Losing your sense of smell could indicate a serious mental or physical health issue. Scientists suspect inflammation is the ...

Most peoples’ noses are working overtime. If you have a normal sense of smell, an hour’s worth of breathing comes with hundreds of “exploratory sniffs,” according to new research.

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to lose your sense of taste and smell? Imagine waking up not being able to taste your breakfast, or smell the grass that's just been mowed outside.

Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is “on par” with ...

Study participants with lifelong anosmia sniffed less than those with a normal sense of smell. Future research could shed light on whether this has negative implications for their health Alexa ...

More information: Lior Gorodisky et al, Humans without a sense of smell breathe differently, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52650-6 ...

Not having — or losing — your sense of smell may be linked to changes in breathing that could lead to depression, social isolation or other mental and physical health problems, a new study ...

People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows. The study discounts the notion that smell is a "slower" sense than sight or hearing ...

Olfactory dysfunction links to 139 conditions, with inflammation playing a key role in memory decline and cognitive issues.

Researchers say rats and mice might be enhancing their strong sense of smell by using sounds unable to be detected by the human ear. Bruce - stock.adobe.com Forget scratch and sniff. For rodents ...

The human sense of smell is nothing to turn one’s nose up at, research suggests, with scientists revealing we are far more sensitive to the order of odours captured by a sniff than previously thought.

Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is “on par ...