Everyone knows the smell of an over-ripe sock - that's the fragrance of millions of bacteria having sex in your toe area. So while some might be concerned that a no-smell sock has been created - as ...

Some may remember my stories of the strange smell in our minivan. For weeks, we could not find the source of the horrible odor, and wondered if some little critter had crawled up under the hood. After ...

Although smelly feet or bromodosis are rarely a sign of a health problem, it is unpleasant and embarrassing. But it is not your feet that that is stinking, but the bacteria that live on them and in ...

At some point in life, most people experience the frustration of the persistent 'dirty sock' smell; even after tossing them in the wash, your just-cleaned clothes don't smell as fresh as you'd hoped.

Scientists have identified the molecules that make our clothes smell. Dirty laundry smells bad because of certain chemicals called volatile organic compounds, which can’t always be washed out on an ...

Malaria kills an estimated 800,000 people worldwide every year. But it might have met its match in an unlikely team that includes Bill Gates, and a whole lot of stinky feet. Here, a brief guide: What ...