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High-tech face mask lets you smell things in virtual reality

A face mask can release nine different scents on demand to make VR experiences more immersive and multisensory

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Bone conduction headphones make your own voice sound less weird

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A man using bone-conduction earphones to make a phone call

Health

Newborn female mice live longer if they smell older females' urine

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A man smelling a plant

Technology

Google AI can tell what things smell like by the molecular structure

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Image of a human head showing how covid-19 affects the senses

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Women more likely to have lasting taste issues after covid-19 than men

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Two young women take a break on a picnic blanket

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You're more likely to become friends with someone who smells like you

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Brachycephalus ferruginus, a miniaturized frog from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil.

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Tiny pumpkin toadlet frogs are very clumsy jumpers and now we know why

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Bottlenose dolphins can identify friends by tasting their urine

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The prototype pillow expands and deflates like human lungs

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Hugging a pillow that mimics breathing could reduce anxiety

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Babies bond better with strangers when they can smell their mother

Maternal body odour signals to babies that they can safely build relationships with other adults, a trait that may have evolved so that mothers can share the load of child rearing

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Woman who first gained sense of smell at age 24 finds it disturbing

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Vampire bats might avoid bitter substances to dodge indigestion

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Some fish fins are as sensitive to touch as human fingertips

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Naked mole rats are nearly deaf because their ears can’t amplify sound

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