A cadaver dog stands on alert atop a pile of rubble, indicating how these dogs not only help solve crimes but are also valuable resources in the face of natural disasters.

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How Do Cadaver Dogs Recognize Human Remains?

Cadaver dogs have helped solve crimes and bring closure to families. Scientists are digging into the roots of their exceptional ability.

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Why Do Some People Have a Heightened Sense of Smell?

A child cups a lemon hanging from a tree to his face, closing his eyes and smelling intensely. As an adult, the smell of a lemon may bring back specific memories from his childhood—the ability of smell (and taste) to suddenly trigger vivid, emotional memories is called the “Proust effect” after the French novelist Marcel Proust.

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Why Do Certain Smells Bring Back Old Memories?

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Hot Sweat vs. Cold Sweat—What’s the Difference?

Laura Tran, PhD | | 5 min read

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What Are Mosquitoes Attracted To?

Laura Tran, PhDandTanvir Khan, PhD | | 5 min read

Disease Scent Signatures Disclose What the Nose Knows

Iris Kulbatski, PhD | | 4 min read

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The Smell of Food Affects Metabolism in Fasting Mice

Shafaq Zia | | 3 min read

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Smelly Skin Compounds Draw Mosquitoes to Some People More than Others

Katherine Irving | | 3 min read

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Sex of Researcher Influences Ketamine’s Effects in Mice: Study

Shawna Williams | | 3 min read

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The Neuroscience Behind Why Mosquitoes Always Find You

Sophie Fessl, PhD | | 5 min read

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Mosquitoes Drawn to Hosts Infected by Dengue, Zika

Patience Asanga | | 4 min read

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

Dan Robitzski | | 6 min read

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Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and mammoths, but giant viruses.

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Congressional inaction has led to the expiration of the federal government’s SBIR/STTR program, cutting off a biotechnology lifeline.

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A new single cell-based screening tool evaluates how well antibiotics kill bacteria and may help researchers determine which drugs perform best in patients.

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