{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chemistry For Your Life","title":"Why do onions make you cry?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/81e1535b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2065,"description":"#016 RebroadcastThis week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of onion tears, the emotional reaction we all have, against our will, when cutting onions. Grab some tissues, this one's gonna burn.References from this episodehttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60174a009  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acschembio.7b00336https://www.nature.com/articles/419685a  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/science/onions-crying-chemicals.htmlhttp://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/pso/psov.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170620122950.htmhttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobels-2013-the-tearless-onion/Check out our website at chemforyourlife.comWatch our episodes on YouTubeFind us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.Want to start your own podcast? Use Transistor and you'll have the best podcast platform available. We use it and we are totally in love with it.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lu4HbLHuTW1O_8BhDI8VZ5qX3dCXZvibQi2muYIvp5w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMwOTkvMTY2Njgy/NzQwMS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}