In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of ...

Anosmia—the absence of the sense of smell—can feel like a significant loss during a stuffy, congested cold. Much of the time, ...

Scientists have discovered that people who do not have a sense of smell breathe completely differently than those with normal ...

In one additional experiment, the study scientists tracked the breathing of 32 normal smellers in a controlled, “odor-free” ...

People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows. The study ...

Our sense of smell distinguishes odors faster than previously thought, challenging past perceptions of olfaction.

People can be born with no sense of smell, a condition called anosmia, or they can acquire it, as has been the case with many ...

Here are details of this myth-busting study How good is our sense of smell? The general perception is that human olfactory ...

Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is “on par ...

Anchor] Have you heard of body odor proof dogs?It is a police dog that specializes in sniffing people and finds dead bodies ...

Rats and mice might be enhancing their strong sense of smell by using sounds unable to be detected by the human ear.