Take a long, deep breath. What do you smell? Chances are not much, seeing as most of us live in a sanitised world largely devoid of powerful odours. You might think that’s a good thing – no one likes ...

Some research suggests that “olfactory training” — practicing to improve your olfaction, or sense of smell — can actually improve your cognitive abilities. So in the interest of self-improvement, I ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In late 2024 Nicola Coughlan, the actor famous for her work on Derry Girls and ...

When Thomas Hummel gets a whiff of an unripe, green tomato, he finds himself in his childhood home in Bavaria. Under the tilted ceilings of the bedroom that he shared with his two older brothers, ...