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Weekly: Most Amazing Science Stories of 2024 | Live at the Science Museum

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Food Science and Animal Behavior Insights

This chapter features an engaging quiz on food and drink, unveiling fascinating insights about alcohol perception and yogurt fermentation. It also examines groundbreaking food innovations for astronauts and explores the intriguing behaviors of animals, including scent effects on aggression in pigs and unique aging processes in axolotls. Finally, the discussion highlights extraordinary animal adaptations, such as the oriental hornet's alcohol metabolism and the minimal sleep patterns of blind cave-dwelling Mexican tetra fish.

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