All posts tagged with sense of smell

(Natural News) The 27-year Angolan Civil War has left indelible marks on the former Portuguese colony. The most enduring of these are, undoubtedly, the millions of undetonated landmines underneath the Angolan countryside. Tens of thousands of people have been seriously wounded or killed by landmines. In a bid to solve this crisis, people have turned […]

(Natural News) Listening to songs has been proven to affect the way we feel. A new study discovered that listening to “sexy” songs can enhance people’s sense of touch. The researchers found that the relationship between music and the sense of touch may have affected our evolution as a species, as song choices brought certain individuals together to […]

(Natural News) The function and insight of the five traditional senses — hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell — can tell us a lot about the state of health inside our bodies. For example, researchers from Michigan State University have correlated a poor sense of smell to early onset of Parkinson’s disease. The olfactory nerve […]

(Natural News) Our ability to smell is perhaps the least developed among all our senses. Evolutionary scientists claim that despite the weak olfactory receptors our species has, it is one of the more important ones. Smell alerts us to potential danger, helps us find the right mate, and aids in food gathering and hunting. More […]

(Natural News) A groundbreaking study from Rutgers University-New Brunswick debunks a 19th century myth that humans’ sense of smell is inferior to dogs and other rodents. Neuroscientist John McGann, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, says that humans can discriminate maybe one trillion different odors. Researchers previously believed that […]

(Natural News) With up to 300 million scent receptors (compared to our 6 million), dogs can smell things that seem non-existent to our senses. While we all know about their ability to find missing people and sniff out hidden drugs or bombs, they can actually detect so much more. With their extraordinary sense of smell, […]