Space
I smelled comet 67P’s deadly pong and lived to tell the tale
Researchers with ESA's Rosetta mission have commissioned a perfume that mimics the odour of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Jacob Aron shares his first sniff
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Life
Electric fields could help us wage war on destructive feral pigs
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Humans
Making a splash: Let’s hear it for the first underwater band
Culture
Mind
Rats learn to sense infrared in hours thanks to brain implants
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Health
The flavour factory: Hijacking our senses to tailor tastes
Features
Health
Good looking: The veggies that really do boost night vision
Features
Super-recognisers could be used to identify strangers on CCTV
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Technology
Ear and tongue sensors combine to understand “silent speech”
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Life
Animal magnetic sense comes from protein that acts as a compass
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Technology
Smart glasses translate video into sound to help the blind see
A video feed encoded as sound can be intuitively understood by blind people for navigation, exploiting the way we unconsciously integrate sensory information
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How the local yeasts can affect the flavour and aroma of wine
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Earth
How the local yeasts can affect the flavour and aroma of wine
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Health
Curing blind children reveals how the brain makes sense of sight
Opinion
Practising staring at small dots can shrink your blind spot
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