Science News for Kids » olfaction http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cool Jobs: Delving into dung http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/cool-jobs-delving-into-dung/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/cool-jobs-delving-into-dung/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:56:09 +0000 Roberta Kwok http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15401 Wood’s colleague, Janet Wilmshurst, studies a piece of moa poop. Credit: Jamie Wood

Scientists uncover fascinating secrets through the study of animal feces ]]> Wood’s colleague, Janet Wilmshurst, studies a piece of moa poop. Credit: Jamie Wood

Scientists uncover fascinating secrets through the study of animal feces ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/cool-jobs-delving-into-dung/feed/ 0 When the nose no longer knows http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/pollution-can-endanger-aquatic-animals-by-damaging-their-sense-of-smell/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/pollution-can-endanger-aquatic-animals-by-damaging-their-sense-of-smell/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:40:03 +0000 Roberta Kwok http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15131 Clown fish raised in acidified waters don’t respond properly to smells. For example, they swim toward the scent of a predator instead of away from it. Credit: Simon Foale, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

Pollution can endanger aquatic animals by damaging their sense of smell]]> Clown fish raised in acidified waters don’t respond properly to smells. For example, they swim toward the scent of a predator instead of away from it. Credit: Simon Foale, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

Pollution can endanger aquatic animals by damaging their sense of smell]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/pollution-can-endanger-aquatic-animals-by-damaging-their-sense-of-smell/feed/ 0 Learning in your sleep http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/sleeping-people-can-be-taught-to-make-connections-between-sounds-and-smells/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/sleeping-people-can-be-taught-to-make-connections-between-sounds-and-smells/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:15:18 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14203 Your brain is so eager to learn that it does so even while you sleep, scientists recently found. Credit: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells ]]> Your brain is so eager to learn that it does so even while you sleep, scientists recently found. Credit: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/sleeping-people-can-be-taught-to-make-connections-between-sounds-and-smells/feed/ 0 Cool Jobs: Scents of science http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/better-understanding-of-the-sense-of-smell-inspires-research-into-everything-from-whales-to-electronic-noses/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/better-understanding-of-the-sense-of-smell-inspires-research-into-everything-from-whales-to-electronic-noses/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:42:08 +0000 Pippa Wysong http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14135 Humpback whales sometimes breach, or leap into the air. Some scientists believe the behavior allows the marine mammals to smell scents wafting over the water. Credit: NOAA

Better understanding of the sense of smell inspires research into everything from whales to electronic ‘noses’]]> Humpback whales sometimes breach, or leap into the air. Some scientists believe the behavior allows the marine mammals to smell scents wafting over the water. Credit: NOAA

Better understanding of the sense of smell inspires research into everything from whales to electronic ‘noses’]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/better-understanding-of-the-sense-of-smell-inspires-research-into-everything-from-whales-to-electronic-noses/feed/ 0