FeaturedPsychology·November 14, 2015·3 min readMen Who Eat Garlic Smell More AttractiveA new study reports the body odor of men who eat garlic is attractive to women.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 10, 2015·3 min readCharting Flavor’s Favored FlowA new study reinforces the idea of the central role flavor plays in the human diet.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·November 9, 2015·4 min readFoods That Are More or Less Delicious Than We Expect Can Cause Mood ChangesA new study reports that being pleasantly surprised or disappointed with a certain food product can change a person's mood.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 16, 2015·3 min readSniffing Out The Route to the Very Best FruitResearchers report spider monkeys are expert at sniffing out optimally ripe fruits to eat.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 18, 2015·3 min readCan Your Sense of Smell Predict When You’ll Die?Researchers were able to predict which worms would outlive each other by measuring how they move towards an appealing odor.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 10, 2015·5 min readCilia Length Affects Sensitivity to OdorsLocation and length of cilia in nasal cavity impacts sensitivity to smell, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 29, 2015·3 min readFossil Skull Reveals New Insight into Penguin Brain EvolutionFossil finding shed light on the changes in penguin brains that accompanied their transition to water, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 19, 2015·7 min readSniffing You Out: Mosquitoes Use a Range of Cues to Find Their Human VictimsAccording to a new study, mosquitoes use visual, thermal and olfactory cues to seek out humans, making them almost impossible to avoid.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·July 3, 2015·4 min readSniffing Out How Our Sense of Smell EvolvedA new study reports on how our sense of smell has evolved. Researchers reconstruct how our long extinct ancestors would have been able to smell.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 30, 2015·4 min readOlfactory Fingerprint Points to Personal Sense of SmellAccording to a new study, each of us has a unique 'olfactory fingerprint' which can also help with early diagnosis of certain neurodegenerative diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 4, 2015·5 min readHormone Erases That Manly SmellResearchers discover female mice can't sense the odor of male mice during the period of sexual inactivity during the reproductive cycle.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 20, 2015·5 min readSexual Behavior of Drosophila Regulated by One Simple MoleculeResearchers report they have discovered the molecule responsible for regulating sexual behavior in vinegar flies.Read More
