Smell

The sense of smell, or olfaction, is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived.

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New Research Reveals That Your Sense of Smell May Be Smarter Than You Think

The sense of smell is influenced by cues from other senses

How a Snake Uses the Sense of Smell

Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based 'mirror test'

Puberty makes teenagers’ armpits smell of cheese, goat and urine, say scientists | Young people

The Smell of Ripe Fruit Could Halt The Growth of Cancer Cells

Surprising Twists in the Evolution of Smell and Chemical Sensing

Locusts' sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles

Pesticides and adjuvants disrupt honey bee's sense of smell

The Scent of Hope: Innovative Treatment Restores Sense of Smell in Patients With Long COVID

There May Be a Treatment for Covid Loss of Smell

50 years ago, scientists suspected that lost sense of smell could be restored

Each nostril has a unique sense of smell, intracranial electroencephalogram study finds

New Research Reveals That Our Sense of Smell Changes the Colors We See

In noisy environs, pied tamarins are using smell more often to communicate

That smell: New gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects against pathogens

A step closer to digitizing the sense of smell: Model describes odors better than human panelists

That New Car Smell… But for Planets

Poor sense of smell linked to increased risk of depression in older adults

How a Human Smell Receptor Works Is Finally Revealed