Bees can ‘sniff’ out COVID-19 in samples in just SECONDS after experts train the insects to associate the virus with receiving a reward Dutch scientists trained bees to identify samples infected with COVID-19 The Pavlovian condition method was used to train the bees When a bee detected an infected sample it was rewarded with sugar … Read more
Your dog knows when you are lying: Scientists show pooches can sniff out the truth when their owners tell them a fib Scientists from Kyoto University tested the intelligence of 34 dogs in a test They were pointed towards tubs which first contained food and then did not The team found when they tried again most … Read more
Your dog knows when you are lying: Scientists show pooches can sniff out the truth when their owners tell them a fib Scientists from Kyoto University tested the intelligence of 34 dogs in a test They were pointed towards tubs which first contained food and then did not The team found when they tried again most … Read more
A real-life Rapunzel with six-foot-long hair has revealed her long locks have seen her inundated with DMs from ‘creepy’ guys asking to sniff it. Lawyer Alona Anufriieva, 31, from Dnipro, Ukraine, started growing her hair at the age of 12, aiming to grow it to her waist, and it took a dozen years for it … Read more
A game built by psychologists has been designed to teach players to sniff out ‘fake news’ by encouraging them to sabotage elections in a fictional town. Cambridge University researchers created ‘Breaking Harmony Square’ in partnership with the US Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security. The idea is to teach players to sniff … Read more
Years ago, an enterprising estate agent called Roy Brooks was well-known for his decidedly off-beat property advertisements. Instead of delivering hand-me-down flannel about ‘highly sought after’ homes ‘with a wealth of original features’, Brooks delighted in highlighting all the worst points of a property. ‘Wanted: someone with taste, means and a stomach strong enough to … Read more
Cyborg locust designed to sniff out different explosive vapors like dynamite could one-day be used by Homeland Security to search for bombs Scientists implanted electrodes into the antennal lobe of a locust This allowed them to see what the creature is picking up in its sense of smell The locust can detect and decipher between different … Read more
Eeek! Daring mouse goes nose-to-nose with a huge cat but the curious moggy just wants to SNIFF it Startling scene saw the rodent walk right up to a huge cat called Mercedes The video filmed in the US shows the cat deciding to investigate further The daring rodent doesn’t move away and instead moves closer … Read more
Eeek! Daring mouse goes nose-to-nose with a huge cat but the curious moggy just wants to SNIFF it Startling scene saw the rodent walk right up to a huge cat called Mercedes The video filmed in the US shows the cat deciding to investigate further The daring rodent doesn’t move away and instead moves closer … Read more
‘Smell cameras’ built by Airbus to detect explosives on planes ‘could be adapted to sniff out coronavirus’ So-called smell cameras have been designed to spot explosives on planes The technology has now begun adaptation to identify the coronavirus Similar technology has already been used to detect cancer and influenza According to the people behind the … Read more