This issue invites you into a new appreciation for our sense of smell and the travels that it goes on to reach our noses.
How do we breathe? How do we smell? Using supercomputer simulations, scientists can recreate a rapid and short inhalation, a 'sniff'. Using pure data visualizations, this short documentary allows us to see the stunning beauty of this process. Credits: Directors: Guillermo Marin & Fernando Cucchietti
A visual and lyrical portrait about people with the rare condition that renders them unable to smell.
'The Nose' is the result of a collaboration with composer Llywelyn ap Myrddin, folk singer Sam Lee and research scientist Dr Darren Logan. Produced for the Body of Songs project and supported by Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England. The aim was to create an audio-visual version of that all-consum
Kate Prigge of the Monell Chemical Senses Center studies what things smell like—to us, to canines, and to machines. By using many different sensing technologies, from mass spectrometers to working dogs, she is honing in on the smells that signal health and disease. In her latest work, Prigge i
To wander in fog – how queer! / Solitude is life's own. / No man sees the other near, / Each is alone.' (Hermann Hesse) A station in thick fog, tracks that disappear into white mists and a figure, waiting. In between patches of mist a fox appears, looking for a scent in the wind. And then: blu
What happens when you smell something? This whimsical look at olfaction follows the journey of a smell through the nose. A film by Anna Lindemann and Albana Kodra as part of the Imagine Science Symbiosis Competition Animation by Anna Lindemann. Illustration by Ziael Ponte. Microscopy by Albana Kodra
A first-hand journey across the globe analyzing the effects fear has on individuals and societies. Along for the ride are leading experts in neural science, psychology, political sciences and more, providing the insight of those who enjoy fear and those paralyzed by it. With exhilarating characters