Researchers have recreated the scent of the embalming fluid used in ancient Egypt for mummification—a liquid that playe…
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Humans can recognize a scent in just 0.06 seconds. That’s about a third of the time it takes to blink and nearly as long as it takes to identify a…
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Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that human stress can lead to a sudden drop in a dog’s mood. This study by the university team is the first…
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If your cat keeps plopping down on your laptop, you’re not alone — and there’s a theory from cat psychologists that explains why they love sprawling across keyboards. So what’s…
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Training dogs to use their sense of smell—often called “scent training”—can be done at home and may boost their cognition, researchers at Aberystwyth University in the UK found. Overall, dog…
