Ask a Harvard Professor Podcast: Why is Smell Such a Mystery to Scientists? Harvard Professors and neurobiologists Venkatesh Murthy and Sandeep Robert Datta discuss what scientists know about our sense of smell, and what big mysteries remain. Topics include smell loss from COVID-19, experimental approaches to understanding olfaction, and the role of artificial intelligence in olfactory research.

For more on the smell research of professors Sandeep Robert Datta and Venkatesh Murthy, check out Harvard Magazine’s November-December cover story, “The Mystery of Smell": https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/...

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