How do we smell? - Rose Eveleth
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An adult human can distinguish up to 10,000
odors. You use your nose to figure out what to eat, what to buy and even when it’s
time to take a shower. But how do the molecules in the air get translated into smells in
your brain? Rose Eveleth charts the smelly journey through your olfactory epithelium and explains why scent can be so subjective.
Which animal do you think has the biggest olfactory epithelium? Why?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Rose Eveleth
- Director Igor Coric
- Narrator Rose Eveleth
