The smell of rain can comfort some, but it also warns of what’s to come. But what does rain actually smell like? The sensitive nose can smell a storm coming as the air fills with a fresh and earthy ...

Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields ...

Our senses shape our understanding of the world, but none are quite as evocative as the sense of smell. It’s remarkable how the simple aroma of freshly baked bread or the earthy scent after rain can ...

[email protected]. IT IS SPRING IN NEBRASKA, AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE RAIN IN THE FORECAST MULTIPLE DAYS IN TODAY’S WEATHER. EXTRA METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY BREAKS DOWN. WHY SPRING RAINS? THAT SIGNATURE ...

That's not your imagination! That smell has a name, and it's backed by science. The earthy, fresh scent after a rainstorm is called petrichor (pronounced PEH-truh-kor). It comes from a mix of plant ...

The sense of smell, it turns out, is highly individual—a scent that is enticingly floral to one person may be off-putting and chemical to another. Researchers in Germany -recently asked 1,227 ...