The earthy smell that arises when rain falls is known as petrichor. Two Australian scientists coined the term in 1964.

so it really does not take much for us to smell or even taste it. BB: An incredibly tiny amount. TA: In addition to that, rainfall can disperse plant oils. And really, as that rain comes down, you're ...

But despite the usefulness of smell, sight, touch and the other senses, they took millions of years to work themselves out. Indeed, many creatures in the tree of life have evolved just fine ...

A team of scientists who examined nine ancient Egyptian mummies, were shocked to find that these ancient corpses, still smell “good”, even after being entombed in a coffin for around 5000 years.

Centuries after they were painstakingly prepared for death, mummies still produce an odour described as woody, spicy and sweet. But unfortunately for the Egyptians, who believed a 'good' smell ...

Color perception and our sense of smell might sound like simple and straightforward processes ... Check us out on EarthSnap, a free app brought to you by Eric Ralls and Earth.com.

The Scent of the Mummy. Research Discovers Ancient Egyptian Remains Smell Nice LONDON (AP) — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who ...

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually smell pretty good. “In films and books, terrible things happen to those ...

The recent and rare blanket of white along the North Carolina coast may have provided natural benefits to your growing soil ...