It is nothing new that dogs have a much better nose than humans. A dog's nose has around 300 million olfactory cells, making it 40 times more powerful than that of a human. This is why their special ...

According to the National Institutes of Health, olfaction is possibly the oldest sense. Evidence exists of a rudimentary sense of smell in prokaryotes, single-celled organisms that lived in the ...

An invention from Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students aims to help clinicians detect and treat smell dysfunction ...

No one likes the idea of rodents scurrying around their house, but there is a natural way to stop mice and rats coming ...

With scent playing such a huge role in attraction, too (hello, pheromones!) we spoke to 17 people about the fragrance they ...

Our senses are a magical thing—the way they allow us to travel through time and anchor us back to the places we love. We all ...

Discover how the brain quickly adapts to changing rules and behaviors. A fascinating study reveals the neural feedback loop that helps us stay flexible in a dynamic world.

So can I eat my noodles if a dog pooped nearby? For the most part, nasty smells are “CAUTION” signs, not the cause of harm.

Researchers from the University of Stavanger found that a bizarre 'retro' teaching method is helping to boost interest in ...

The study also found that the risk from losing smell was similar to that of carrying the APOE-e4 gene, which is a well-known ...

A new study observed Amazon river dolphins for 218.9 hours and saw males spurt urine into the air 36 times—proof that the ...