Lesson in Pheromones
Good afternoon class. Today we’re discussing pheromones: chemicals produced by one member of a species that trigger a response in another member of that same species. In particular I want us to consider sexual pheromones and the remarkable way they can overwhelm all social conventions and attitudes concerning what we think of as taboo. I’ve arranged a practical demonstration of this phenomenon with one of your classmates - and we congratulate her again for winning this year’s science fair - and...