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The Tangents team tackles one of the greatest controversies in science history: are tomatoes fruits?
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[Fact Off]
Thumping watermelons
https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/07/how-to-pick-a-ripe-melon.html
https://www.almanac.com/how-tell-if-watermelon-ripe
https://www.bksv.com/en/knowledge/blog/perspectives/ripe-watermelon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-of-a-ripe-watermelon-1498828907
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325046/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00779-013-0706-7
Animals eating moldy fruit
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05643-z
[Ask the Science Couch]
Ripening fruit biochemistry
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2018.00016
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/63/13/4741/484722
https://www.actahort.org/books/463/463_42.htm
[Butt One More Thing]
Medlar fruit
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210325-the-strange-medieval-fruit-the-world-forgot
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medlar-fruit-forgotten-butt-shape
262 episodes
Manage episode 295587170 series 2460280
The Tangents team tackles one of the greatest controversies in science history: are tomatoes fruits?
Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents
A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Fact Off]
Thumping watermelons
https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/07/how-to-pick-a-ripe-melon.html
https://www.almanac.com/how-tell-if-watermelon-ripe
https://www.bksv.com/en/knowledge/blog/perspectives/ripe-watermelon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-of-a-ripe-watermelon-1498828907
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325046/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00779-013-0706-7
Animals eating moldy fruit
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05643-z
[Ask the Science Couch]
Ripening fruit biochemistry
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2018.00016
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/63/13/4741/484722
https://www.actahort.org/books/463/463_42.htm
[Butt One More Thing]
Medlar fruit
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210325-the-strange-medieval-fruit-the-world-forgot
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medlar-fruit-forgotten-butt-shape
262 episodes
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