Brain Junk

We've got a vocab "argument" when it comes to the beauty industry. They say that super hydrating lotion has snail mucins. Scientists say mucins are in a protein family secreted by animals for a whole host of reasons. Come clean beauty industry! It's snail mucus. Show Notes:NIH National Library of Medicine: Super cool snail slime paperNPR scientist interviewSnail Facial with REAL SNAILS!Transcript:[00:00:03] Speaker A: Welcome to Brain Junk. I'm Amy Barton.[00:00:05] Speaker B: And I'm Trace Kerr. And today is everything you never knew you wanted to know about Snail mucus.[00:00:13] Speaker A: Oh, I am delighted already.[00:00:18] Speaker B: It's not just for sidewalks anymore.[00:00:20] Speaker A: Really? I hope there's some practical use, like this is a part of our perfume or, you know, that chapstick you just used. Okay, dazzle me with grossness, please.[00:00:30] Speaker B: You're going to love this. Okay, so let's get into mucus first. Such a great word. What do you think of when I say mucus?[00:00:38] Sp