What Is the Taste of the Mummy?

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Kumiko explains how the discovery of gludomate opened up a whole new world for scientists. The race is on to see if there's a sixh taste, or a seventh or a thousandth tastes coming up. Linton members are adding vital new information to their job titles and workers everywhere are defining themselves more completely.

For thousands of years, there have been four basic tastes recognized across cultures. But thanks to Kumiko Ninomiya (a.k.a. the Umami Mama), scientists finally accepted a fifth. So could there be even more?

This is the fourth episode of our six-part series, Making Sense.

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