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A real-life Rapunzel with six-foot-long hair has revealed her long locks have seen her inundated with DMs from ‘creepy’ guys asking to sniff it. Lawyer Alona Anufriieva, 31, from Dnipro, Ukraine, started growing her hair at the age of 12, aiming to grow it to her waist, and it took a dozen years for it … Read more
A game built by psychologists has been designed to teach players to sniff out ‘fake news’ by encouraging them to sabotage elections in a fictional town. Cambridge University researchers created ‘Breaking Harmony Square’ in partnership with the US Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security. The idea is to teach players to sniff … Read more
Picture the scene: dawn breaks and at Heathrow more than 500 bleary-eyed passengers emerge from a long-haul flight. As they stream into the arrivals hall to wait at passport control, a uniformed officer walks up and down the queue. By his side is a spaniel, sniffing the air as he goes. Suddenly, the dog stops … Read more
Years ago, an enterprising estate agent called Roy Brooks was well-known for his decidedly off-beat property advertisements. Instead of delivering hand-me-down flannel about ‘highly sought after’ homes ‘with a wealth of original features’, Brooks delighted in highlighting all the worst points of a property. ‘Wanted: someone with taste, means and a stomach strong enough to … Read more
Cyborg locust designed to sniff out different explosive vapors like dynamite could one-day be used by Homeland Security to search for bombs Scientists implanted electrodes into the antennal lobe of a locust This allowed them to see what the creature is picking up in its sense of smell The locust can detect and decipher between different … Read more
Eeek! Daring mouse goes nose-to-nose with a huge cat but the curious moggy just wants to SNIFF it Startling scene saw the rodent walk right up to a huge cat called Mercedes The video filmed in the US shows the cat deciding to investigate further The daring rodent doesn’t move away and instead moves closer … Read more
‘Smell cameras’ built by Airbus to detect explosives on planes ‘could be adapted to sniff out coronavirus’ So-called smell cameras have been designed to spot explosives on planes The technology has now begun adaptation to identify the coronavirus Similar technology has already been used to detect cancer and influenza According to the people behind the … Read more
Airbus will debut electronic odor detector to sniff out explosives and other hazardous substances in airport security lines by the end of 2020 The plane manufacturer will begin using a new sensor to detect bombs The cutting edge device will use a processor with integrated biological cells Airbus says the sensors will roll out in … Read more
Can dogs SMELL coronavirus? Scientists are launching pilot program to see if a ‘canine surveillance’ unit can screen people at airports and hospitals A pilot study is looking at whether eight Labrador Retrievers may accurately be able to sniff out coronavirus The dogs will be exposed to COVID-19 positive saliva and urine samples and then try to … Read more
Exposing brain injury patients to a range of smell can determine whether they are going to recover, according to researchers behind a ‘sniff test’ study. Researchers from the University of Cambridge presented patients with smells including shampoo and rotten fish then monitored their reactions via a nasal tube. In the new study, researchers looked at … Read more