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This Just In: People Smell

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 11, 2003 @11:52AM from the nasal-gazing dept.

SAPHRguru writes "New Scientist reports (10 Nov) that researchers may have taken a big step towards solving the mystery of how humans detect pheromones... we do it through our noses! Strange, I always thought I responded to chemical cues through my mouth (especially in brownies)!"

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Wake up and smell the pheromones... by TheRoachMan · 2003-11-11 13:00 · Score: 0, Troll

...just got an entirely new meaning for these scientists. It's kind of annoying to see that valuable tax dollars (luckily I'm Europeean, but that doesn't change the fact that I find it a big waste of money) go to scientific research that comes up with 'new' facts that have been generally known for years.