For some people, these compounds read as bright and citrusy; for others, they taste unmistakably soapy or metallic. Cooking ...

That musty smell could be more than just your old clothes, experts say.

Water customers this month could notice a stronger chlorine smell and taste to their water this month. It could also be a ...

Last January, Stephanie Meehan, a 49-year-old children’s nurse from Wigan, noticed to her dismay that her sense of smell seemed to have disappeared virtually overnight. Initially, the most noticeable ...

Although the mechanisms underlying abnormalities in the senses of taste and smell in cancer patients are unknown, such disturbances clearly decrease quality of life for the majority of cancer patients ...

We don’t experience the world through neat, separate senses—everything blends together. Smell, touch, sound, sight, and balance constantly influence one another, shaping how food tastes, objects feel, ...

In Belle Burden’s memoir, “Strangers,” she describes the end of her marriage. It happened suddenly: until learning of her husband’s infidelity, through a voice mail from a stranger, she had no idea ...

From chocolates and candies to cakes and cookies, consumer demand for all things sugary sweet is stronger than ever. But while sales of sweetened foods and beverages soar, shifting wellness goals and ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In late 2024 Nicola Coughlan, the actor famous for her work on Derry Girls and ...

If your nose isn't working as well as it used to, you're not alone. According to the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), as many as 14 million Americans over age 55 have trouble smelling and over 200 ...

Horses can smell human fear—and it changes their behavior. That’s the takeaway of a rather unusual experiment that involved making horses smell material soaked in human sweat and observing what they ...

Our human senses apparently don’t stop at five—as recent research shows, we may have over thirty. Most of our experiences are multisensory, and involve lesser-known senses like proprioception and ...