Showing posts with label science of human nose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science of human nose. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The human nose is seemingly an infinite smell detector

The latest news, as reported by The Guardian, attributes 1 trillion of separate scents to the human nose, as opposed to the till now standard 10,000 ones. This is based on a study led by biologist expert Dr.Andreas Keller of Rockfeller University, published in Science magazine (so you know it's not trash reproduced on the Net) and puts humans in a much more elevated capacity than previously anticipated for differentiating smells.

You can read the news article with quotes from Keller on this link. 

What do you think: Wow (so fascinating!) or Yawn (what does it matter to me anyway)? Vote!

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