Fruit

The Tangents team tackles one of the greatest controversies in science history: are tomatoes fruits? Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsA big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen[Fact Off]Thumping watermelonshttps://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/07/how-to-pick-a-ripe-melon.htmlhttps://www.almanac.com/how-tell-if-watermelon-ripehttps://www.bksv.com/en/knowledge/blog/perspectives/ripe-watermelonhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-of-a-ripe-watermelon-1498828907https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325046/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00779-013-0706-7Animals eating moldy fruithttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05643-z[Ask the Science Couch]Ripening fruit biochemistryhttps://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2018.00016https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/all-fruit-and-vegetables-are-not-created-equal-when-it-comes-to-proper-storage-conditionshttps://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/63/13/4741/484722https://www.actahort.org/books/463/463_42.htm[Butt One More Thing]Medlar fruithttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210325-the-strange-medieval-fruit-the-world-forgothttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medlar-fruit-forgotten-butt-shape Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.