Unexplainable

Unexplainable is a new podcast from Vox about everything we don’t know. Each week, the team looks at the most fascinating unanswered questions in science and the mind-bending ways scientists are trying to answer them. New episodes drop every Wednesday. This episode: Scientists still don't know how the sense of smell works. But they're looking at how powerful it is — dogs can actually sniff out cancer and many other diseases — and they're trying to figure out how to reverse-engineer it. In fact, one MIT scientist may have built a robot nose ... without completely understanding how his invention works. Learn more: vox.com/unexplainable Listen on Apple Podcasts: Listen on Spotify: Sign up for our newsletter: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Unexplainable is an episode from Future Perfect by Vox Media Podcast Network.

This episode is 28:45 long.

This episode was published on Mar 16, 2021.

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