Which foods change our body odour?

Catching up on life updates over a drink or dinner, making vague plans to see one another again in the coming weeks and then not end up seeing the person for another six months after anyway! That pattern probably sounds familiar to a lot of you, and it’s become known as catch-up ...  Show more

You may remember hearing about ancient Greek hero Ulysses in school lessons. He’s the central character in Homer’s Odyssey. As legend goes, after fighting for a decade in the Trojan war, Ulysses wandered the world for another 10 years to get back home to his wife and son. On his ...  Show more

Senteur de viande grillée, parfum de pain chaud… En vous promenant dans la rue, une odeur agréable vous a peut-être déjà happé au point de franchir les portes d’un commerce pour en ressortir avec un aliment constituant pour tout ou partie votre prochain repas. En effet, les odeur ...  Show more

This episode explains how we sense chemicals through smell, taste, and pheromones. How things smell and taste and chemicals in the tears, breath, and on the skin of others have a profound effect on how we feel, what we do, and our hormones. I explain the 3 types of responses to s ...  Show more

Imagine waking up to the smell of freshly baked bread. Doesn’t it make your mouth water? Now imagine the smell of a fish market on a warm day… still feeling hungry? CrowdScience listener Thanh from Vietnam is intrigued by the effects of smell on our appetite, and wants to know ...

Have you ever wondered why onions make you cry? Or why asparagus makes your urine smell? Why does pineapple make your mouth tingle? Today we’re going to dive into the science behind some of these strange interactions that food can have with the human body.  On this episode of Th ...  Show more