smell
New Installation Lets You Smell the Hong Kong–Chinese Border
Artist Morgan Wong connects a memory of the border crossing with the unmistakable sense of smell.
3D-Printing Explains Why Your Food Smells So Good
3D printing may have just solved the mystery of how we smell our food instead of choking on it.
Why You Should Worry If You Can’t Smell Peanut Butter
And now for the world’s most unlikely scientific discovery: Researchers have found that they can diagnose early Alzheimer’s disease with nothing more than a tablespoon of peanut butter and a ruler.
This Odd-Looking VR Headset Can Change the Taste of Your Food
The idea is to change humans, not the food itself.
This Restaurant Wants You to Pair Wine with Perfume
Marco Valentini, an Italian living in Mexico, pairs wine with peculiar things: textures, cars, neckties, and tourist destinations. And now he's matching wine with perfumes.
Sniffing Stinky Fish Can Make You a Better Problem-Solver
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has found that alongside the benefits of eating fish, its smell could improve our reasoning skills. Well, the nose knows.
Multisensory Cinema Adds Smell and Touch to VR Worlds
In "The Feelies," artists and scientists virtually transport participants to New York and Jordan.
Kobayashi Taught Me to Be a Champion Hot Dog Eater
With America's Independence Day rapidly approaching, it's (almost) time for hot dogs and grilling. I called up Kobayashi, perhaps the greatest competitive eater of all time, to show me how to eat as many wieners as possible.
Losing Your Sense of Smell Really Stinks
Anosmia—an inability to smell—is more common than blindness or deafness, and it can be more isolating than you think.
Smell-O-Vision Is Back (And Possibly the Future of Storytelling)
Chris Milk, Google Creative Labs, and more bring out the big guns to give us tomorrow's narrative experiences, today.
The More You Sweat, the Better This Perfume Smells
Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories just changed your subway ride forever.