Video: Why do onions make you cry?

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 11:01 in Physics & Chemistry

Common in cuisine all around the globe, onions are renowned for their ability to make us all look like cry babies. In Reactions' latest video, we get to the bottom of this teary phenomenon and reveal exactly what chemical mechanisms trigger it.

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