<p>On Dear Science this week, Marcus Jones talks about the first ever <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02895-0">room-temperature superconductor</a>, a new NASA mission which will <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02910-4">lightly graze up against an asteroid</a> and the mystery of why <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/why-adding-salt-makes-fruit-and-candy-sweeter">adding salt to sweet foods makes them taste even sweeter</a></p>

On Dear Science this week, Marcus Jones talks about the first ever room-temperature superconductor, a new NASA mission which will lightly graze up against an asteroid and the mystery of why adding salt to sweet foods makes them taste even sweeter

<p>On Dear Science this week, Marcus Jones&nbsp;talks&nbsp;about&nbsp;the first ever <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02895-0" rel="noopener noreferrer">room-temperature superconductor</a>, a new NASA mission which will <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02910-4" rel="noopener noreferrer">lightly graze up against an asteroid</a>&nbsp;and the mystery of why&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/why-adding-salt-makes-fruit-and-candy-sweeter" rel="noopener noreferrer">adding salt to sweet foods makes them taste even sweeter</a></p>

Dear Science w/ Marcus Jones: October 21, 2020

The Tuesday Wire&#039;s weekly dive into the wide world of science.

Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including Chemist Professor Allan Blackman and Physicist Dr Cushla McGoverin. 

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

The Tuesday Wire's weekly dive into the wide world of science. Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including Chemist Professor Allan Blackman and Physicist Dr Cushla McGoverin. Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

The Tuesday Wire's weekly dive into the wide world of science.

Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including Chemist Professor Allan Blackman and Physicist Dr Cushla McGoverin. 

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

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