Joseph and Rob catch up. They touch on work and their history with computers. Then for a side topic, they highlight some interesting discoveries about planet Venus. For the main discussion, Rob explores the strange science behind rotting vegetation, animals, and humans.

Joseph and Rob catch up. They touch on work and their history with computers. Then for a side topic, they highlight some interesting discoveries about planet Venus. For the main discussion, Rob explores the strange science behind rotting vegetation, animals, and humans.


Joseph’s new work computer, the 5K iMac


What planet Venus smells like


What planets sound like


Taphonomy


Fingernails don’t keep growing after you die


What happens as we die?


Why do apples and bananas turn brown?


Polyphenol oxidase


Decomposition


Lysosomes


A long-overdue review of Hunter’s A Civic Biology


Rigor mortis


Battle of Tollense


The Chemistry of the Odour of Decomposition