PBS

TEST YOUR SENSE OF SMELL

Let's Learn is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...
Medical Xpress

Study shows sense of smell is influenced by cues from other senses

The sense of smell is highly influenced by the cues from other senses, while the sense of sight and hearing are affected to a much lesser extent, shows a new study in Journal of Neuroscience, titled ...
Popular Science

What’s that smell—and how’d you know?

It’s clear that genes, receptors and neurons all play a role in detecting odors. But much of how we make sense of what we sniff remains mysterious. A neuroscientist explains. By Daniela Hirschfeld / ...
PBS

Five Senses: Most Important Sense

Humans recognize their world 80 percent of the time through their eyes. Learn more about your five senses, the good and the bad. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...
Time

The Beer-Smell Gene and Other Ways DNA Drives Our Senses

Beer smells like beer and a violet smells like a violet to everyone, right? Maybe not, according to the latest study that traced the way we smell to differences in our genes. It turns out that our ...