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Polyester Clothing Stink more than Cotton after a Work Out
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 06, 2014 11:55 AM EDTAccording to a new study, polyester clothing tends to stink a lot more than cotton clothing after a sweaty workout.
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Babies can Smell their Mother’s Fear, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 28, 2014 03:02 PM EDTAccording to researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School and New York University, distressed mothers release an odor that babies can pick up and learn from.
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Researchers Explore The Mechanism That Helps Us Identify Food Odors
By Kamal Nayan | Jun 27, 2014 10:26 AM EDTFoodstuffs contain more than 10,000 different volatile substances but only around 230 of these help us determine the odor of the food we eat, a new study has reported.
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Perfume Boosts Facial Attractiveness
By Christine Hsu | May 29, 2014 09:00 PM EDTNeed a date? Instead of buying that dress you've been eyeing the past two weeks, invest in a bottle of quality perfume.
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Brains Remember Odors Smelled Under Anesthesia, Rat Study
By Christine Hsu | Mar 18, 2014 07:02 PM EDTSmell is hard to forget, according to a new rat study. Scientists found that rat brains "remember" odors they were exposed to while deeply anesthetized.
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Odor Receptors Discovered Inside Human Lungs
By Kamal Nayan | Jan 05, 2014 01:12 AM ESTNoses are not the only part of the body that can sense odors, but lungs also have receptors that can perform the same job as nose, researchers have found.
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Scientists Use Human Bacteria to Make Cheese
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 27, 2013 10:17 AM ESTScientists used human bacteria to create cheese.
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Stress Stinks: Anxious Women Smell Incompetent and Untrustworthy
By Christine Hsu | Oct 09, 2013 06:16 PM EDTStress really does stink, according to scientists.
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Study Suggests Skin Cancer Could be Detected through Odor
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 14, 2013 11:30 AM EDTResearchers found that melanoma, one of the deadliest kinds of skin cancer, could potentially be diagnosed via an odor test.
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Malaria May Make Mosquitoes More Attracted to Human Odor
By Christine Hsu | May 15, 2013 05:09 PM EDTA new study suggests that the malarial parasite may alter the mosquito olfactory system by making the insects more attracted to human odor.
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Elementary Student Suspended from School 24 Times for "Foul Odor"
By Christine Hsu | Apr 03, 2013 02:12 PM EDTAn eight-year-old girl from Tennessee has been send home from school more than 24 times this year for having "foul odor".
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Cure Your Terrible Garlic Breath by Chugging Milk
By Christine Hsu | Feb 06, 2013 03:05 PM ESTNew research reveals that drinking milk while eating garlic-heavy foods can eliminate the stinky breath people get when eating garlic.
