Two Science Stories

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Using fMRI, scientists attempt to discover and label brain activity when looking at objects. In some ways, the article shows bad science, as the researcher sets the scale.

Nobel Prize awarded in medicine for showing how sense of smell enables people to recall, for instance, the scent of spring lilac in winter or the stench of rotten food eaten long ago.

This explains why anytime I smell stinky tofu, I am reminded of rotting garbage.