Chemistry For Your Life

By Melissa and Jam, BleavScience Chemistry

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June 22, 2023Why DO mosquitos bite some people more than others? (new research!)
#163

We've talked about mosquitos many times around here, why they bite us, how they find us, how to prevent them from biting us, etc. One thing that's struck us is that research about some of those big questions is ongoing and always evolving. And we just came across some super new research about why mosquitos bite some people more than others, you won't want to miss this!
References from this episode
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/why-mosquitoes-prefer-some-people-others

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/the-chemistry-of-mosquito-attraction

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00532-8

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24831245/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/1-8-cineole
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44 min
June 15, 2023Do mosquitos bite some people more than others?
#052 Rebroadcast
This week, Melissa and Jam continue the topic of mosquitos (If you missed last week's, listen to it first). It's time to answer the age-old, every-summer question. Why do some people get bitten by mosquitos more than other people? Or maybe, does this really happen in the first place? If so why? What factors do mosquitos look for, compare, and choose by? Let's get to the bottom of this.

References from this episode
https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(10)60044-6/pdf

http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/why-mosquitoes-like-you-the-most/

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/world-deadliest-animal.html

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28639690/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127358/

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/content/part/JAMCA/JAMCA_V18_N2_P091-096.pdf

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-mosquitoes-bite-some-people-more-than-others/

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1186/1744-8069-4-29

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10921468/
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35 min
June 08, 2023Bonus: Why is butter yellow? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 44
In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about butter, popcorn, vinegar and baking soda, being a dad, and more!
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41 min
June 01, 2023What is the greenhouse effect?
#162

Here's another summer topic, if you live in a somewhat warmer climate area, you've undoubtedly notice that cars can get insanely hot during the summer. We live in Texas, and cars can get so hot that it's dangerous. What the heck is going on there? We all know this to be the case, but why exactly? Let's talk about it.
References from this episode
https://www.acs.org/climatescience/climatesciencenarratives/what-is-the-greenhouse-effect.html#:~:text=All%20gases%20whose%20molecules%20have,temperature%20for%20billions%20of%20years.

https://www.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmosphere

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22759590/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cimZGu5GadQ&&t=84s

https://youtu.be/cimZGu5GadQ?t=84s

https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/oxygen/3005899.article

https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/carbon-dioxide/3005728.article
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45 min
May 25, 2023Why does carbonated water have a taste?
#026 Rebroadcast
This week, Melissa and Jam discuss part of an often requested topic: carbonation. Does it have a taste? Like why does carbonated water taste different than flat water? And what is carbonation in the first place? Does it give you unusually long life? How is it so refreshing? We answer some of those questions.
References from this episode
The Taste of Carbonation - Jayaram Chandrashekar, David Yarmolinsky, Lars von Buchholtz, Yuki Oka, William Sly, Nicholas J. P. Ryba, Charles S. Zuker

Scientists Discover Protein Receptor for Carbonation Taste - National Institutes of Health

Carbonation Has a Taste - Scientific American
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32 min
May 18, 2023What is popcorn?
#161

Summer's here, blockbusters are coming out, people will be headed to the movies, and nothing goes better with a movie... than popcorn. At least that's how we feel around here. But what even is popcorn? Are the kernels just like regular corn? How do they pop to become popcorn? What even is the stuff we're eating? Can someone please tell me what's going on?? Let's dig in.
References from this episode
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bm049220l

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0733521083800071

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsif.2014.1247#d3e573

https://ag.purdue.edu/news/2020/02/whats-under-the-shell-of-this-popular-snack.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/explore-the-pop-in-popcorn

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/04/050415112829.htm

https://extension.umn.edu/vegetables/growing-popcorn

https://www.compoundchem.com/2017/01/19/popcorn/

https://royalsociety.org/blog/2015/02/the-science-of-popcorn/

https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry/secret-science-stuff/popcorn.html

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/plant-science-at-the-dinner-table-popcorn

https://extension.wvu.edu/lawn-gardening-pests/gardening/wv-garden-guide/growing-popcorn-in-west-virginia
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52 min
May 11, 2023Bonus: Can coffee get HOTTER in an insulated mug? (and other questions)
Bonus Episode: Question and Response 43
In this month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to comments and questions about coffee in thermoses, yeast, intermolecular forces, plastic wrap, and more!
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51 min
May 04, 2023What is whipped cream?
#160
Recently we talked about how butter is made from cream, but how is whipped cream made from cream? What is whipping? How does whip cream get foamy and stay foamy? What's happening at the molecular level? Let's find out.
References from this episode
The development of structure in whipped cream https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1130&context=foodmicrostructure

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118881194.ch13#:~:text=A%20foam%20is%20a%20dispersion,the%20stability%20of%20the%20foam.

Development of a model whipped cream: Effects of emulsion droplet liquid/solid character and added hydrocolloid https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268005X0700032X

https://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/answerline/2020/12/22/whipped-cream-tips-for-perfecting-by-stabilizing/

https://uwyoextension.org/uwnutrition/newsletters/stabilizing-whipped-cream/

Experimental Food Science (third edition) Milk and Milk Products
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39 min
April 27, 2023What are trans fats and are they evil?
#004 Rebroadcast

This week Melissa and Jam talk about some of the possible unexpected results of hydrogenation, including trans fats.

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22 min
April 20, 2023What is butter?
#159
Can you spread it? Can you melt it? Can you bake with it? Can you cook things with it? You butter believe it! But what is butter? Or rather, whatter is butter? How do we turn cream into butter, and what is happening at the molecular level? Let's find out.
References from this episode
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/they_did_what_to_your_milk

https://www.compoundchem.com/2018/06/02/milk/

Biochemistry, 4th edition - Garrett & Grisham

https://edu.rsc.org/primary-science/how-to-make-butter/4011889.article

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836175/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34065288/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814612009363
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43 min