For most of us, sweat is a part of everyday life. It’s normal to smell after a hard workout or on a particularly hot day. Fun fact: the sweat itself isn’t what’s causing the stink.

Research suggests that older adults do have a distinct smell due to the age-related breakdown of specific chemicals in our bodies. But it’s not necessarily an unpleasant smell. Your body odor ...

And evidence suggests babies may also use smell. “We knew babies can combine their senses,” says Tessa Dekker, who studies visual development at University College London. “But it wasn’t ...

An unpleasant and mysterious odor has lingered in southwest Washington state, wafting over multiple communities overnight. Cowlitz County Emergency Management Services began to field 911 calls ...

But whether humans can perceive odor changes shorter than the length of one sniff has been an open question. A new device that allows for precise odor control shows that people perceive much more ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A foul odor traveled across parts of Portland metro area, leaving many to wonder where it came from. The source of the odor remains unknown, officials said in an update ...

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. We all know farts don't ...

Officials are trying to sniff out the cause of a strong and pungent odor that drifted south down the Interstate 5 corridor from Cowlitz County to the Portland metro area overnight. But as of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Speculation was rampant Wednesday about a weird smell in the air across Southwest Washington and the Portland metro area. Variously described as akin to sulfur, natural gas or ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Numerous complaints are coming in from residents in Southwest Washington about a mysterious “odor” and it has locals on high alert. The complaints about odor began ...

Law enforcement in Illinois cannot rely on the odor of burned cannabis to search a motor vehicle without a warrant, the state's supreme court held Thursday. Citing the changes to cannabis law in ...