Science

Plastic Straws Sucked for Our Taste Buds

SLURPING SEASON

You can’t truly taste things that you can’t smell, scientists have found. And you certainly can’t smell things you’re sucking through a straw.

Tanya Basu
Tanya Basu 

Senior Editor, Science

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Tanya Basu

Tanya Basu

Senior Editor, Science

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