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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
TopicSmell

Topic: Smell

Babies know dad by smell too, science finally catches up

Fathers may not have pregnancy's biological head start, but infants still recognise their scent—and it shapes brain activity, bonding and social behaviour.

Dogs can smell everything and more. Even diseases like cancer

Dogs are able to detect cancer while it still hasn’t yet spread to other parts of the body. This means that people have a much greater chance of surviving.

That hot coffee smell can help in your daily DIY sniff checks for Covid-19

No screening test will catch all cases. Still, we encourage you to — Stop. Smell. Be well.

‘What does Europe smell like?’ — 3-year project set to archive key scents from history

The Odeuropa consortium project will trace all references to smells in text and images through 400 years to map the role smells played in history.

IISER Pune’s new test can accurately measure loss of smell to help detect Covid — Lancet paper

Currently, most places conduct a quick temperature check to screen people for Covid-19. This test could help detect asymptomatic patients, IISER researchers write in Lancet paper.

What is the best sense? Scientists are still battling it out

The debate has opened up some surprisingly deep questions – like what actually makes a sense more or less valuable? And, are some senses fundamentally more important in making us human?

On Camera

India once mocked Manmohan Singh for silence. Now it misses the accountability he stood for

Watching Manmohan Singh's last press conference as PM, where he answered 62 unscripted questions from 100 journalists, is an exercise in realising how far India’s political culture has shifted.

Turkey seeks to capitalise on strategic location to attract the rich from London & Dubai

Ankara recently announced it’s ushering in a range of tax incentives for monied expats and investors abroad.

Nationalism cannot be the preserve of only armed forces: Former CDS slams defence white labelling

White labelling is a term used to describe the practice of supplying foreign-origin systems as indigenous products with little or no value addition.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.