Equinox
Equinox
Sep 17, 2020
28: Why Things Rot
Play • 57 min

Joseph and Rob catch up. They touch on work and their history with computers. Then for a side topic, they highlight some interesting discoveries about planet Venus. For the main discussion, Rob explores the strange science behind rotting vegetation, animals, and humans.

Joseph’s new work computer, the 5K iMac

What planet Venus smells like

What planets sound like

Taphonomy

Fingernails don’t keep growing after you die

What happens as we die?

Why do apples and bananas turn brown?

Polyphenol oxidase

Decomposition

Lysosomes

A long-overdue review of Hunter’s A Civic Biology

Rigor mortis

Battle of Tollense

The Chemistry of the Odour of Decomposition

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