Animals use pheromones as chemical messengers to attract a mate or mark territory. But human sweat is very different.
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Research suggests smell may help us sense illness, emotion and risk long before we notice anything consciously.
Scientists have learned how to turn off moths’ sex signals – this could help farmers fight pests without pesticides.
Our microbiota is linked to essential physiological processes, but when its communication falters, our health can suffer. Synthetic probiotics offer a promising approach to treating gut-brain axis disorders.
Over hundreds of million years of evolution, ants have come up with some pretty smart solutions to problems of agriculture, navigation and architecture. People could learn a thing or two.
A new study of nearly 500,000 individuals finds that many genes affect same-sex behavior, including newly identified candidates that may regulate smell and sex hormones.
Do human pheromones exist? Despite the products some would sell you, there’s no hard evidence yet.
Much like people, insect colonies like to know if her majesty is at home. In the ants, bees, wasps and termites (the “big four” of the social insect world), the queen has long been suspected of using special…
A mutated gene found in the moth genus Ostrinia could lead to a less harmful approach to pest control, new research shows…
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