202 - Mailbag - Tears, Saliva, and Snails

On today’s episode: What’s the deal with salty tears? Why do we gain so much weight when we’re on vacation? What does saliva have to do with vomiting? How do snails get their shells? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• The Lacrimal Gland
• https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/the-mysterious-science-of-motion-sickness/385469/
• https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-do-we-drool-before-being-sick
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323672931000086
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hypersalivation
• https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/why-do-we-salivate-when-were-nauseous-880551
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7987796/

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

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