An Evolutionary Explanation for Sexual Smell Differences

In a study published Monday in Flavour and Fragrance, Preti and colleagues found that women were able to detect body odors masked by other fragrances. Male noses quickly lost the scent. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Katie Gilmartin - Apr 8, 2009 - 1:32 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Apr 13, 2009 - 11:39 AM PDT
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by Kaizar Campwala - Apr. 13, 2009

A brief report on a report. This doesn't really add new information, context, or analysis. The reporting on the report itself is also pretty shallow.

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by Katie Gilmartin - Apr. 13, 2009

The journalistic quality of this article is not great because there could be more quotes to back up the author's findings/ideas, but the author did use a quote from a seemingly credible source. Most of the blog comments posted after the article agreed with the author's findings. Those that didn't agree got to "hear it" from the other bloggers.

This is an interesting concept, I knew that men and women were different on so many levels but I never knew/thought they were different with their sense of smell too.

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