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Your daily mucus output is most impressive. Teaspoons or measuring cups can\u2019t capture its entire volume. Find out how much your body churns out and why you can\u2019t live without the viscous stuff.\xa0But slime in general is remarkable.\nWhether coating the bellies of slithery creatures, sleeking the surface of aquatic plants, or dripping from your nose, its protective qualities make it one of the great inventions of biology. Join us as we venture to the land of ooze!\nGuests:\n\n\nChristopher Viney\xa0- Professor of materials science and engineering at the University of California, Merced\n\n\nKatharina Ribbeck\xa0- Bioengineer at MIT\n\n\nAnna Rose Hopkins\xa0\u2013\xa0Chef and partner at Hank and Bean in Los Angeles\n\n\nRuth Kassinger\xa0- author of \u201cSlime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us\u201d \n\n\nOriginally aired January 27, 2020\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices