Why do onions make you cry? - a podcast by Melissa and Jam

from 2019-11-07T06:25

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#016

This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of onion tears, the emotional reaction we all have, against our will, when cutting onions. Grab some tissues, this one's gonna burn.

References from this episode



  1. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60174a009  

  2. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acschembio.7b00336


  3. https://www.nature.com/articles/419685a  

  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/science/onions-crying-chemicals.html

  5. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/pso/psov.htm

  6. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170620122950.htm

  7. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobels-2013-the-tearless-onion/


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