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Researchers used human and human-shaped baits to figure out how mosquitoes use cues like color and smell to change their flight behavior to find a human snack.

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Dogs Engage in Scent-sational Science to Sniff out Staphylococcus Bacteria

<em >The Scientist</em>&rsquo;s Journal Club: Olfaction and the Brain

The Scientist’s Journal Club: Olfaction and the Brain

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Disease Scent Signatures Disclose What the Nose Knows

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The Smell of Food Affects Metabolism in Fasting Mice

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Smelly Skin Compounds Draw Mosquitoes to Some People More than Others

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The Neuroscience Behind Why Mosquitoes Always Find You

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Study: People “Click” Better When Their Body Odor Matches

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COVID-19 Linked to Neural Changes

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Even the Tiniest of Birds Use Smell in Some Situations

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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