food science

The "Aroma R-evolution" kit comes with four forks and 21 vials full of aromas like olive oil, mint and smoke. You drop a dab of scented liquid onto the base of the fork, and the smell is supposed to subtly flavor the food you eat while using the utensil.

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Can A Smell-Emitting Fork Alter How We Savor Flavor?

5:22pm November 07, 2014

by Maanvi Singh

Flavor is a combination of taste and aroma. So can a scent-emitting fork trick our brains into thinking we're tasting something, when we're only just smelling it? The Salt team tests it out.

A collection of stills from the Skunk Bear video "Life in a Beer."

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VIDEO: Glimpse The History Of Life In A Beer

5:04pm October 08, 2014

by Adam Cole

It took more than a billion years of evolution to yield the biology behind a beer. Here, we bring you a video celebration of the science in a cold one.