6 June 2023
Synaesthesia is sometimes called an ‘extra ability’ that means some people mix colours and words or other sensory inputs. Now, it is becoming clear that it emerges in childhood to help us learn
13 May 2023
Stimulating nerves on the back of your hand makes it feel like you are grasping things in VR without needing to have your palms covered in material
9 May 2023
A face mask can release nine different scents on demand to make VR experiences more immersive and multisensory
15 February 2023
Listening to a recording of yourself speaking can be unnerving – but headphones that alter the sound can make your voice seem more familiar and may help us understand schizophrenia hallucinations
24 November 2022
The scent of older females causes young female mice to reach puberty later and extends their lifespan – the first known case of smell affecting lifespan in mammals, though males aren't affected
12 September 2022
An artificial intelligence model that maps the structure of molecules to their smell could help create specific food tastes or find compounds to better repel disease-carrying organisms like mosquitoes
27 July 2022
About 11 to 15 per cent of women seem to have issues with smell and taste at least six months after having covid-19 if they had problems with the senses during the initial illness, compared with just 1 to 3 per cent of men
24 June 2022
We subconsciously sniff people when we first meet them and are more likely to become friends with those who have similar body odours to our own
15 June 2022
Pumpkin toadlets are only 1 centimetre long – and the minuscule size of their balance organs might explain why they jump so haphazardly
20 May 2022
We already knew that bottlenose dolphins recognise each other through their signature whistles, but now it seems the taste of their urine also plays a role
