Tag: smell

Podcast: DEET, Mesquite, and Mutant Mosquitoes

Podcast: DEET, Mesquite, and Mutant Mosquitoes

Why do some mosquitoes bite us? How do mosquitoes spread disease? What can we do to prevent getting “eaten alive?” Scientists Matt DeGennaro, Lindy McBride, and Emily Dennis from the Vosshall Lab of Neurogenetics and Behavior at Rockefeller discuss their latest research on Aedes aegypti — […]

Smell Check

Smell Check

By Maryam Zaringhalam, @thisisartlab Taken from The Daily Doodle. My name is Maryam and i’m a congenital anosmic. I was born this way—a rare mutant with a lifelong inability to smell Anosmia literally means ‘without smell. While I most certainly do have a nose (my grandmother […]