Spring has officially sprung, and your nose knows it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The smell of rain is called “petrichor,” and its origins are surprisingly complex. You know the smell. It’s there every time the ...

To measure the incidence of a foul odor in inhabited areas, a second system is used (also standard practice in Europe), which ...

That's not your imagination! That smell has a name, and it's backed by science. The earthy, fresh scent after a rainstorm is called petrichor (pronounced PEH-truh-kor). It comes from a mix of plant ...

A research team from the University of Ljubljana and the Egyptian Museum of Cairo is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for reproducing the smell of mummies, offering a new window into Ancient ...

That soothing earthy smell after rain isn’t just nostalgia but it’s science. Known as petrichor, this scent comes from soil ...