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Scientists have discovered a [bizarre / biz] link between music and cheese. Different genres of music [effect / affect] the way cheese matures. A top Swiss cheese-maker and a team of researchers from Switzerland's Bern University [redacted / conducted] a six-month test to look [into / onto] the effect music had on the maturation [progress / process] of Emmental cheese. After the cheese [had / has] matured, it was [sampled / tampered] and assessed by the researchers and a [bury / jury] of culinary cheese experts. The researchers found that cheese that had been played hip-hop had a stronger aroma and flavor than the [other / others] samples. The cheese aficionados [retched / reached] the same conclusion as the researchers - the hip-hop cheese was the tastiest.

The experiment involved [expose / exposing] different cheeses to a 24-hour, non-stop musical [hoop / loop] . A music player [directed / produced] sound waves at the cheese for six months. The experiment was [entitled / titled] "Cheese in Surround Sound". The music included Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Led Zeppelins rock [classical / classic] "Stairway to Heaven," and A Tribe Called Quest's hip-hop tune "Jazz (We’ve Got)". A researcher [explanation / explained] the differences in taste. He said: "Bacteria are [responsible / responsibility] for the formation of the taste of cheese, with the enzymes that influence its [mature / maturity] . I am convinced that humidity, temperature or nutrients are not the only things that influence [tasty / taste] . Sounds, ultrasounds or music can also have [mental / physical] effects."

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