Clever dogs are the first in the UK to be trained to sniff out bowel cancer. The Medical Detection Dogs Charity began a ground-breaking study in 2024 to teach seven pooches how to detect tumours ...

Like all beagles, Iceman has an incredible sense of smell. His nose is so powerful, it's used to sniff out cancer. Using the beagles' remarkable sense of smell, health startup 'Spotitearly' has ...

In November 2016, a team of scientists from the Medical Research Council in Gambia visited primary schools armed with hundreds of beige-colored nylon socks. Handing them out to children there aged ...

Human sniffs last between one and three seconds. During that time, chemicals enter the nose and allow us to perceive the smells around us. But whether humans can perceive odor changes shorter than the ...

I’m going to go ahead and put out a disclaimer — if you ever find yourself in the company of my dog, you’re very likely going to get a nose in the crotch. If ...