Tag: Smell

To many of us, the “metaverse” is an abstract and distant concept. However, though unimaginable before Covid-19, the last two years have brought us closer to this concept than ever before. We learned to connect with each other from the comfort of our homes, across space and time, through...

To many of us, the “metaverse” is an abstract and distant concept. However, though unimaginable before Covid-19, the last two years have brought us closer to this concept than ever before. We learned to connect with each other from the comfort of our homes, across space and time, through...

I’ve always been very sensitive to smell. I remember going on a date with someone who said he’s not a smoker but I definitely smell cigarettes (he confessed in the end that he just had a little smoke today.) I can smell 4 different scents when I enter a room whereas my friends smell none...

Out of the blue, I found a lengthy message in my Linkedin inbox recently. The writer, a fleet-owning transporter (sizeable at that) based out of Gurugram, asked a pertinent question: despite being nice and good to truck drivers, why they don’t reciprocate but cheat? This is a valid question...

You open the door to your house after getting dropped off by the bus. As soon as you step inside, that lovely aroma of chocolate chip cookies embraces you. Sweet, warm, buttery — simply irresistible. You drop your backpack on the ground and rush over to the kitchen, where the scent grows even ...

Sniff. Sniff. What’s that smell? It’s a tangy and pungent aroma that’s also… slightly sour? Is it… could it be… yes! It’s CH3COOH, or as it’s more commonly known, vinegar. For over 70 years, scientists at the intersection of chemis...