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PETA Responds To Burger King Body Spray with 'Gore'
Burger King released a body spray smelling like BK burgers last week, and now PETA has responded with their own special brand of cologne; this one is called 'GORE: Eau de Mort!' from 'Murder King'. It wants... 
Women Can Smell a Man's Intentions
Recent research has shown that socio-emotional meanings, including sexual ones, are conveyed in human sweat. Researchers at the Rice University in Texas found that women can subconsciously sniff out men who... 
Scientists Genetically Transplant Flower Smells
Scientists have discovered how to transplant scents from one flower to another through genetics, and also boost the smell of flowers up to 10 times, according to research published in the Plant Biotechnology... 
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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304 views | 17 recommendations | 7 comments
How the scent of lavender can ease those fears about going to the dentist
Now this study shows that if you're a little nervous or scared of the dentist drill, take a whiff at some lavender and it'll cure that anxiety right up. The study provides us with numbers in anxiety levels from... 
Machine 'sniffs out skin cancer'
"A common form of skin cancer could be diagnosed by the distinctive chemical "scent" it gives off, say US experts. Philadelphia's Monell Center sampled the air directly above basal cell carcinomas and found it was different to similar samples from healthy skin. They told a...
Dogs bust inmates using cell phones to carry out crimes
"HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (CNN) -- Chante Wright was set to testify against a career criminal when she was gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia in January. Investigators believe it was a hit ordered from prison, by an inmate using a cell phone. ...
Toxic compounds in scented products but not on product labels
A scientific study reveals commonly used air fresheners and scented laundry products contain dangerous chemicals, which may lead to adverse health effects. This particular finding is not news in itself. Concerns...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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621 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
L'eau d' Avril? Lavigne Launches Fragrance
This smells complicated. So much for my happy ending."Now you, too, can smell like a faux punk rocker. If you're in to that sort of thing.Avril Lavigne has signed on with Procter & Gamble Prestige Products...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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812 views | 0 recommendations | 17 comments
Smell this: phone company tests scent downloads
A Japanese telecommunications company is testing a cell phone that can download and emit various scents by mixing "base smells" into a desired fragrance. Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer fresh flowers to Glade... 
AB FAB JENNIFER JOINS 'FOX HUNT'
Despite a UK ban on hunting with dogs that quintessential English upper-class pastime of hunting and killing foxes to cries of tally ho! from red coated horsemen continues. The class thing still seems...
GM mice don't fear cats
"Researchers at Tokyo University managed to turn off the receptors in a mouse's brain that react to the scent of its main predator. They wanted to prove that fear is genetically programmed and not, as is commonly...
Elephants with a fashion "sense"
"Elephants can tell whether a human is a friend or foe by their scent and colour of clothing, according to Fife experts. St Andrews University researchers found that elephants could recognise the degree of...
the real newshound
"WHAT DO YOU THINK? Go To Comments (AP) A black Labrador that burrowed through smoking debris after Sept. 11 and flooded rubble after Hurricane Katrina in search of survivors has died after developing...
created by NewsBlogger | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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*Sniff, Sniff* Your Ex is Calling: Smell-O-Phone
A phone that releases a scent when it heats up? Interesting, if one has pockets that stink. The real coup would be a phone that could assign a scent to a particular caller! The people you like could have a...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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