British astronauts! and taste buds in your belly

Britain's new science minister has made it clear that he thinks the country ought to have an astronaut to inspire young people to pursue careers in science.

He’s right. Youngsters in the UK and elsewhere should aspire to "orbit it like Beckham”.


A US-based team of scientists studying digestion say that taste receptors in the gut may slow absorption of bad-tasting foods, suggesting that some medication might be absorbed more quickly if it was not so bitter tasting.

So, now we know that the advertisements are in fact wrong: Buckley’s tastes awful, and hence does NOT work.