They’re not just furry and lovable companions, but dogs have an incredible sense of smell – far superior to our own.
Incredibly, dogs can smell in parts per trillion and even sniff out a single dirty sock in a pile of 2 million clean ones.
On the latest episode of The Science Briefing Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Imma Perfetto about the power in dogs nostrils and how they can potentially smell when you’re sick or even stressed.
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Originally published by Cosmos as Dog noses: sniffing out diseases and stress in humans
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