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Making Sense: The Umami Mama

Making Sense: The Umami Mama

FromUnexplainable


Making Sense: The Umami Mama

FromUnexplainable

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Mar 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For thousands of years, there have been four basic tastes recognized across cultures. But thanks to Kumiko Ninomiya (a.k.a. the Umami Mama), scientists finally accepted a fifth. So could there be even more?
This is the fourth episode of our six-part series, Making Sense.
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Released:
Mar 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Unexplainable is a science show about everything we don’t know. Host Noam Hassenfeld is joined by an array of experts and Vox reporters each week to look at the most fascinating unanswered questions in science and the mind-bending ways scientists are trying to answer them. New episodes drop every Wednesday starting March 10. From Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.