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Spicy Cooking Saved Our Smeller

In terms of sensory receptor genes, the human nose is relatively weak and our sense of smell has been degrading over time. But thanks to spicy cooking, this may be changing, according to “smell scientist” Avery Gilbert. In his intriguing book on the science of scent, What the Nose Knows, he writes:
“In the last 5,000 [...]