar. These three are completly different things. When comparing ion mobility of elements of the first group of the PSE, for example, you can see protons standing out because they do not have solvation shells and can execute the so called Grotthuß mechanism. Alcohols like sugars also do not have solvation shells and are dissolved through strong hydrogen bonds. The intermolecular forces and mechanism are very different and should not be equated.

And then there's that annoying gene which makes coriander taste like soap.

@wonderwend1

2 жыл бұрын

Ooh I have that one

@alandouglas2789

2 жыл бұрын

Coriander tastes awful… I’d prefer it to taste like soap

@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart

2 жыл бұрын

@@alandouglas2789 Heretic!

@NerysOsbourn

2 жыл бұрын

I have that. I was told that super tasters have that gene which is why we can taste the soap. But I love brassicas of all kinds and don't find them bitter so now I'm really confused.

@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart

2 жыл бұрын

@@NerysOsbourn There's different genes for each of these.

10:43 "Gorilla have more evolved taste" _Shows footage of Gorilla eating its own booger_

we just not guna talk about how "system alert" in the stomach 8:20 was spelled wrong?!?!.... lol steve i love your vids keep up the good work man!!!

Why does coriander taste like soap to some people?

@kristyanne719

2 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean cilantro?

@markchinguz4401

2 жыл бұрын

@@kristyanne719 same thing

@paulec252

2 жыл бұрын

My hypothesis is a “lock and key” failure again: but this time it’s a genetic mutuation that changes the protein that receives the cilantro molecule. TLDR: genetics.

@markchinguz4401

2 жыл бұрын

You know what? I'm gonna look up some studies on it

@vivimannequin

2 жыл бұрын

Different perspective towards the taste

8:20 you can't always have W's, sometimes you gotta take the L i'm serious, take it

Came here for learning. Found out about Bitrex! Thanks Steve.

Some scientists checked the idea that capsaicin evolved to protect against mammals by planting two group of the same kind of peppers, with one modified to not have capsaicin. Turns out both were eaten about the same by mammals, but not bacteria. The ones with capsaicin where more resistant to bacterial infections.

10:44 did you really have to use this footage?

@klosskopfder1.762

2 жыл бұрын

The perfect footage for "gorillas have evolved"

@rogeryoung3587

2 жыл бұрын

Did you really have to comment?

@troyna77

2 жыл бұрын

That's scientifically called booger sugar

0:17 you really performed this stunt on your own?

I love your content 🥺

5:13 when pain feels good. sure, pain can elicit certain feelings of displeasure, but it's a physical-based displeasure that our bodies automatically compensate for with a boost in endorphins which feels so good.

I absolutelly love ur videos. Just... why aren't automatic subtitles available? I have been learning english for over 15 years but i still feel more confy with subtitles. Btw, my cat loves jam, maybe he is a super taster cat? 😽🍧

We are groomed from childhood to be addicted to sweetness, and via lack of exposure (because everything that is processed nowadays is very sweet, sour or salty) we're also groomed to be repulsed by bitterness, because it is not familiar. It is only through practice that we can come to greatly appreciate the wide array of exquisite flavors found in bitter food and drink.

I liked the taste of that nail stuff. For me it was kinda like sweet tart. Where it’s weirdly addicting sweet bitter that gets u wanting more.

Steve is the best.

Best into Steve ! The deer in head lights look when 'distributing' the seeds haha

I like your hypothesis on why we like bitter tastes. I remember as a kid hating everything bitter, but grew to like it as I got older. I wonder if adults who don't enjoy / consume any pleasurable psychoactive bitter substances are less likely to enjoy bitter foods?