Smell

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How smell shapes our perception of the world around us

For Sissel Tolaas, even the liveliest city may be a “blandscape.” Here, the chemist shares thoughts on why, for her, smell is the most important sense.
Posted Oct 2015

The scent of a female

Pheromones are a hot topic. But as zoologist Tristram Wyatt argues, we’re not even sure that humans have them. Meanwhile, scientists have been studying these chemical signals for years in the animal kingdom -- and made some extremely weird observations.
Posted May 2014