NEW FRONTIERS
Scientists are going to unusual lengths to discover how your sense of smell influences the way you feel, eat, sleep, interact and reproduce.
When it comes to ranking the senses, smell is the perpetual also-ran to sight, hearing, taste and touch. Yet smell is our most primal sense, and one that holds sway over many aspects of daily life. Researchers know this, and what they are now finding out about scent could one day change the way we treat depression, infertility, weight problems and insomnia.