A common question throughout anthropology is, what makes us human? There are, of course, a million physical and cultural traits that make us human, and one of these traits is the variation in the ...

For the first time, researchers have determined how a human olfactory receptor captures an airborne scent molecule, the pivotal chemical event that triggers our sense of smell. Whether it evokes roses ...

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 ...

Narrow, flat, hooked, button, straight, or none of the above, the human nose comes in myriad shapes and sizes. But no matter how noses look, they all share at least one common function: to warm and ...

Men may have larger noses than women because they generally have more muscle, demanding larger noses to breathe in more oxygen, researchers say. These findings could also shed light on mysteries of ...

This handheld device, which looks sort of like an old-fashioned iron, is one of the most sophisticated artificial noses ever created. It’s used in industrial settings where you need to “smell” ...