smell: Media

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Videos

Explaining the smelly secrets of outer space
What does outer space smell like? Learn about some reported smells of outer space...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How do artificial flavors mimic real ones?
Explaining the science behind taste and smell.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn how the olfactory bulb in the brain processes the information from the olfactory receptors lining the nose
The olfactory bulb of the brain processes information from the olfactory receptors...
Video: Created and produced by QA International. © QA International, 2010. All rights reserved. www.qa-international.com
Investigating dogs' remarkable sense of smell
Why wet dogs stink.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How do researchers study the mechanism of predictive coding?
Learn how researchers investigate the mechanism of “predictive coding,” by which...
Video: Courtesy of Northwestern University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Why do dogs sniff each other's butts?
Why dogs sniff each other.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How do color and scent affect taste?
Researchers investigating how smell and colour affect flavour.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Images

The five basic human senses.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Human detection of flavor
The integration of odor and taste sensations in the human brain enables the detection...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.