Watch Nova Season 19 Episode 4: What Smells?

PBS's premier science-documentary series, which has won six Peabody Awards and more than 20 Emmys (four in 2002 alone) since its 1974 debut. `Nova' clearly, and often engagingly, `demystifies' a vast range of science, technology and history topics---past and present---and doesn't neglect the human aspect of the story. Its many memorable shows include 1983's...

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Season 19, Episode 4 What Smells?

First Aired: February 11, 1992

“What Smells?” sniffs out some olfactory facts and the “potent messages” that odors convey to people and animals. Included: a department-store fragrance counter; bloodhounds tracking a scent; harvesting jasmine.

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Premiered: March 3, 1974
Rating: None
Premise: PBS's premier science-documentary series, which has won six Peabody Awards and more than 20 Emmys (four in 2002 alone) since its 1974 debut. `Nova' clearly, and often engagingly, `demystifies' a vast range of science, technology and history topics---past a… (more)

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