Smell

The science of alcohol; from yeast, to taste, to fermentation, to hangovers. Adam Rogers looks at the current state of our knowledge, and some of the common myths and misconceptions, in his book… Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. This week, combining cochlear implants with gene therapies to restore people's hearing, and the role of smell in physical attraction. Audio

George Preti of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadephia thinks that smell could help us diagnose illnesses in their earliest stages. Audio

Chris Smith of The Naked Scientist on the discovery of gravity waves, revealing the secrets of the earliest days of our universe. Also our sense of smell is way more powerful than anybody thought. Audio

New Zealander Bryan Caldwell is trying to understand how our sense of taste and smell changes in space in order to design tastier foods for long-distance space missions. Audio