Candy

34 min • 2 mars 2021

This week, we talk about the ol’ tippy top of the food pyramid: Candy!

When you get done with this tasty episode, you’ll be saying “how sweet it is!”

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Cotton candy blood vessels

https://www.designnews.com/stub/synthetic-capillary-networks-artificial-organs-developed-using-cotton-candy-machine

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/vu-ccm020816.php

Cordite (forbidden gum)

Picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cordite_Filled_Cartridge.JPG

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3281990

https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/cordite/1010201.article