Health & Science Study says human nose can detect at least 1 trillion odors — far more than was thought. March 20, 2014. Andreas Keller in the lab surrounded by vials of odors.

“But with the holidays coming, there was a chance to have a little fun with science.” Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph's nose beams in the 1964 classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." ...

More information: Nik Dennler et al, High-speed odor sensing using miniaturized electronic nose, Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp1764.

COVID-19 can ravage the body, targeting the lungs, heart and blood vessels. To curb this wide-ranging attack, scientists are focusing on another part of the body: the nose. The virus that causes ...

It turns out it is all in the nose. Sign up here. Researchers on Thursday offered a comprehensive explanation for sound production by toothed whales - loud clicks for echolocation, and softer ...

I once had an MCAT teacher who was unable to smell anything for an entire year. After undergoing a bad eating experience at an Indian restaurant, he woke up to discover that his sense of smell had ...

What if the secret to a better workout was, in fact, stuck on your nose? Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz made eyes pop at the 2025 ATP Rome Open with his fearless nasal strip, and now the question is Are ...

The nose is no place for a tooth. So, doctors used a pair of forceps to extract the pearly white, according to a case report published online Feb. 21 in the journal BMJ Case Reports . [ 27 Oddest ...

The mucus in your nose, for example, is moved to the back of the nasal passages and then into the throat by tiny hairs on nasal cells called cilia. And from there, you gulp it down.

The science team hopes its review of nose-picking evidence in primates will kick off more research into the overlooked topic and also bring attention to aye-ayes, ...

So like I mentioned, we think that a lot of the way that a shark’s nose is shaped has to do on how water is flowing into that system. And we really only have one really intense study on how water ...