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Why Bears Risk Human Encounters for Scented Trash: The Science Behind Their Impossible Super-SmellBears possess an incredible sense of smell, far surpassing humans. This powerful ability draws them to human food sources like trash. Their...20 Mar, 2026, 06.22 PM IST- Blame your parents for how food smells to you, your genes play a major roleA groundbreaking genetic study reveals that our DNA significantly influences how we perceive and react to everyday smells. Researchers iden...04 Aug, 2025, 09.05 AM IST
- Dengue mosquito is a much smarter predator than thought, it uses a stealth mode to hunt humans even without smell, study findsAedes aegypti mosquitoes, known for spreading diseases, exhibit remarkable adaptability by using heat detection when their sense of smell i...23 Jun, 2025, 03.44 PM IST
- AI is cracking a hard problem - giving computers a sense of smellAlexander Graham Bell urged National Geographic readers over 100 years ago to pioneer a new science of odour. Today, advancements in machin...01 Jun, 2024, 12.28 PM IST
- Study finds trained scent dogs can detect Covid more effectively than RT-PCR testsStudies have shown that trained scent dogs are more efficient and accurate in detecting COVID-19 infections compared to the conventional RT...15 Aug, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
- Mosquito magnet or plain unaffected? Entomologist explains why some people attract more, some lessWhether or not you're a mosquito magnet, their bites feel just as itchy!12 Sep, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
- Revealed: How the Coronavirus steals the sense of smellInsights gleaned from new research could shed new light on how the coronavirus might affect other types of brain cells, leading to conditio...03 Mar, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
- Mutations, unusual symptoms, and other COVID-19 mysteries that remain unsolvedMany patient samples had also yielded false positive in dengue diagnosis tests.28 May, 2020, 06.09 PM IST
- Body odour can help diagnose and treat cancer, says new studySmell receptors in the body could help diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer, a review of over 200 studies has found.12 Jul, 2018, 07.01 PM IST
- Human sense of smell as good as that of dogs: StudyNew York, May 12 (IANS) Contrary to a long-held misconception, the human sense of smell is not inferior but may be just as good as that of ...12 May, 2017, 05.20 PM IST
- Bill Gates funds development of odour-free toilets for IndiaThe billionaire philanthropist's to create a poop smell blocker with the hope to make smelly toilets a thing of past and make a difference ...22 Nov, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
- Odour receptors found in human lung tissueLondon, Nov 4 (IANS) It was always thought that the sole bodily function of olfactory receptors was to smell and they could only be found i...04 Nov, 2016, 05.42 PM IST
- After genome sequencing, scientists find 95% similarity in Asian, African elephantsScientists have also sequenced the 'transcriptome' – the complete set of RNA from a population of cells - of the Asian elephant for the fir...18 Dec, 2015, 02.16 PM IST
- Bio-sensor to give machines human-like smelling abilityIt could have many industrial uses such as telling when food has gone off. It could even be accurate enough to smell how much pollution is ...18 Jan, 2015, 02.24 PM IST
- Super smeller? Not dogs, but African elephantsIt has been scientifically proven that the African elephant has the most powerful sense of smell in the entire animal kingdom.24 Jul, 2014, 06.24 AM IST
- Indians won't fork out for extra aromaIndians have traditionally never had much use for cutlery to aid the ingestion of food.26 Mar, 2014, 03.55 AM IST
- Who nose how much we can really smell?Quotidian remit of the 400 olfactory receptors in human noses are between yum and yuck, considering they have the capacity to outperform th...24 Mar, 2014, 03.53 AM IST
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