• 48: Mysterious Beer

  • Aug 23 2020
  • Length: 48 mins
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48: Mysterious Beer

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  • Why do some people hate the taste of beer? Our intrepid science reporters, Jeanna and Mindy track the mysteries of one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world. 

    Below you can find links to further reading on the topic discussed in this episode.   Mystery: Why do some people hate the taste of beer?
    •  This could all fall to genetics 
    • People who are sensitive to bitter tastes have more taste receptors in their mouths 

      INTERVIEW: Live Science Staff Writer, Brandon Specktor, talks to microbiologist Ronen Hazan from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel about how a remarkable experiment where beer has been made using 5000 year old yeast from Ancient Egypt.    Don’t forget to subscribe! You can find more answers to life’s little mysteries at the Live Science website and you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook too. Tell us what your life’s little mysteries are at forums.livescience.com.
      Music by Chad Crouch - Algorithms Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

    Egypt Music theme credited to Free Music TV 
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