How Miracle Berries Alter Your Taste Buds (feat. @physicsgirl @eons @TwoCentsPBS @pbsspacetime)

We gave Physics Girl, Space Time, Above the Noise, and Two Cents some miracle berry pills and lemons, tabasco sauce, tomatoes, and a bunch of other random foods, to figure out if this miraculous taste-modifying protein has any limits. Also, we needed a good excuse to make Eon's host Kallie Moore eat a tomato.

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Credits:
Producer: Melissa Salpietra
Host/Writer: George Zaidan
Scientific Consultants: Steven D. Munger, Ph.D., Yuzo Ninomiya, Ph.D.

Executive Producer: George Zaidan
Executive Producer: Hilary Hudson

Music:
Bongo Madness
Alandra Lightflower Jones - Strike it up

Sources:

Mechanism of the Action of Taste-modifying Protein

Human sweet taste receptor mediates acid-induced sweetness of miraculin

Intracellular acidification is required for full activation of the sweet taste receptor by miraculin

Sour-To-Sweet Miracle Mechanism Revealed

Taking A Trip Down Sensory Lane

Ever wonder why dogs sniff each others' butts? Or how Adderall works? Or whether it's OK to pee in the pool? We've got you covered: Reactions a web series about the chemistry that surrounds you every day.

[adeletaylor]

I was told to inform you (politely) that PBS space Time sent me.

[jendragon]

So many of my favorite people! But I'm here b/c PBS Spacetime.

[unvergebeneid]

3:12 I think you missed an obvious joke about people in 1969 putting acid in their mouths there...

[movementcontact]

I'm (politely) letting you know that PBS Space Time sent me here.

[J.P.Nery.N.]

I was sent here by pbs spacetime. Anyone else?

[LeoStaley]

I wanted to know what the astrophysicist thought of this world changing aspect of Spacetime.

[malkisehgal]

This channel is way like Way Way underrated than rest PBS channels.

[zucho]

I have been sent from space time. Let's see what this is about.

[cbb]

Gosh, I feel like I need to rep people who came here directly for Reactions instead of coming here from Spacetime. But I am gonna go find out what Spacetime is now :)

[gogogooner]

I have a hard time relating to "uhh tomato - gross!" What are the reasons behind such a strong dislike to a very common food?

[dnwr]

Omg I love Kallie! Thank goodness She posted about this on her IG story

[tylerbotkin]

I was sent here by the amazing channel of... Space time

[dolebiscuit]

I'm very pleased by this line up of test subjects ❤️

[highlander]

1:41 So the sweet receptor when it binds with sugar turns into a uterus?

[Noneblue]

wow Physics Girl on a reactions channel talk about cross over bc i watch their individual channels

[NotHPotter]

I definitely saw PBS Spacetime's post about this, but in the service of transparency, it was actually Above the Noise's post that got me here, because once I saw that two of my favorite hosts were doing this, I had to actually come see.

[MafiaFil]

Matt from SpaceTime didn't get enough on-camera time!

[indigo]

Actually I always wondered about this, thank you :)

[golgopia]

Love seeing the comment section raided by fellow Spacetime viewers! Wish we saw more than a nanosecond of Matt. 🤓

[MrGregory]

I have a miracle berry shrub at home and a passionfruit plant. Those two combined are so good. Lemons still have a bitter taste but passionfruit is all sour.